Aishwarya Rai

You would think that life would be a bed of roses for a beautiful smart girl like Aishwarya Rai. This is not the case, life is not easy and Aishwarya Rai's life too was like any other human life. She struggled and she struggled very hard to survive and achieve the success. Not only on professional grounds, where she rose to the fame from a fashion model turned actress to India's number one actress. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was born in 1 November 1973 in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and has also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). At an early age her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir High School in Santa Cruz. Rai entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her HSC studies. She planned to become an architect but gave up her education to pursue a career in modelling. She can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu, as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.

While pursuing her studies in architecture, Aishwarya Rai is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994. Aishwarya Rai has acted in 40 movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali, which include international productions. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. She went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She gave up her academics after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and moved on to her current profession as an actress.

Aishwarya Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil biopic film; Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal,  The controversial film was a critical success and won many awards including Best Film award at the Belgrade International Film Festival, two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards South. Rai appeared in dual roles, opposite veteran actor Mohanlal, with one of her roles being a cinematic depiction of political leader and former actress J. Jayalalithaa. Rai made her Bollywood debut in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which also released that year; the film did not do well at the box office,  and was also panned by critics. In 1999 Rai starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. The film was centered on Rai's character, Nandini, who is forced to marry Devgan's character despite being in love with another man (Khan). As her husband tries to get her to her previous love, she eventually falls for him. Rai's portrayal won her critical acclaim, with a review on Rediff.com writing, "Aishwarya looks beautiful as usual ... This film will most likely draw her accolades from all over, maybe even get her recognized as an actress the way Manisha Koirala did in Khamoshi.

In 1999 Rai participated in a world tour called the Magnificent Five along with Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Akshaye Khanna and Twinkle Khanna.  In the same year, she was appointed as Longines Ambassador of Elegance.  In 2003 she became the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival. Rai is the brand ambassador for The Eye Bank Association of India's nationwide campaign to promote eye donation in India. In 2005, she became a brand ambassador for Pulse Polio, a campaign established by the Government of India in 1994 to eradicate polio in India.

In February 2005, Rai performed at the HELP! Telethon Concert to help raise money for the victims of 2004 tsunami earthquake in company with other Bollywood stars.  In 2008 she along with her family laid the foundation of a special school for underprivilged girls in the Daulatpur village in Uttar Pradesh. The school will be made by her family and is going to be named after her.

Aishwarya is Hindu and deeply religious. Her favourite temple is a 200-year-old Lord Ganesha Temple. In 1999 Aishwarya began dating Bollywood actor Salman Khan; their relationship was often reported in the media until the couple separated in 2001. Rai cited "abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), infidelity and indignity" on the part of Khan as a reason for ending their relationship. However, in a 2009 Times of India article Khan denied ever beating her: "It's not true that I hit a woman."

Rai is married to actor Abhishek Bachchan. Their engagement was announced on 14 January 2007 and later confirmed by his father, Amitabh Bachchan. The couple got married on 20 April 2007 according to traditional Hindu rites of the Bunt community to which she belongs. Token North Indian and Bengali ceremonies were also performed. The wedding took place in a private ceremony at the Bachchan residence "Prateeksha" in Juhu, Mumbai. They have been cited as a supercouple in the Indian media.  Rai has been very close to her family and lived with them in Bandra, Mumbai, until her marriage. This came as a surprise to many; she was one of the most talented and most successful Indian actresses.

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif was born in  16 July 1984 in Hong Kong to an Indian Kashmiri father, Mohammed Kaif, and an English mother, Suzanne Turquotte, both of whom are British citizens. Her parents divorced when she was very young. Kaif stated once, "my dad, unfortunately, and not out of choice, has had no influence on our upbringing, on our religious or social or moral bearings."  Kaif has seven siblings. From Hong Kong, she and her family moved to China, then to Japan. Then from Japan by boat to France when she was 8, and also moved to Switzerland, Krakow, Berlin, Belgium, and many other East European countries where she and her family were there for a few months each. Then they moved to Hawaii, and eventually later moved to her mother's home country, England. It is widely speculated that Kaif is from London, when in fact, she only lived there for three years before finally moving to Mumbai. Katrina Kaif is a  British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry.  She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.  Being a British citizen, she works in India on an employment visa.

