Leonardo DiCaprio biography by Kate Johns

Leonardo DiCaprio still is an unmarried bachelor, winding his way through the herd of famous single female stars. Next, we'll be seeing him dating Taylor Swift. Why not, she is currently dating men almost twice her age.

Leo has quite a past! He stormed through the 1990's to become a very rich, sought-after star. Even though he is now in late 30's, he still looks like a baby-faced kid with powerhouse talent.

 Leo DiCaprio was born on Nov. 11, 1974, in Los Angeles.

 His real name is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio, and he is almost six feet tall.
 His father is an Italian-American comic distributor, and his mother was a German-American secretary, later became his manager.
At age 5, DiCaprio appeared on the TV show, "Romper Room."
 DiCaprio had a tough time in school, suffering from attention deficit disorder.
Leo's classmates called him---"Leo the Tardo."

 At age 14, DiCaprio hired an agent. Soon he starred in milk and Matchbox toy car ads.
 He quickly won a part in a spinoff of "Dallas," the soap opera "Santa Barbara."
 Next, he appeared as the kid who fights with Heather McComb in the TV adaptation of the movie "The Outsiders."
  You may remember DiCaprio acting in the TV show "Roseanne" as one of Darlene's classmates in the 1990's.
 In 1991, DiCaprio appeared in the horror flick "Critters 3" and on the TV show "Growing Pains."
 His hard work did not go unnoticed; he was nominated and then won a Young Artist Award in 1991.
  After starring in "This Boys Life" with Robert De Niro, blockbuster hits soon rolled his way, creating the megastar we know today.
 In 1995, DiCaprio played author Jim Carroll in the "Basketball Diaries."
 In 1996, he starred opposite Claire Danes in "Romeo and Juliet."
  In 1997, DiCaprio starred in  blockbuster hit "Titanic" with Kate Winslet, portraying a poor, young man who fakes being rich, to win the heart of Winslet's character, Rose De Witt Bukater. He won several Golden Globe Awards for his portrayal of poor but giving Jack Darwin in the Titanic.
 Leonardo did some serious dating with supermodels such as Gisele Bundchen, Helena Christensen and Amber Valetta.
 In 2003, DiCaprio starred in two movies, "Catch Me if You Can" and "Gangs of New York."
 DiCaprio supported John Kerry in the presidential election of 2004.

DiCaprio and Winslet paid for Titanic survivor Millvina Dean to live in a nursing home, after it was reported she had to sell Titanic mementos to afford to live. Copyright 2010, written by talented author Kate Johns who began her career creating greeting card sayings back in 2004.

Leann Rimes: Young singing sensation to recent tabloid fodder by Kate Johns

Leann Rimes is a country superstar singing sensation who started singing at the tender age of just two, becoming a major force to reckon with early on. Just as a young Taylor Swift drove her country music career. But in comparision Leann Rimes has become something of tabloid fodder in recent years.

* Rimes was born on Aug. 28, 1982, in Jackson, Mississippi.
* At the tender age of 5, Rimes won her first dancing and singing talent competition. The song she sang was "Getting to Know You."
* Rimes was discovered by local disc jockey, Bill Mack, while she was singing the national anthem at a Dallas Cowboys football game.
* Mack asked her to sing the song "Blue" that he had originally written for famous country singer Patsy Cline. Cline had been killed in an airplane crash in Tennessee in 1963 and never got the chance to record the magical song Mack had written.
* By age 11, Rimes recorded her first album, "All That," with an independent label.
* "All That" caught the attention of executives at Curb Records, and at age 14, Rimes had a hit song on her hands with Blue, selling 8 million copies.
* When Leanne was only 14, she won her first Grammy in 1996 for Best New Artist.
* Rimes won a Grammy in 1996 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
* She credits singer Janis Joplin as being her biggest musical influence.
*She made an appearance in the bar strutting movie "Coyote Ugly."
* Rimes sued her father for $7 million that she said he had stolen from her.
* At 16, she sued her record label for the release of an album of outtakes that she had deemed substandard.
* Rimes married Dean Sheremet, one of her backup dancers, in 2002.
* The song "How Do I Live" spent a record-breaking 69 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Chart.
* Rimes announced on her web site in 2009 that she was divorcing her husband, due to falling for co-star Eddie Cibrian in her Lifetime movie "Northern Lights."
*Rimes became engaged to Eddie, defending her turbulent love life in the media. Copyright 2010, written by Kate Johns, a talented author who started her career creating greeting card sayings in 2004.

