2 May 2013

BEATRIZ, ESPE AND CRISTINA


GAME
Choose one answer among A, B, C.

1.- What actor won more Oscars for acting?
             A.- Ingrid Bergman
             B.- Meryl Streep
             C.- Katharine Hepburn

2.- Who was the highest-paid actor & actress in Hollywood in 2012?
             A.- Leonardo Dicaprio
             B.- Adam Sandler
             C.- Tom Cruise

            A.- Kristen Stewart
            B.- Sandra Bullock
            C.- Cameron Díaz

3.- Who is the most international Spanish actor?
           A.- Antonio Banderas
           B.- Javier Bardem
           C.- Penélope Cruz


NOW, LET'S SPEAK A BIT
What do you think about these questions?  
- Do you think actors earn more money than actresses?
- Do you think is it fair?
- How do you think fame is achieved?
- Are men more famous than women?
- Have men got more fans than women?



ACTORS AND ACTRESSES


OPEN HERE


WHO AM I?    Can you find out the name of every actor or actress?

NAME:???
DATE OF BIRTH: JUNE 4th, 1975
BIRTHPLACE: CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
She is Jon Voight's daughter.  Jon Voight was an actor, and he won an academy award being the best actor in 1978 because of the film called "Coming Home". Her mother was an actress, too, but they separated when she was only two years old. When she was twenty years old and after a period of rebellion, she married with the English actor, Johnny Lee Miller. She began as a model and she did a lot of musical videos. One of her first awards was for the best actress in the movie "Interrupted inocence". She is well known for  important productions such as "The Bone Collector" and "Sixty seconds". One of the last productions is the film "Tom Raider". It's full of adventure and a lot of special effects. She has nine tatoos including a dragon, Indian and Japanese symbols,  and even a prayer .  Last year she married with  Billy Bob Thorton in June.  One of her last films watched in our country  has been "Original sin" with Antonio Banderas. Brad is her sentimental partner since 2005. In 2007 she was diagnosed with hepatitis C and she urgently needed a liver transplant.  They need twelve nannies to care for their six children and she claims to have a normal family despite her fame.


NAME:???
DATE OF BIRTH: NOVEMBER 25th, 1968
BIRTHPLACE: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Since childhood, he had a knack for singing and so he earned the nickname of Fresh Prince. At a young age he joined his friend Jazzy to form a rap group called DJ Jazzy Teff & the Fresh Prince. They recorded five albums and later he continued his musical carreer in solitary.  In 1990 the North American television NBC hired him as principal actor in the TV serie, "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air", inspirated in the life of own Will.  The Fresh Prince of Bel Air became a television phenomenon that allowed him to take a big leap into the world of cinema.  In 1993 he participated in films such as "Made in American" and "Six degrees of separation".  His best film productions  were "Bad boys", "Independence day", "Public enemy", "Wild, wild, west"...  He married  to Sheree Zampino in 1992, with her he has a son known as "Trey" but they divorced in 1995.  In 1997 he married  to the actress Jana Pinket and they have had two children actors, too.  They have lived in Star Island in Miami Beach, Los Angeles,  Stockholm and Philadelph.  He said he has studied  several religions, including scientology.

NAME:???
DATE OF BIRTH:  MARCH 16th, 1965
BIRTHPLACE: MADRID
She is from Madrid but lived his youth in the province of Alicante.  His mother was a dance teacher and his father, an engineer.  After completing her secondary education, she left Alicante and moved to Madrid to start the architecture college career that ended up abandoning. She worked as a model and commercial until she achieved a position of hostess in "Vip night". The director of that program was Daniel Ecija, she married him in 2003.  Ecija offered her the character of Clara Nadal in the TV serie "General Practitioner". She worked in other TV series such as "Journalist" and "Los Serrano" until 2002.  In that time  they got married,  but they divorced in 2006. They have three daughters. One of them, María, died being still a baby.
Her debut in the movies was with the film "Sea inside". In this film she met  Javier Barden, with him it was rumoured to have a romance. She worked in "Savage Grace" (2007), and "The orphanage" (2007), too, because of that film she was nominated for the Goya as the best actress protagonist. Other films were "Julia's eyes"(2010) and "Schandenfreude" (2010).



