Celebrity Name: Eminem

Celebrity Real Name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Date of Birth:October 17, 1972

Birth Location:Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography:
Eminem (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972) is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper and occasional actor. He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, and was raised in Detroit.
Early life
By most accounts, the Mathers family was extremely poor, which was the primary reason for their constant moves, during which Marshall and his mother would often find themselves living in public housing, mobile homes, and under the care of relatives. During this time, Debbie Mathers was legally taking the prescription drugs Vicodin and Valium; Marshall Mathers later claimed in numerous interviews and songs that his mother was abusing the drugs,[1] to which she retaliated with a lawsuit pressing defamation charges (see below). In the song “Cleaning Out My Closet” (The Eminem Show, 2002), Mathers also accuses his mother of having Munchausen syndrome by proxy, adding that “my whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn’t.” This was not the first time someone had suggested she had the disorder; a social worker had made similar comments following a 1996 investigation of her mistreatment of her second child, Nathan Samra-Mathers.
Early career
Interested in rap from a young age, Mathers began performing as early as 13, later gaining some popularity with a group, Soul Intent. In 1996, he released an independent underground album, named Infinite (of which he sold about 500 copies out of the back of his car.) The album received no airplay and a mixed critical response, with people claiming Eminem’s rapping style sounded too similar to Nas and AZ. It was after this, that stress, drama and negativity spread in his life. In 1997 he followed Infinite with The Slim Shady EP demo, which saw his lyrics take a decidedly darker turn, in songs like “No One’s Iller” and “Murder Murder”, the latter in which he talks about having to commit crimes to feed his daughter. He became famous in the hip-hop underground because of his distinctive, cartoonish style and the fact that he was white in a predominantly black genre. Fellow rapper Snoop Dogg refers to him as rap’s “great white American hope” in the song “Bitch Please II” off of Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP.
Success
Album cover of The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).
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Album cover of The Marshall Mathers LP (2000).
At Aftermath/Interscope, Mathers released The Slim Shady LP, which went on to be one of the most popular albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year. With the album’s enormous popularity came controversy surrounding many of the album’s lyrics. In “‘97 Bonnie and Clyde”, he describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the body of his wife. Another song, “Guilty Conscience,” ends with him encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. “Guilty Conscience” also marked the beginning of the powerful friendship and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The two label-mates would later collab on a line of hit songs, including “Forgot About Dre” and “What’s The Differrence” from Dr. Dre’s highly acclaimed album 2001.
Eminem as a producer
Mathers is also active as a producer of rap records. Besides being the executive producer of D12’s two albums, Devil’s Night and D12 World, he has also produced numerous tracks on Obie Trice’s Cheers and Second Round’s On Me as well as 50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and The Massacre. In addition, Mathers has produced and appeared on several songs by other famous rappers, such as Jadakiss’ “Welcome To D-Block,” Jay-Z’s “Renegade” and “Moment of Clarity” Lloyd Banks’ “Warrior Part 2,” and “Hands Up,” Tony Yayo’s “Drama Setter,” Trick Trick’s “Welcome 2 Detroit,” and Xzibit’s “My Name” and “Don’t Approach Me.” Most of The Eminem Show was produced by Mathers himself, with co-production from longtime collaborator Jeff Bass. He also split the production with Dr. Dre on Encore. In 2004, Mathers executive-produced 2Pac’s posthumous album Loyal to the Game with 2Pac’s mother Afeni Shakur. On certain tracks, 2Pac’s voice was slowed down or sped up, and digitally altered to say things like “2005″ and “G-Unit,” angering many fans. He also produced Akon’s “Smack That”

Retirement?
In 2005, some industry insiders speculated that Mathers is considering ending his rapping career after six years and numerous multi-platinum albums. Speculation began in early 2005 about a double-disc album to be released late that year, rumored to be titled The Funeral. The album manifested itself under the name Curtain Call: The Hits, and was released on December 6, 2005 under Aftermath Entertainment.
In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press broke news of a potential final bow for Mathers as a solo performer, quoting members of his inside circle who said that he will begin to fully embrace the role of producer and label executive. The Free Press, Mathers’ hometown paper, wrote that the aptly titled Encore album would now stand as his final solo album.[wikipedia]

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Celebrity Real Name: Declan McManus

Date of Birth:25 August 1954

Birth Location:London

Biography:

