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Thursday, 19 January 2012

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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          Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger born at Juyly 30, 1947,  is an Austrian and American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician.  Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011.

          Schwarzenegger began to weight train at the age of 15years old.  He was awarded the title of Mr. Universe at the age of 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times.  Schwarzenegger has remained a prominent presence in the sport of bodybuilding and he has written several books and numerous articles on the sport, Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon.  He was nicknamed the "Austrian Oak" and the "Styrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days,  "Arnie" during his action career and more recently the "Governator :(a portmanteau of "Governor" and "Terminator").

           As a Republican , he was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis,  Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis's term.  Schwarzenegger was then re-elected on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election, to serve a full term as governor, defeating Democrat Phil Angelides, who was California state Treasurer at the time.  Schwarzenegger was sworn in for his second term on January 5, 2007.


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Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Sylvester Stallonne

           Micheal Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone born in July 6, 1946, commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter.  Stallone is known for his mashismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he portrayed include boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier john Rambo, The Rocky and Rambo franchises, along woth several other films, strengthened his reputation as an actor and his box office earnings.

          Stallone,s film Rocky was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as having its film props placed in the Smithsonian Museum of Art in the Rocky series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky steps.  Philadelphia has statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum, on the right side before the steps. it was announced on December 7,2010 that Stallone was  voted into boxing's Hall of fame.

  
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother ; born July 3, 1962), better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards.
Cruise's first appearance in a major film was in 1981's Taps. His first leading role was in the film Risky Business,[1] which was released in August 1983. After playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of Mission: Impossible action films in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. In addition to these heroic roles, he has starred in a variety of other successful films such as Rain Man (1988), Days of Thunder (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004) and War of the Worlds (2005).
Since 2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio,[2] with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive. Cruise is also known for his support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology.

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