Katrina Kaif

It should be noted that due to her poor knowledge of Hindi and other Indian languages, Katrina Kaif's voice has often been dubbed over by another actress for many of her early films. With the exception of De Dana Dan, all her films since New York feature her real voice. Earlier films in which her real voice is also heard are Singh Is Kinng, Namastey London and Boom.

However, filmmakers were initially hesitant to sign her because she could not speak Hindi. In 2008, she played the villain role for the first time in Abbas-Mus tan's hit action thriller Race. The film did extremely well at the box office, receiving a blockbuster status. She is also starred in Farah Khan's Tees Maar Khan with Akshay Kumar. The film was released on 24 December 2010. Although the film was not successful, Kaif's item song Sheila Ki Jawani was a hit.

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif

Katrina Kaif

Awards

Winner

2006:  Stardust Breakthrough Performance Award (Female), Maine Pyaar Kyun   Kiya.

2006:  Idea Zee F Awards, Fashion Diva of the Year. 

2008:  Zee Cine Awards, British Indian Actor Award.

2008:  IIFA Awards, Style Diva of the Year.

2008:  Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine, Singh Is Kinng.

2008:  Apsara Film Producers Guild of India Awards, Style Diva of the Year.

2009:  Rajiv Gandhi Award ^.

2009:  Golden Kela Awards, Dara Singh Award for the Worst Accent.

2009:  Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards, Sabsey Favourite Heroine 2009: ASSOCHAM  Award, Performing Excellence ^.

2010:  Star Screen Awards, Entertainer of the year .

2010:  Stardust Awards, Best Actress - Popular Award for New York & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani .

2011:  Star Screen Award for Best Actress (Popular Choice).

2011:  Apsara Awards: Hindustan Times Reader's Choice Entertainer Of The Year  

          Award ( Female). 

Nominated

2005:  Zee Cine Award for Most Promising Debut, Sarkar.

2008:  IIFA Award for Best Actress, Race.

2009:  Apsara Award for Best Actress In Supporting Role, Race.

2009:  IIFA Award for Best Actress, Singh Is Kinng.

2009:  Stardust Award for Star Of The Year, Singh Is Kinng.

2009:  Stardust Award for Best Actress In A Negative Role, Race.

2010:  Screen Award for Best Actor In Popular Category, New York.

2010:  Stardust Star of the Year Award – Female for New York & Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.

 2010: Filmfare Best Actress Award for New York

2010: Big Star Entertainment Award for BIG Star Most Entertaining Film Actor (Female) Rajneeti.

2010:  Big Star Entertainment Award for New Talent of the Decade (Female). 

Gerard Butler

Gerard James Butler was in born 13 November 1969 in Paisley, Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookie.  He was brought up in a strict Roman Catholic family.  Butler spent the first few years of his life in Montreal, Quebec,  before the family returned to live in Scotland. He studied law at the University of Glasgow, and became the president of the Law Society, a position Butler later said he "kind of blagged my way into".  Before his final year of law school, Butler took a year off to live in California. He mostly lived in Venice Beach, working at different jobs, traveling often, and, according to him, drinking heavily, at one point being arrested for alcohol-related disorderly conduct.  Butler later described this year as, "I was out of control, and justifying it with this idea that I'm young, this is life. This is me just being boisterous". After his time off in America, he returned to Scotland to finish his final year at university. After graduating, Butler got a job as a trainee lawyer, but was fired soon thereafter, which Butler later said made him "quite infamous in Scottish legal circles", due to the rarity of trainee lawyers being fired . A week before being fired, in 1995, Butler had been inspired to try acting, after seeing a stage production of Trai.

Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor, who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in the American miniseries Attila (2001). He garnered critical acclaim for his breakthrough work as the lead in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera. In 2007, Butler gained worldwide recognition through his portrayal of King Leonidas in the film 300. Since then, he has appeared in projects including P.S. I Love You (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Rockn Rolla (2008), The Ugly Truth (2009), Gamer (2009), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), and The Bounty Hunter (2010), and How to Train Your Dragon (2010). He was recently in Belgrade filming Coriolanus.

In London, Butler held a series of odd jobs until being cast by actor and director Steven Berk off (who later appeared alongside him in Attila(2001)) in a stage production of Coriolanus. He was cast as Ewan Mc Gregor's character Renton in the stage adaptation of Trainspotting, the same play that had inspired him to become an actor. His film debut was as Billy Connolly's character's younger brother in Mrs. Brown (1997). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in USA film Attila (2001/I) (TV). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but kept coming back to Butler's screen tests and decided he was their man. He was cast as Dracula in Dracula 2000 (2000). He then appeared in Reign of Fire (2002) as Creedy and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside Angelina Jolie. In the role of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel Timeline (2003), Butler played an archaeologist who was sent back in time with a team of students to rescue a colleague. Katherine Heigl. Gerard Butler has been in the news lately as the tabloid press started to speculation that he is dating The Bounty co-star actress Jennifer Aniston after pictures of them strolling on a beach were taken. On October 15 and 16, 2010, thanks to the popularity of his role as Spartan King Leonidas and the use of his lines during athletic events at Michigan State University, he was a guest at their Midnight Madness and homecoming football game, respectively.

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks in February 11, 1969. Aniston is of Greek descent on her father's side, and of Scottish and Italian descent on her mother's side. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick (older) and Alex Aniston (younger). Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, her father's best friend. As a child, Aniston lived in Greece for one year with her family. They later relocated to New York City.  Aniston attended the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. She worked in Off Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave, and supported herself with several part-time jobs, which included working as a telemarketer, waitress, and bike messenger. In 1989, Aniston moved to Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is an American actress, film director, and producer. She gained worldwide recognition in the 1990s for portraying Rachel Green in the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. California to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow.

Jennifer Aniston

In addition to this, Jennifer Anniston is also known for her high profile relationship with Brad Pitt, In May 1998, she began dating actor Brad Pitt. They married on July 29, 2000, in a private wedding ceremony in Malibu. For a few years, their marriage was considered the rare Hollywood success. However, the couple announced their separation on January 6, 2005.  Pitt and Aniston were seen together publicly after announcing their separation, even at a dinner party for Aniston's 36th birthday, and friends of the couple had declared they were reconciling. Aniston, however, filed for divorce on March 25, 2005. It was finalized on October 2, 2005. During this period there was intense speculation in the media that Pitt had been unfaithful to Aniston with his Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-star, Angelina Jolie.

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston and her boy friend

This girl-with-the-golden-heart is a great supporter of the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and has done several television commercials for them. She also helps to raise money for an orphanage in Mexico by supporting the ‘Friends of El Faro’ foundation. Aniston moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and was cast in her first television role in 1990, starring as a regular on the short-lived series Molloy and in the TV movie Camp Cucamonga. The series, however, was quickly canceled. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy shows, The Edge and Muddling Through, and guest-starred on Quantum Leap, Herman's Head, and Burke's Law. After the string of canceled shows, along with her appearance in the critically derided 1992 horror film, Leprechaun, Aniston considered giving up acting. Aniston's plans changed, however, after auditioning for Friends, a sitcom that was set to debut on NBC's 1994–1995 fall line-up.

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria

Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born March 15, 1975 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, the daughter of Tejano parents, Enrique Longoria, Jr. and Ella Eva Mireles. She was raised Roman Catholic. Longoria is the youngest of four daughters, her sisters being Elizabeth Judina, Emily Jeannette and Esmeralda Josephina. The Longoria family has resided in Texas since before the creation of the United States, predating the English-speaking settlers. Longoria originally wanted to be a fashion model and sent in photos to a modeling agency but was declined because of her height. Longoria attended Marvin P. Baker Middle School and later Roy Miller High School; she subsequently received her Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology at nearby Texas A&M University-Kings ville. During this time, she won the title of Miss Corpus Christi, USA in 1998. Eva Jacqueline Longoria is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Longoria received a nomination for the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Desperate Housewives.