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is a British musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry.
(His full given name is often listed as Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus; however, Aloysius was not one of his names at birth, being added years later, around the time of the release of “King Of America”, when he toyed with the idea of changing his name back to Declan MacManus from his “stage” name, Elvis Costello.)
Costello was an early participant in London’s pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and new wave musical genres, before establishing himself as a unique and original voice in the 1980s. His output has been wildly diverse: One critic has written that “Costello, the pop encyclopedia, can reinvent the past in his own image”.
Early life
MacManus was born in St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington in London, and lived in the area until he was sixteen. With a musically inclined father (his father, Ross MacManus, sang with Joe Loss), MacManus moved with his mother to Liverpool in 1971. It was there that he formed his first band, a folk duo called Rusty. After completing secondary school in Liverpool, he moved back to London where he next formed a band called Flip City [2], which had a style very much in the pub rock vein. They were active from 1974 through early 1976. Around this time, MacManus adopted the stage name D.P. Costello.
Career
The first Costello single for Stiff was “Less Than Zero” b/w “Radio Sweetheart (single mix),” released on March 25, 1977. Two months later, Costello’s first album, My Aim Is True (1977), was a moderate commercial success (No. 14 in the UK and Top 40 in the US) with Costello appearing on the cover in his trademark oversize glasses, bearing a striking resemblance to a menacing Buddy Holly. Costello’s backing on this first album was provided by American West Coast band Clover, a roots/country outfit living in England, who would later become Huey Lewis and The News. Costello was originally marketed as a punk artist. At the time, there was no term to distinguish punk bands like The Clash and the Sex Pistols from other so-called punk bands like Elvis Costello and Blondie. Later on, as the term new wave was applied to the first post-punk bands, Costello was new wave - for a couple of albums, anyway. The same year, Costello recruited via auditions his own permanent band, The Attractions, consisting of Steve Nieve (born Steve Nason; piano), Bruce Thomas (bass guitar), and Pete Thomas (unrelated to Bruce Thomas; drums). He released his first major hit single, “Watching The Detectives,” which was recorded with Nieve and the pair of Steve Goulding (drums) and Andrew Bodnar (bass), both members of Graham Parker & The Rumour.
In July 2005, a CD recording of a collaboration with Marian McPartland on her show Piano Jazz was released. It featured Costello singing six jazz standards and two of his own songs, accompanied by Marian McPartland on piano. In November 2005 Costello started recording a new album with Allen Toussaint and producer Joe Henry. The River in Reverse was released in the UK on the Verve label on 29 May 2006. Also released in 2006 was a live recording of a concert with the Metropole Orkest at the North Sea Jazz Festival, entitled My Flame Burns Blue.
Personal life
Costello has been married three times:
* In 1974, MacManus married Mary Burgoyne. The couple had a son, Matthew, and split up in 1984.
* In 1986, Costello married Cait O’Riordan, then bassist for the band The Pogues. The couple split at the end of 2002.
* Costello became engaged to singer Diana Krall in May 2003. In December, Costello and Krall married at the London estate of Sir Elton John. They are expecting twins, due in December 2006.
Rhino reissues
Starting in 2001, Rhino Records began an eighteen double-disc reissue program for Costello’s back catalogue prior to his Polygram/Universal contract. Except for the compilation, each of the reissues presented the remastered original album on one disc, and a separate bonus disc of B-sides, outtakes, live tracks, alternate versions and/or demos of songs.[wikipedia]

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Celebrity Real Name : Cassandra Peterson

