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Name: Birth Name: Hilary Ann Duff Height: 5' 4" Sex: F Nationality: American Birth Date: September 28, 1987 Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA Profession: actress, musician Education: home-schooled since the age of 10 Joel Madden (member of Good Charlotte; born March 11, 1979; announced their relationship in June 2005; split November 27, Relationship: 2006), Aaron Carter (actor, musician; born December 7, 1987; dated in 2003) Father: Bob Duff (a convenience store owner) Mother: Susan Duff (producer; born May 12, 1953) Sister: Haylie Duff (actress, musician; born on February 19, 1985) Claim to Titular character on The Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire fame:

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• Is desperate to take a month off after a manic year with three movies, a sell-out tour and, a greatest hits album release. • Donated $250,000 US to help hurricane Katrina victims on the Gulf of Mexico coast. (September 3, 2005) • Donated a portion of all ticket sales from her sold-out Most Wanted tour to aid tsunami relief efforts. • Launched her clothing line Stuff on March 12, 2004. • Has a new mystery actor boyfriend who she has been dating for just a month. (February 11, 2004) • Walt Disney Co. has signed Duff to make a solo album after the soundtrack to her recent Lizzie McGuire Movie went gold. • Was one of the most powerful celebrities, according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#96) • Nickname: Hil • Is paid $1,000,000 for THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE (2003)

Name: David Beckham Birth Name: David Robert Joseph Beckham Height: 5' 11½ Sex: M Nationality: British Birth Date: May 2, 1975 Birth Place: Leytonstone, London, England, UK Profession: Actor, member of Real Maddrid Football Club, Model Education: Manchester United to their youth training program at the age of 14 Victoria Beckham Adams (former member of Spice Girls; born on Husband/Wife: April 17, 1975; married on July 4, 1999) Father: David Edward Beckham (married in 1969 in Hoxton, east London) Mother: Sandra West Sister: Joanne (born in 1982) and Lynne (born in 1972) Cruz Beckham (born on February 20, 2005 in Madrid via Caesarean section), Son: Romeo James (born on September 1, 2002 at 9.40am; at the Portland Street Hospital in London), Brooklyn Joseph Beckham (born on March 4, 1999) English football superstar signed with Manchester United in 1993 Claim to fame: and Real Madrid in 2003

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• His son Romeo has been diagnosed with epilepsy. • Is going to teach soccer to and ’s son. • Said he would consider becoming an astronaut and going to the Moon when he ends his soccer career. • Celebrates his 30th birthday at Madrid's trendy Buddha Bar with a night of glamorous partying attended by around 100 guests. • Is the only British sports star in People magazine's annual 50 most beautiful people poll. • Is the first British sportsman to appear on the cover of US fashion bible Vanity Fair.

Name: Gisele Bundchen Birth Name: Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen Height: 5' 10¾'' Sex: F Nationality: Brazilian Birth Date: July 20, 1980 Birth Place: Horizontina, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Profession: Model, Actress Kelly Slater (surfer; dated since 2005; broke up in July 2006), Leonardo DiCaprio (actor; met in 2000; broke up in November Relationship: 2005), Joao Paulo Diniz (multi-billionaire), Scott Barnhill (model; long-term love split in 2000) Sister: Raquel, Graziela, Gabriela, Patricia (twin) and Rafaela Claim to Fashion model whose voluptuous figure was touted as The Return fame: of the Sexy Model

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• She speaks Portuguese • Has issued a serious warning to Leonardo DiCaprio after rekindling her romance with him - Cheat on me and I'll dump you again. • She wants to live at a farm when she is older and have a family and than she wants to swim in the lake every morning • Discovered at age 14 while chowing on a Big Mac at a class trip in Brazil • She is total crazy of her little doggy Vida and never go anywhere without it • Loves chocolates • Asked for the role in CHARLIES' ANGELS and she said no. • Likes steak and pasta • A big fan of McDonald • Likes fairy's and she is a freak of nature.

Name: Angelina Jolie Birth Name: Angelina Jolie Voight Height: 5' 7" Sex: F Nationality: American Birth Date: June 4, 1975 Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA Profession: actress, model Education: Lee Strasberg Theater Institute (enrolled at age 11) New York University (majored in Film; attended night classes,