NAME. ??
DATE OF BIRTH:: 17-8-1943
BIRTHPLACE: Greenwich Village. New York.
Two Oscars : 'Raging Bull' (Scorsese, 1980).
                    'The Godfather II'. (Coppola, 1974)
His parents: Virginia Holton (painter and poet).
                    father (an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor).
He studied acting at the "Stella Adler Studio of Acting" and the "Actor Lee Strasberg Studio", (for 16 years).
He participated in 'The Godfather II' by Coppola in the role of Don Vito Corleone (1974).
He appears with Gerard Depardieu in 'Novecento' by Bernardo Bertolucci (1976).
He rolled Raging Bull' (1980). His role as Jake La Mota is considered as one of the ten best interpretations of history.

Other films: 'The Mission' (1986)
                   'Angel Heart' (1987)
                   'Awakenings' (1990)
                    'Sleepers' (1996)
                   'A Bronx Tal' (director)
                   'Heat' (1995) with AlPacino

It's remarkable his technique methodical action and his intensive study of the history and physical and psychological traits of the characters he plays.

He married twice:                             Dianne Abbot (2 children).
                                                       Grace Hightower (2 children).
                                                       Toukie Smith (2 twin sons).  Only toghether....
He supports the Democratic Party.



NAME: ??
DATE OF BIRTH: 3-IV-1924
DATE OF DEATH:    1-VII-2004
BIRTHPLACE: Omaha. Nebraska.
Two Oscars: 'On the Waterfront' (1954)
                    'The Godfather' (1972).
His parents. His father, a producer.
                   His mother, an actress.

He moved to New York where he studied acting at The New School and Actor's Studio.
His first appearance (1950), was in the film 'The Men'; story about war veterans. His behaviour influenced actors like James Dean, Paul Newman and Robert De Niro.
In 1951 he starred in 'A Streetcar Named Desire', with Vivien Leigh, Karl Maldem and Kim Hunter. He was nominated for an Oscar as best actor.
Later it was filmed 'Viva Zapata', 'Julius Caesar' and  'On the Waterfront', for it he won an Oscar.
In the  70s, he worked in films like 'Mutiny on the Bounty', and then it began his decline.
The big break came when interpreting the head of a crime family in 'The Godfather', based on a novel by Mario Puzo. He got his second Oscar, the prize was collected by an Indian actress, Sacheen (call);    manifested by the events at 'Wounded Knee'.

Other fims: 'Last Tango in Paris' (1972)
                  'Superman' (1978)
                  'Apocalypse Now' (1979)
                  'Chistopher Columbus' (1995).
                   'Don Juan de Marco' (1995)

His last work, his voice in a video-game 'The Godfather' in 2004.
His private life was turbulent from childhood. He was expelled from Shattuck Military Academy at the age of 17.
He was married three times and had 11 children.
  -Anna Kashfi
 -Movita Castañeda
 -Tarita Teriipia, his partner in 'Muting  on the Bounty'.
He died on July !, 2004 because of pulmonary fibrosis,



NAME: ???
DATE OF BIRTH : 31-V- 1976
BIRTHPLACE: Dublin. Ireland
Golden Globe: In Bruges (2009). An inexperienced criminal in Bruges. (Best Actor).
He grew up in Castleknock, Ireland. He is the son and the nephew of ex-footballers. His father instilled his passion for football.
He enrolled at the Gaiety School of Drama in Dublin; where he studied acting and interpretation with his sister.
He married in 2001 with the actress Amelia Warner; it lasted four months. He has a son with the model Kim Bondenave.
His first film appearance:
      - 'The Dark Area' (1999)
      - 'Decent Criminal' (2000)
      - 'Tigerland' (2000).
     - 'Minority Report' (2002)
     - 'Hart´s War' (2002)
     -'The Recruit' (2003)
     - 'Phone Booth' (2003)
This film is made inside a phone box, where the protagonist, is trapped under threat of a psychopath.
In 2004, the actor gives life to Alexander the Great in 'Alexander', of Oliver Stone.
In 'Cassandra´s Dream', of Woody Allen, with Ewan McGrregor, they interpret two very different brothers.
In 2009, he filmed the final scenes of 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'; replacing the dead Heath Ledger.
This actor, in my opinion, is the new James Dean of 21st century.


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