Date of Birth : September 17, 1949

Birth Location :Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Biography:
Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1949) is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror host persona “Elvira, Mistress of the Dark”. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing gown as host of Movie Macabre, a weekly horror movie presentation. Her wicked vampish appearance was offset by her comical character, quick witted personality and Valley girl-type speech. Although the character of Elvira wears a large black wig, Peterson is a natural redhead.
In April 2006, Peterson announced her intent to retire the role.
Early life
Although born in Manhattan, Kansas, Peterson grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and graduated from General William J. Palmer High School in 1967. Just days after that, she became a showgirl at The Dunes in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she lost her virginity to Tom Jones, an incident she would relate in later years with much embarrassment. According to Peterson she required many stitches to repair the damages the next day. In Italy, she was the lead singer in a rock band and a chance encounter with Federico Fellini led to a small part in Roma (1972). Back in the U.S., she joined the Los Angeles-based improvisational troupe The Groundlings where she would eventually create the character which would soon become known as Elvira.
Recent years
* Peterson made brief appearances (both as herself and as Elvira) on I Love the 80s 3-D on VH1. She is a supporter of animal rights and an active member of PETA. [1]
* In 2005, Peterson (as Elvira) hosted a show on Australian-based cable TV channel TV1; the format was similar to her old show.
* During the weekend of January 13, 2006, Peterson held an estate sale at her Hollywood Hills home which constituted many household, personal and movie memorabilia items. The estate sale was due to her move to a new residence in the Santa Barbara, California.
* On April 19, 2006, Peterson announced her intention to retire as Elvira, and that she would be seeking a successor for the role, via a reality TV program.[2]
* Several episodes of the Elvira’s Movie Macabre series were released on DVD in September 2006.
* She has never had any cosmetic surgery or implants.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Elton John

Celebrity Real Name : Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Date of Birth : 25 March 1947

Birth Location : Pinner, London, England

Biography:
Sir Elton Hercules[1] John, CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. In a career spanning five decades, Elton John has sold over 250 million records[3] and has over 50 Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of all time.
In the early 1990s, John publicly revealed the personal costs of his rock-star extravagance: his ongoing struggle with drug abuse, depression and bulimia. He continues to be a major public figure, and has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and was knighted in 1998, and has remained an enduringly successful artist.
Early years (1947–1962)
Reginald Kenneth Dwight was born in Pinner, Middlesex, a London suburb. His father, Stanley Dwight, was a officer in the Royal Air Force and was frequently away. When the elder Dwight was home, he was demanding, disapproving, and difficult to please, exuding a frightening countenance. Reggie’s mother, the former Sheila Harris, was strict, but in contrast to her husband was Elton’s true mentor, confidant, and confidence booster. Years later, she said that her son grew up “a bundle of nerves.” Reggie’s childhood was marred by terrible arguments between his parents. But something happened in 1950 that would set his life on an immutable course: At age three, he started playing the piano by ear.
Early career (1962–1969)
At age fifteen, with the help of caring father figure Farebrother, Reginald Dwight became a weekend pianist at the nearby Northwood Hills pub, playing on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. The crowd was often rough – sometimes an unruly patron would dump a pint of beer into Reggie’s piano – and the youngster had to work hard to please them. He played everything from Jim Reeves country songs (”He’ll Have to Go”) to Irish folk numbers (”When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”), decades-old ditties (”Beer Barrel Polka”), hits of the day (”Kign of the Road”), and songs that he had written himself. He recieved a modest, steady income and substantial tips. “During that whole period, I don’t think I ever missed a gig,” he said later. A stint with a short-lived group called the Corvettes rounded out his time.

2000s
In the 2000s, John began frequently collaborating with other artists. In 2000, John and Tim Rice teamed again to create songs for DreamWorks’ animated film The Road To El Dorado. In the musical theatre world, addition to a 1998 adaptation of The Lion King for Broadway, John also composed music for a Disney production of Aida in 1999 with lyricist Tim Rice, for which they received the Tony Award for Best Original Score and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
In 2001, he duetted with Eminem on the rapper’s “Stan” at the Grammy Awards. This went a long way towards absolving Eminem of charges of homophobia and thus paving the way for Eminem’s greater mainstream acceptance. That same year, his 1970s track “Tiny Dancer” was prominently featured in the film Almost Famous, and then his “The Heart of Every Girl” was the end title song from 2003’s Mona Lisa Smile.
Personal life
Document of Civil Partnership
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Document of Civil Partnership
John has had a complicated personal history in both his sexual orientation, as well as personal battles with drugs and spending.
Sexual orientation and extended relationships
While married to Katie, Elton John disclosed his bisexuality in 1976 in a Rolling Stone magazine interview. He married German recording engineer Renate Blauel on Valentine’s Day, 1984, but they divorced four years later. John later renounced the bisexual claim and announced he was gay.
He met his partner David Furnish, a former advertising executive and now film maker, in 1993. On 21 December 2005, they entered into a civil partnership. A low-key ceremony with only their parents in attendance was held at the Guildhall, Windsor, followed by a lavish party at their Berkshire mansion. The Sun newspaper marked the event with the headline “Elton Takes David Up the Aisle”.
Sports and other interests
* In 1976, Elton John became involved in Watford Football Club and fulfilled a childhood dream by becoming its chairman and director. He invested large sums of money and the club rose into the First Division after a number of key acquisitions. He sold the club to Jack Petchey in 1987, but remained their life-long president. In 1997 he re-purchased the club from Petchey and once again became chairman. He stepped down in 2002 when the club needed a full-time chairman although he continued as president of the club. Although no longer the majority shareholder, he stills holds a significant financial interest. In June 2005 he held a concert at Watford’s Vicarage Road ground, donating the funds to the club.
Awards