Lindsay Lohan Talented Mess by Kate Johns

Lindsay Lohan is a talented mess. Lohan is an American actress who started her career as a child star, blossomed into a teen actress who could handle any role with ease. Although, her personal problems have taken center stage. Her partying ways may just extinguish her chances for a career as a successful adult actress.
Lindsay Lohan Talented mess facts are:
*She was born on July 2, 1986, in New York City.
*She began her acting career at age 3 as a Ford model.
*She appeared in more than 60 TV commercials, including ones for The Gap, Pizza Hut and Jell-O with Bill Cosby.
* Lindsay Lohan's first official acting role was as the character, Alexandra Fowler, on the soap "Another World."
*At the age of 10 in 1998, she starred as twins in the Disney remake of the movie "The Parent Trap."
*Acting as twins scored her an award from the Young Artist Foundation for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature film. She was then signed to a three-movie contract with Disney.
*Lohan returned to the small screen in 2000 to star opposite supermodel Tyra Banks in the made-for-TV movie "Life-Size."
*In 2002, Lohan launched a music career, with Estefan Enterprises for a five-album deal.
* Lohan got super busy making hit movies, and her first album, "Speak," debuted two years later, racing to platinum.
* Lohan starred in several mega box-office hits in 2003 and 2004: "Freaky Friday," in which she starred opposite actress Jamie Lee Curtis, and the 2004 hit "Mean Girls."
*In 2004, she starred in another Disney flick, "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen."
*After these three money-making winners, Lohan's salary was bumped up to more than $7 million a picture.
*In 2005, she starred in another Disney movie "Herbie Fully Loaded."
* Lohan made a soulful album called "A Little More Personal" that sold 82,000 copies its first week, and dropped out of the top 40 right after.

*In May of 2007, Lohan was arrested for DUI after crashing her car. The police found cocaine in her vehicle.
*In a long list of troubled events, an the underage, but talented mess, Lohan was seen in clubs partying and was continually followed by the media.
* Lindsay went to rehab in 2007 in Los Angeles not once, but twice, and came out still partying.
* She went through several relationships with several young stars, including disc jockey Samantha Ronson from 2008 to 2009.
*Her mother Dina Lohan is her business manger.
* Lohan dated singer Aaron Carter for a year.
* A naked Lohan re-created the last photo shoot of Marilyn Monroe for "New York" magazine in 2008.
Lindsay went to jail for a very brief time in 2010, and is currently receiving rehab. Just think Lohan could do the reality TV show of Celebrity Rehab, or start her own reality TV show.Currently. she just starred on SNL imitating her talented mess self, and is negotiating a deal or two to star in yet another movie. Copyright2010, written by Kate Johns a talented author who began her career creating greeting card sayings in 2004. copyright means you can;t use this article, without the author's permission---not even a sentence or a paragraph!

Why Do Celebrities Name Their Kids Strange Names? by Kate Johns

Why do celebrities name their kids strange, unheard of names, that we regular, down to earth folk would never dream of naming our kids?

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Why is it that we regular people who work really hard for our money, don't have the time or the money for that matter, to come up with these strange names? What happens to people when they become celebrities? Do they ask their entourage to give them names for the baby, and one person says, "Okay, Michael I think a really good name would be Blanket." What? Michael Jackson named his third child Blanket? What kind of strange baby name is that?