Eva Longoria

Longoria first became famous on television in the soap opera The Young and the Restless. She became nationally recognized in the 2000s after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines, reaching #14 in the FHM "Sexiest Women 2008" poll, and having appeared on the cover of various international women's magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar.

Longoria landed her first television role in 2000, guest-starring in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. Another guest appearance in General Hospital the same year brought her big break on the popular American soap opera The Young and the Restless, in which she played psychotic Isabella Brana Williams from 2001 to 2003. People en Espanola listed her among its "Most Beautiful People" for 2003. Longoria continues to be included in lists of Hollywood's Most Beautiful and was listed #1 in Maxim's Hottest Female Stars of 2005 and 2006, becoming the first woman to top the list in two consecutive years. She was ranked #9 in the magazine's Hot 100 of 2007 list. In honor of Maxim's 100th issue in 2006, Longoria was featured on a 75-by-110-foot (23 by 34 m) vinyl mesh replica of its January 2005 cover located in a Las Vegas metropolitan area desert. In January 2007, Longoria was chosen to be the first face of Bebe Sport. She appeared in the Spring/Summer 2007 campaign, photographed by Greg Kadel. The actress also holds model contracts with L’Oreal and Hanes, New York & Co. Longoria also has a contract with Magnum Ice-Cream, and Heineken. She is a part of Microsoft's "I'm A PC" ad campaign, and she and Tony Parker have appeared together in campaigns for London Fog. Eva Longoria became a spokesperson for L'Oreal Paris in 2005 and has continued to feature in L'Oreal TV commercials and print ads until the year 2010.

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria opened the restaurant Beso (in Spanish: "Kiss") in Hollywood, along with partner and celebrity chef Todd English, in March 2008. The restaurant is located on Hollywood Boulevard and is accompanied by Kiss, a Victorian-themed nightclub above the restaurant. The Hollywood Beso was scheduled to be the focus of a pilot episode for a tentative reality series called Beso Waiting on Fame which would air on VH1 in late 2010.In 2009, Longoria and various investor-partners opened a Beso restaurant, with a nightclub called Eve above it, in the Crystals retail and entertainment district of City Center in Las Vegas. In 2011, Longoria released the fragrance "EVA by Eva Longoria", a "clean citrus-floral eau de parfum", in April 2010. She stated she wanted a fragrance she could wear: "I am allergic to most fragrances. There was nothing I could wear without my eyes watering, my nose starting to itch or sneezing." 

Eva Longoria

Longoria was married to General Hospital star Tyler Christopher from 2002 to 2004. Longoria met Spurs point guard Tony Parker in November 2004. In August 2005, Longoria confirmed she and Parker were dating, and on November 30, 2006, the couple became engaged. They were married in a civil service on Friday, July 6, 2007, at a Paris city hall. It was followed by a full Roman Catholic wedding ceremony at the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois Church in Paris on Saturday, July 7, 2007. Their marriage had its first ordeal when French model Alexandra Paressant claimed to have had an affair with Parker. Both Parker and Longoria vehemently denied these allegations through their spokespeople, saying "All high profile couples fall victim to these sorts of things in the course of their relationships. It appears that this is not the first time this woman has used an athlete to gain public notoriety." Parker initiated a $20 million lawsuit against the website that first reported the story, which later issued a full retraction and an apology, stating "X17online.com and X17, Inc. regret having been misled by Ms. Paressant and her representatives and apologize to Mr. Parker for any damage or inconvenience this may have caused him or his wife." On November 17, 2010, Longoria filed for divorce from Parker in Los Angeles, citing "irreconcilable differences". In the divorce petition, Longoria, who had taken Parker's last name, requested her maiden name be restored. She also sought spousal support from Parker. The couple had a prenuptial agreement that was signed in June 2007, the month before their wedding, and amended two years later in June 2009.