* In 1991, John’s “Basque” won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition.
* Elton and Bernie Taupin were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992.
* Elton John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
* Elton John was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1995.
* In September 1997, Taupin altered the lyrics of “Candle in the Wind” for a special version mourning the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and John performed it at her funeral in Westminster Abbey. A recorded version, “Candle in the Wind 1997″, then became the fastest selling single of all time, eventually going on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide, with the proceeds of approximately £55 million going to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. John would later win the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the single.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name :Ellen Burstyn

Celebrity Real Name : Edna Gilhooley

Date of Birth : December 7, 1932

Birth Location : Detroit, Michigan USA

Biography of Edna Gilhooley :
Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gillooly in Detroit, Michigan) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She attended one of Detroit’s premier high schools Cass Tech.

Awards and recognition :

Burstyn was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Special, for the TV movie The People vs. Jean Harris (1981) and again for another TV movie, Pack of Lies (1987).
In 2006, she was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for Mrs. Harris. Her nomination was notable for a few reasons - because she had appeared as Jean Harris in the 1981 movie, and also because her nomination was for a performance that, in its entirety, consisted of two lines of dialogue and a total of thirty-eight words - which resulted in fourteen seconds of screen time. This is the shortest nominated performance in the history of the Emmy Awards.[wikipedia]

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Celebrity Real Name : Elizabeth Edith Enke

Date of Birth : April 16, 1927

Birth Location : Kingston Pennsylvania

Biography of Edie Adams:
Edie Adams (born Elizabeth Edith Enke) is an American singer and light comedienne who was born on April 16, 1927, in Kingston, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of both the Juilliard School of Music and the Columbia School of Drama. She was “Miss U.S. Television” in 1950. In those early television days, she was known as Edith Adams.
She began her career in television working with comedian Ernie Kovacs. They married on September 12, 1954, and remained together until his sudden death in a car accident on January 13, 1962. They had a daughter who was also killed in a car accident (in 1982). Kovacs was a noted cigar smoker, and Edie did TV commercials for Muriel Cigars. She remained the pitch-lady for Muriel well after Kovacs’ death, intoning in a Mae West style and sexy outfit, “Why don’t you pick one up and smoke it sometime?” Another commercial showed the alluring Adams singing, “Hey, big spender, spend a little dime with me.” A Muriel cigar cost a dime.
Kovacs’ network, ABC, gave Edie a chance with her own show, Here’s Edie, but it was a one-season casualty. Edie made sporadic appearances through the decades on television, including Designing Women.
Edie Adams was married to Marty Mills from 1964 until their divorce. He was the father of her son, Josh Mills, her surviving child. Her most recent marriage was to noted trumpet player, Pete Candoli, from 1972 until their divorce in 1989. They toured and performed together, with Candoli serving as her music director.
She starred on Broadway in Wonderful Town (1953), as Eileen (My Sister Eileen) singing the famous duet “Ohio” with Rosalind Russel, and Li’l Abner (1956). She played “Miss Olsen” in the 1960 film comedy The Apartment and is one of the few surviving headliners from the all-star movie, It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). [wikipedia]

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Celebrity Real Name : Edward Albert Heimberger

Date of Birth : April 22, 1906

Birth Location : Rock Island, Illinois

Biography of Edward Albert Heimberger:
Eddie Albert (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005) was a popular Oscar and Emmy Award-nominated American stage, film, character actor, gardener and humanitarian activist, perhaps best known for playing Bing Edwards in the Brother Rat films. He was nominated for Oscars in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday and in 1972 for The Heartbreak Kid. In an acting career that spanned nearly seven decades, two of his better known television roles were Oliver Wendell Douglas on the popular 1960s sitcom, Green Acres, and Frank MacBride on the popular 1970s crime drama, Switch. He also had a recurring role as Carlton Travis on Falcon Crest, opposite Jane Wyman.