But, celebrities and their children don't have to deal with real life. They pay people to do that for them. Celeb children don't have to go to real school. And they won't get beaten up on the school playground for having a name like, Blanket. Gwyneth Paltrow's child will never have to hear the taunts of other kids at school making fun of his, or is that her, name, of Apple. Apple won't be attending regular, everyday school, Apple will be attending a private school with other kids who are wealthy and have celebs for parents. And they too, will have strange celeb names.
Possibly the other celeb parents will come up with names such as; Orange, and Lemon. How about naming your child Earth Science, Orbit, or Venus? Wait a minute Venus has already been taken, now hasn't it? Venus Williams, the tennis ace, whose parents weren't celebs when they named her. HM. me thinks that is strange!
Valerie Bertinelli and Eddie Van Halen had one child together and they named him Wolfgang. Now that is a truly strange name. But, when you think about this name, it makes perfect sense. Eddie Van Halen is a musical genius, and they obviously named their child after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was the famous classical composer of music back in the dark ages of music. That obviously took a lot of thought to name their child Wolfgang!
We knew at the time that Michael Hutchence of INXS and Paula Yates were taking a lot of drugs when they were romantically involved and they named their still alive to this day daughter-Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily. Hutchence killed himself back in 1997 and Paula followed him in the year 2000 by overdosing on heroin. Tiger Lily is currently living with Bob Geldof and his three daughters by Paula Yates. One of their children, they named Fifi Trixibell. As the story goes it wasn't Hutchence or Yates that even named Tiger, it was Fifi that gave her this strange to us regular people, name.
The list goes on with the celebs and stellar musicians naming their kids strange names. U2's The Edge named one of his children Blue Angel, and Bruce Willis and Demi Moore named one of their kids Rumer. Possibly, celebs are so incredibly creative, they just outshine us regular, down to earth people with naming their babies.
Makes Beyonce's baby's name Blue Ivy sound perfectly normal, now doesn't it? Copyright 2010, written by Kate Johns a talented author who started her career creating greeting card sayings in 2004!

How Celebrity Chefs Became Celebrites by Kate Johns

Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri, Paula Deen, Giada De Laurentiis. Just some of the names of famous chefs who have become very popular members of the Food Network team of star chefs. What sets these chef stars apart from everyone else that will help you make the right career decision?

Each celebrity chef knows his or her stuff. They have gone to school to learn their culinary craft, and many times they were born into a family that centers on creating food as part of their rich heritage. To become a celebrity chef, you will want to go to a school for chefs such as The Culinary Institute of America. But if you don't want to move to another city or have that kind of dough to spend, you can find a great school near where you live. Culinary colleges are recognizing that chefs are created as well as born, and new restaurant management, and chef schools are popping up all over America.

Why are celebrity chefs such as Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri, and Paula Deen shining stars in the world of food? Each celebrity chef has a certain something that just shines through. Each celebrity chef has a wonderful way with people. They have charisma as well as a vast knowledge of every aspect of food. This shows through when each celebrity chef is on camera creating a stunning, tasty delight that just jumps out of the screen at the audience.

Celebrity chefs, have grown up literally obsessed with food. They adore everything that has to do with food, from the spices involved, to the wonderful aroma created by the food cooking, to actually creating food that tastes great. People who love food love to create dishes that taste and look great, and that accompanies wonderful table settings that compliment the dish creations.

How can you become a celebrity chef?  Do your homework, that's how!
Watch the Food Network and take notes. Watch how each chef talks continuously throughout the meal preparation. Discover how much they know about food preparation, spices, cooking utensils, and pots and pans. Watch how they present the food to make it as appealing as possible. Go to school to learn your craft, and you can be a celebrity chef in your own right. Oh yea, and don't forget to mix in your stunning personality!

Celebrities born in New Jersey that stayed in New Jersey by Kate Johns

There are more famous celebrities born in New Jersey that live in this small Eastern state than anywhere else in the world! They should start calling New Jersey-New Jollywood! There are so many, it would take three articles to cover them all. Here are some of the famous celebrities born in New Jersey: singer Dionne Warwick, singer Sarah Vaughan, Wendy's founder, Dave Thomas, (who died in 2002), actor Kevin Spacey, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, actor Joe Piscopo, and astronaut Edwin Aldrin. Oh yea-who could forget, the infamous newest pack of celebs from their reality TV shows, Jersey Shore---The Situation and Snooki, and the Housewives of New Jersey.

Here are seven  famous celebrities born in New Jersey that stayed in New Jersey:

Jon Bon Jovi lives in Sayreville.
Bon Jovi is a huge music artist success. Starting out in the early '80s as a singer/songwriter, Bon Jovi's tunes have climbed the hit-making charts numerous times, selling millions upon millions of records(currently just over 130 million). Besides crossing over into country music, he has appeared in several movies, and Tv shows like, Ally Mc Beal and Sex in the City.

Bruce Springsteen, Long Branch.
Bruce was not only Born in the USA, but he was born in New Jersey. Bruce, according to Rolling Stone magazine, is the "average man's hero" and has amassed a small fortune selling millions of heart-rending songs about regular people.

Meryl Streep was born in Summit.
Streep recently won an Academy Award for her starring role for "The Iron Lady" and  starred in "The Devil Wears Prada." According to IMDb, Streep is perhaps "the greatest living film actress to have been nominated for the Academy Award 17 times, and she won twice."(Now three times.)