1997) (actor, director; b. August 4, 1955; married on May 5, 2000; divorced on May 27, 2003), Husband/Wife: Jonny Lee Miller (actor; b. November 15, 1972; married on March 28, 1996; separated on October 1, 1997; filed for divorce on February 3, 1999) Brad Pitt (actor; born on December 18, 1963; rumored to have a relationship during filming Mr. And Mrs. Smith - 2004), Relationship: Timothy Hutton (actor; born on August 16, 1960; dated 1998- 1999) John Voight (actor; born on December 29, 1938; married on Father: December 12, 1971; separated in 1976; divorced in 1978) Marcheline Bertrand (former actress; born on May 9, 1950; died of Mother: cancer on January 27, 2007) Brother: James Haven Voight (director; born on May 11, 1973) Uncle: (aka James Wesley Voight; musician) Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt (Cambodian; adopted; born on August 5, Son: 2001), Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt (adopted from an orphanage in Vietnam) Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt (born on May 27, 2006 in Namibia; via Caesarean section and weighed in at a healthy seven pounds; Daughter: Shiloh means Messiah), Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt (Ethiopian; adopted; born on July 6, 2005)

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• Jolie and her brother James Haven consider themselves orphans after the death of their mother - because they are not close to their father, . • Plans to stop making movies for a while to concentrate on raising her four children. • Says her work as a humanitarian ambassador for the United Nations at first made her cry constantly • Criticized Madonna for adopting Malawian child David Banda in an illegal manner. • Angelina and Brad Pitt spent Thanksgiving holiday traveling around the Vietnamese capital Ho Chi Minh City on a motorbike. • Her adoption of an Ethiopian orphan has given hope to thousands more parentless children, because her example has sparked a huge interest in adoption. • Her friends have forced her to take cooking lessons, because she's such a disaster in the kitchen. • Has revealed that she never feels intimidated when she meets with politicians to discuss refugee issues, because she knows about the subject. • Visited a Sudanese refugee camp on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital where she distributed winter clothes, blankets, and toys. • Donates one third of all her earnings to charity, saying she has too much money for her own needs and wants her wealth to benefit those who are in need.

Name: Cameron Diaz Birth Name: Cameron Michelle Diaz Height: 5' 9" Sex: F Nationality: American Birth Date: August 30, 1972 Birth Place: San Diego, California, USA Profession: actress, model Education: Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California Justin Timberlake (musician; born January 31, 1981; dated since 2003; split January 11, 2007), (actor; born December Relationship: 26, 1971; 1999-2003), Matt Dillon (actor; born February 18, 1964; 1996-1998), Carlos De La Torre (producer; 1990-1995) Father: Emilio Diaz (oil foreman) Mother: Billie Early (exporting agent) Sister: Chimene Diaz (older) Claim to as Tina Carlyle in The Mask (1994) fame:

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• Says she has no plans to marry long-term boyfriend Justin Timberlake, because she is “a commitment-phobe.” • Says she's always late because she's in a different time zone (15 minutes later) to everyone else. • Voted the worst (1st) autographer in Hollywood by Autograph Collector's 14th annual survey. (2006) • Hopes her relationship with Justin Timberlake will be like her parents', who have been married for 34 years. • Told photographers at the Toronto International Film Festival that their clicking was giving her a nervous breakdown. • Said she was trying to look sophisticated and European in 1992 when as an unknown model she posed for topless photos. (July 15, 2005) • A huge fan of TV show Desperate Housewives. • Has bought her very own castle in the Hollywood Hills for $2.7 million. • Her nose was shattered in 20 places when she broke it in a surfing accident. • Named the best dressed celebrities by America's People magazine. • Topped the list of the highest female earners with $40 million in one year, in a new survey compiled by the 2004 Guinness World Records.

Name: Leonardo DiCaprio Birth Name: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio Height: 6' Sex: M Nationality: American Birth Date: November 11, 1974 Birth Place: Hollywood, California, USA Profession: actor Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School in Los Angeles, Education: California Center for Enriched Studies in Los Angeles, California John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, California Bar Rafael (Israeli model; dating in 2006), Gisele Bundchen (Brazilian model; born on July 20, 1980; broke up in 2005), Relationship: Vanessa Hayden (model; dated in 1998), Kristen Zang (model; born on June 22, 1974; 1996-1997) Father: George DiCaprio (comic-book distributor) Mother: Irmeline DiCaprio (former legal secretary) Grand Helena Idenbirken Mother: Claim to as Toby in This Boy's Life (1993) fame:

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• His new movie THE BLOOD DIAMONDS, which takes on the issue of so- called conflict diamonds, is causing controversy among jewel bosses, who claim the film could hurt diamond sales. • Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. • Leo's mom was standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci painting in Italy when Leo kicked her. That sign prompted her to name him after the painter. • Originally offered the role of Dirk Diggler in BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997), but turned it down to do TITANIC. • Considered for the role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in SPIDER-MAN (2002). • On the set of TITANIC, DiCaprio's pet lizard was run over by a truck, but with some TLC, Leo nursed him to health.

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