Career :
In the 1930s Albert performed in Broadway stage productions, including Brother Rat, which opened in 1936. He had lead roles in Room Service (1937-1938) and The Boys from Syracuse (1938-1939). In 1936, Albert had also become one of the earliest television actors, performing live in RCA’s first television broadcast, a promotion for their New York City radio stations

Hobbies and Activism :
Eddie Albert had eight hobbies: boating, jogging, swimming, winemaking, beekeeping, sculpting, organic gardening and world travel. He was an out-spoken environmental and humanitarian activist, supporting issues such as creating of gardens in inner cities. He was one of the first people to call for a ban on the pesticide DDT.
In 1969 he and his son (Edward Albert, Jr.), sailed to Anacapa Island off the coast of California, to examine the effects of DDT on the pelican population.
Albert helped to launch the first Earth Day in 1970, which was designated on April 22, partly in honor of his birthday. He was also a special consultant at the World Hunger Conference in Rome in 1974, and a director to the U.S. Commission on Refugees.[wikipedia]

Celebrity Name : Doris Day Real

Celebrity Real Name : Doris von Kappelhoff

Date of Birth : April 3, 1924

Birth Location : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Biography of  Doris von Kappelhoff :
Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, known as Doris Day (born April 3, 1924), is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. A vivacious blonde with a wholesome image, she was one of the most prolific actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Able to sing, dance, and play comedy and dramatic roles, she has been an all-round star whose personality has permeated many popular and diverse movies.
Day was born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Evanston to German immigrants. The second of two children, she was named “Doris” after silent movie actress Doris Kenyon, whom her mother liked. Her family was Roman Catholic, despite her parents’ divorce. She later embraced Christian Science.

Trivia :
* She is mentioned in the Beatles’ song “Dig It,” second in the Billy Joel song “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” the Wham song “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” the Super Furry Animals song “Shoot Doris Day,” the De Phazz song “Something Special,” the Magnetic Fields songs “Is This What They Used to Call Love?,” and “Doris Daytheearthstoodstill” (sic), The Who song “Mirror Door” from Wire and Glass, the Ringo Starr song “La De Da,” the Underworld song “Dirty Epic,” and in the song “Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee,” part of the musical Grease. Doris Day is the name of a song by The Dutch band Doe Maar and she is mentioned in the chorus.
* During the 2000 Canadian federal election, Alliance party leader Stockwell Day promised to institute a policy under which a petition with 3% of Canadian voters’ signatures could trigger a referendum on any subject. As a result, Canadian satirists This Hour Has 22 Minutes created a mock on-line petition to hold a referendum to force Stockwell Day to change his name to Doris Day, and obtained more than three times more signatures than the needed 3%.
* Barbara Novak, the character played by Renee Zellweger in the feature film Down with Love (2003), is apparently based on the screen persona that Doris Day presented in the cycle of “sex comedies” beginning with Pillow Talk (1959)and concluding with Caprice (1967). Stylistically the film borrowed heavily from these films whilst being set in the New York of 1962. The soundtrack included one song associated with Day, Fly Me To The Moon, although her version was not the one featured. One song, sung by Zellwegger and Ewan McGregor, that featured during the closing credits Here’s To Love directly references Day and her screen partnership with Rock Hudson, and possibly references the fact that after the commercial failure of Jumbo (1963) Doris Day’s main musical contribution to her films was to record a single that functioned as a title track.
* She was born on the same day as the American actor, Marlon Brando who, coincidentally, is also mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
* The famous quip, “I’ve been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin,” has been variously attributed to both Groucho Marx and Oscar Levant, though Levant appears to be its most likely author.
* Her son, Terry Melcher, dated Candice Bergen and lived at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles just before it was rented out to Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate. After Sharon, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring, and Steven Parent were murdered at 10050 Cielo Drive by the followers of Charles Manson, a number of motives appeared. One of these motives was that Melcher promised to produce Manson’s album, but later refused, apparently insulting Manson. According to this theory, Manson later sent out his followers to kill everyone at 10050 Cielo Drive in an act of revenge.[wikipedia]

celebrity Name : Don Johnson

Celebrity Real Name :  Don Wayne

Date of Birth : December 15, 1949

Birth Location : Flat Creek, Missouri

Biography  of   Don Wayne  :
Donald Wayne “Don” Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor well known for his film and television appearances. Johnson became a household name as a result of his role in the popular 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice.