Whitney Houston was born in East Orange, New Jersey.
Houston became a singing diva in the 1990's. She famously married singer Bobby Brown, and divorced Brown in 2007. Her debut record, "Whitney Houston," according to IMDb, was the biggest selling debut record in history, selling over 13 million copies in 1985. Houston died February 11, 2012, the night before the Grammy Awards Show.

Famous actor Jack Nicholson was born in Neptune City.
He is often seen courtside cheering on his favorite basketball team, the L.A. Lakers. Perhaps best known for his crazy caretaker role in "The Shining," he has starred in many movies, including "Batman" as The Joker and started his acting career in the late '50s. Recently, he starred in "The Bucket List."

No one can forget,(New York, New York), Frank Sinatra, who was an only child born in Hoboken.
He became a best-selling recording artist, selling millions of records every year in the 1940s. Frank was a founding member of the now famous 1960s "Rat Pack," and starred in many movies, one of which, as the character Maggio, in 1953's "From Here to Eternity."
Lauryn Hill, hip-hop artist, was born in South Orange.

She has led a successful hip-hop recording career, with her 1998 album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," having, according to Essortment, "the highest first week sales of any album by a female artist in history." In 1999, Hill won five Grammys for her album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill". Hill has also had several acting roles, appearing in the soap opera "As the World Turns" with a recurring role. She also appeared in the movie "Sister Act Two: Back in the Habit." Copyright 2010, written by Kate Johns, a talented writer who began her career creating greeting card sayings in 2004.

Mariah Carey BIO by Kate Johns

Depending on whom you believe Maria Carey was born either in 1969 or 1970. IMDB, says she was born on March 27, 1969, and Mariah says she was born in 1970.

*Her father, Alfred, was an African-American aeronautical engineer from Venezuela.
*Her mother, Patricia, was an Irish-American opera singer and vocal coach.
*When Carey was 3 years old, her parents divorced.
*In 1987, she graduated high school and moved to Manhattan.
*At a Columbia Record party, she met Tommy Mottola and handed him a demo of her singing.
*Mottola listened to the demo in his car on the way home, loved what he heard, and went back to the party to talk to Carey.
*In 1990, her first album, Mariah Carey, was released, becoming a huge hit with four hit singles.
*That same year, Carey won several Grammy Awards, one for Best New Artist and one for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for her debut single "Vision of Love," according to People.com.
*In 1991, her next album "Emotions" was released and climbed the charts.
*In 1992, Mariah performed on "MTV's Unplugged" and impressed her critics with her incredible vocal range.
*That same year, she released the album of the live performance given on "MTV's Unplugged," and it soon went platinum.
*In 1993, Mariah married record mogul Tommy Mottola in a star-studded spectacle.
*Attending the wedding were major celebs such as Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and Robert De Niro.
*In September 1993, her next album "Music Box" was released, going straight to No. 1 on the charts, according to People.com. The single "Dream Over" spends two months at No. 1.
*In 1995, her next record "Daydream," combined R&B and hip-hop, soared to multi platinum.
*In 1996, according to People.com, Mariah had an affair with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
*In 1997, Mottola and Carey split.
*That same year she declared her independence by creating an album called "Butterfly."
*In 1999, her next album, "Rainbow" was released, pushing her ahead of the Beatles with the most cumulative weeks spent atop the Hot 100 singles chart.
*In 2001, Carey signed the biggest recording contract ever, with an $80 million deal with Virgin Records, according to starpulse.com.
*Soon after, her next record "Glitter" and her first movie by the same name bombed.
* Carey publicly lost it and had a nervous breakdown.
*In 2002 Virgin bought out the remainder her contract for $28 million.
*That same year she signed with Island/Def Jam records and released her ninth album, which also tanked.
*In 2005, "The Emancipation of Mimi" came out, redeeming Carey as capable of creating the year's best-selling album. She won several Grammy Awards.
*In 2008, she scored her 18th hit with the single "Touch My Body," pushing her into second place as the singer with the most chart-topping hits, according to Starpulse.com.
*Mariah Carey is currently pregnant with her first child, with her current husband, Nick Cannon.
In the fall of 2008 suffered a miscarriage with second hubby's baby.
*Mariah has sold over 100 million albums in her singing career. Copyright 2010, written by  Kate johns who is a talented author who began her writing career in 2004, creating greeting card sayings.