- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Arnold Schwarzenegger began his career with bodybuilding, winning the Junior Mr Europe. He won impressive bodybuilding titles like Mr Universe, Mr World, and Mr Olympia.
- Audrey Hepburn - Audrey Hepburn was born in Brussels to a Dutch Baroness and a wealthy English banker. When she was young her parents divorced and Audrey moved with her mother to Netherlands.
- Bruce Lee - The very thought of martial art brings to mind Bruce Lee’s fiery kick, the crashing of profuse bricks in a lone blow, and his vociferous shriek. His contribution to this style of fighting is such that martial art and Bruce Lee are synonyms; where one ceases to exist without the other.
- Charlie Chaplin - Charlie Chaplin was the first and foremost comedy artist of the silent era. He meant many things to many people. His working methods were a mystery until they rediscovered a cache of films he had stored away, which was brought to light after his death. His fourth wife, Lady Oona Chaplin generously consented to provide his film legacy.
- Guru Dutt - Guru Dutt - a popular actor, director and producer, was an enigmatic and romantic person. He believed in ceaseless working. Guru Dutt portrayed the sensitivity and compassion of his characters with rare depth. During his short 13-year career, he replaced the formulaic cinema with an individual as well as a lyrical vision.
- Jackie Chan - Jackie Chan, a name that instantly conjures up a funny, energetic, and amazingly talented personality. His stunning acrobatics, astute synchronization, and his unique rhythmic fights stand unsurpassable in the Hong Kong film industry. But the most significant factor – the key to Chan’s success are his unbelievable, death-defying, mind-blowing stunts.
- Kevin Costner - Kevin Costner, American actor, director and producer, was born in Los Angeles, California. He became a sex symbol as well as an all-American hero with his baseball movies like Field of Dreams and Bull Durham.
- Kurosawa Akira - Kurosawa Akira, born in Tokyo, was a distinguished film director. After a period of initial struggle, his originality and vividness took him to the peak of his career.
- Laurel & Hardy - Laurel and Hardy were perhaps the only male comedian pair to hit the silver screen in the early 1900’s.
- Madonna - Singer, performer, film star, icon - Madonna is the mistress of the art of re-invention. With her in-your-face sensuality, she has become an embodiment of the empowered women.
- Marilyn Monroe - Much has been made of Marilyn’s desperate personal history – the abusive foster homes and the predatory Hollywood scum that accompanied her struggle to stardom.
- Richard Burton - He was the most popular legendary actor of Hollywood. A natural actor, his name to fame on the personal front was, being married to actress Elizabeth Taylor, not once, but twice! In all, however, he married four times. Not bad for an actor who had an insatiable thirst for the glamour world, limelight, fame and fortune. His good looks were well complimented by his naturally gifted abilities to perform. He had the knack to make people listen to him and laugh with him.
- Satyajit Ray - "The quiet but deep observation, understanding and love of the human race, which are characteristic of all his films, have impressed me greatly – I feel that he is a ‘giant’ of the movie industry."
- Steven Speilberg - American filmmaker, Steven Spielberg is the most acclaimed and the ever popular living entertainer of the late 20th century. Emerged as creative moviemaker in 1970; today, he is not only a successful producer-director but also a household name and a veritable brand the world over.
- Sylvester Stallone - Sylvester Stallone is one of Hollywood’s best action heroes.Apart from the fact that he is an Oscar-winning actor, he is also an accomplished scriptwriter and an accomplished director.
- Tommy Lee Jones - Tommy Lee Jones the only son of an oil-field worker and a police officer mother, is known for the dangerous, intelligent, yet sympathetic touch he gave to the characters he played.
- Walt Disney - Walt Disney, a name that instantly conjures up in one's mind the wonderful world of fairy tales, heroic stories, fantastic amusement parks, and of course, cartoons that have left their imprint on the minds of generations past and present, and it is pretty much certain that they will continue to do so in the future.
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