Early life :
Johnson was born in Flat Creek, Missouri. His father was a farmer, his mother a beautician. At the age of 6, he moved from Missouri to Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from South High School in Wichita, Kansas in 1967 and attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. He is of English origin.
In the late 1960s, he was one of the male contestants on the popular television show The Dating Game.

Early career :
Johnson studied drama at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. His first major role was in the 1969 Los Angeles stage production of Fortune and Men’s Eyes in which he played Smitty, the lead role. This exposure led to the quickly forgotten 1970 film The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart. He continued to work on stage, film and television without breaking out into stardom. His notable films from this period were The Harrad Experiment (1973) and A Boy and His Dog (1975). He was referred to as a “six-time loser” in Hollywood as a result of having been featured in six failed pilot television series.

Awards & Recognitions :
* In 1996, Johnson received a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for his role in television. This is located at 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
* Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama) “Miami Vice” - 1985

Trivia :
* Johnson’s height is 5′ 9″.
* Was considered to play Eliot Ness in The Untouchables.
* Was also considered for the role of Edward Deline on the popular NBC TV Show Las Vegas.
* Popular Finnish music group Don Johnson Big Band is named after him.
* He once had a screaming match on the radio with the hosts of the syndicated Ron and Ron Show, Ron Bennington (also known as “Tex Bennington,” now of The Ron and Fez Show) and Ron Diaz.
* Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari gave Johnson a silver Ferrari Testarossa while he was working on Miami Vice. Johnson auctioned the car while going through bankruptcy proceedings.
* Was the inspiration for Bill Murray’s character Don Johnston in the 2005 film Broken Flowers.
* In a Calvin and Hobbes comic, when Calvin and Hobbes are getting ready to go to a dinner with Calvin’s parents, Hobbes asks, “Do you think I should shave?”, to which Calvin replies “Nah, go for the Don Johnson fuzzy look.”

Music career :
Johnson, like a few other celebrities (Eddie Murphy, Philip Michael Thomas, Bruce Willis, Patrick Swayze) in the 1980’s decided to venture out into the music business. His hit single Heartbeat reached #5 on the Billboard Charts for 10 straight weeks. He released two albums, one in 1987 and the other in 1989. His first album was received pretty well, but his second tanked. [wikipedia]

celebrity Name : DMX

Celebrity Real Name : Earl Simmons

Date of Birth : December 18, 1970

Birth Location : Baltimore, Maryland

Biography of Earl Simmons :
Earl Simmons (born on December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name DMX, is an American rapper and actor, who became popular during the late-1990s into the 2000s.
Earl Simmons was the second of three children of a single mother, and was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Simmons ended up growing up in the School Street housing projects of Yonkers, New York after encountering behavioral problems in Mount Vernon. He began rapping around the age of 13,[citation needed] amusing crowds of kids with rhymes that relied on spelled-out words, a style he called “spellbound.” A local rapper eventually asked the young Earl to beatbox for him, and Simmons agreed, adapting the name DMX, which stands for “Dark Man X.” Eventually he decided to try his hand at serious rapping, and honed his skills during a stint at a group home.
By high school, DMX had given up on his education and began robbing pedestrians regularly to get by. At this time he attended school with Mary J. Blige and Hugh “MC Son” Ryan at Yonkers High School. He also got into fights and frequently was on the run from police.[citation needed] During this period, he also began doing shows and battling other rappers, making a name for himself in the New York area. He released his first album called “DMX: Unleashed and Unreleased” which was an instant hit on the streets of Yonkers. He was also featured in the Unsigned Hype section of The Source in 1991.

Recording career :
In and out of jail, DMX decided to focus solely on his rap career. He began seriously looking for a deal and linked up with Pete McCormick Schaub, an A&R for Small Island at the time. Eventually, he signed a management deal with Ruff Ryders. They negotiated deals with both Bad Boy and Death Row Records, but he eventually landed at Def Jam. He is currently at Sony BMG, set to release his first of three albums on August 1st 2006. Rumors also arose that DMX had signed for 50 Cent’s G-Unit Records, but were dismissed in a public news conference.[wikipedia]