Bette Midler

Bette Midler is a singer, song-writer, actress, comedian from America. She has been awarded with 3 Grammy awards,S 4 Golden Globe awards and 3 Emmy awards. She made her debut in 1979 with the movie, ‘Rose’. The role earned her a Golden Globe award and an Academy award nomination for her role in Rose. She has sold 30 Million records as a musician with 4 Multiplatinum, 8 Platinum and 13 Gold albums. She’s had a career of about 50 years!

EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

Bette Midler

She was born on 1 December 1945 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother was a seamstress and her father was a painter at the Navy. She was named after the actress Bette Davis. She attended the Redford High school. She was awarded the ‘most talkative student’ award as a student. In 1966, he acted in her first movie as an extra. The movie was Hawaii. She began doing theatre as a teen. She participated in many plays and dramas. In 1970, She began singing in a Gay Bathhouse. In 1972, Bette released her first album, The Divine Miss M. It topped the Billboard charts and was declared a Platinum hit. She won the 1972 Grammy for the Best new artist. She appeared in the who’s rock opera ‘Tommy’. ‘Do you want to dance’, ‘Friends’, and ‘Boogie Boogie Bugle Boy’ were a few hit singles from the album.  Her next self-titled album was released in 1973. The album was an instant hit and sold about a million copies in United States. It received good reviews from the critics. In 1976 and 1977, she released 2 new albums- Songs for the new depression and Broken Blossom. She received a special Tony award in 1974. She provided her voice for the educational series, Vegetable Soup. In 1979, Bette starred in the movie ‘The rose’ as a drug-addict model. She was widely acclaimed for her acting skills. She even released her 5th album, Thighs and Whispers later that year. It was a moderate success. She then began a world tour concert. She won an Academy Award for her performance and a Golden Globe as well. She won a Grammy award for the soundtrack of the movie. In 1981, She worked in the comedy project ‘Jinxed’.

The film was quite a flop. She did not appear in any film until 1986 after that. She then released her album ‘No frills’, which was known for collaborations with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Midler performed in the U.S. for Africa cause in the song ‘We are the world’. She then signed a multi-film deal with Walt Disney. She then built a very successful comedy acting career. She lent her voice in the animated Disney movie, ‘Oliver and Company’.  The soundtrack of the movie was extremely successful and sold 4 Million copies in the United States of America. She won a Grammy for the ‘record of the year’. She released the album named ‘Some people’s lives’ in 1990. The album was extremely successful and achieved the multi-platinum status. In 1991, She starred in a movie named ‘Scenes from the malls’. the movie received mix reviews from the critics. She then starred in the movie ‘For the boys’ for which she won a Golden Globe award. She won an Emmy award for her performance in the second last episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

RICHNESS

Bette Midler’s Rooftop house!

Bette Midler has a net worth of $ 200 Million. She has been in the industry since the past 50 years. She has had a very successful music and acting career. Undoubtedly, a legend! Bette Medlar has won many awards for her performances in music and acting. She is a very talented musician along with being a very powerful actress. She has garnered this treasure as a result of her efforts and dedication. Bette Midler created the New York Restoration Project in 1995. It was an NPO aimed at resurrecting disparaged suburban areas in New York. The project has revitalized numerous gardens in the New York city. She won the Sammy Cahn Life time Achievement award in 2012. The same year, she starred in the movie ‘Parental Guidance’.

FAMOUS QUOTES BY BETTE MIDLER

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Occupation – Actor

Bradley cooper, the man tagged with “sexiest man alive on earth”. He is an American actor who started his career with TV series and currently ruling the Hollywood industry with his dashing looks and talent. Cooper achieved his fame with ‘Hangover trilogy’, ‘the A-Team’, ‘Limitless’. He is a man who was key actor of Hangover series but never suffered from a hangover.

Profile and career:

Bradley Cooper was born on 5th January’1975 in Philadelphia, and grown up in the nearby town of Jenkintown of Pennsylvania. Cooper’s mother (name Gloria) was an Italian descent who worked for local NBC affiliate. And his father, Charles cooper was an Irish descent and worked as stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. Bradley also had one sister named Holly. He was a catholic by religion. He passed his high school in 1993 from Germantown academy and after graduating from Germantown academy, he went to Villanova University for higher studies but latterly he was transferred to Georgetown University, where he completed his B.A (hons.) in English in 1997. While graduating cooper also learned to speak fluent French and thus he worked six months as an exchange student in Aix-en-Provence, France. In 1998, cooper enrolled in MFA program at actors’ studio drama school at new school University and began molding his career abilities.

While attaining his MFA program he made his acting debut in 1999 in a TV series name- ‘sex and the city’. Afterwards Cooper acted in another TV series in ‘the street’ in 2001. Simultaneously cooper made his first debut in comedy feature film ‘Wet hot American summer’ in 2001, in the same year he also starred in two more films –‘Bending all the rules’ and ‘Stella stories’. In addition to his film work, Cooper is also well known to TV audience for his fantastic work on several hits. He played lead role in a comedy series ‘Kitchen Confidential’, based on renowned chef and author Anthony. He also made some recurring roles in Alias and Jack & Bobby. He was also seen as guest spot in many shows such as Law & order: SVU, Law & order: Trial by jury etc.

After several TV series, Cooper was back on big screen; he made his first major role in a hit comedy film- ‘wedding crashers’ with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan in 2005. After this he appeared in ‘Failure to launch’ in 2006. After getting a very tepid response with this movie, Bradley got some success in box office with ‘Yes Man’ in which he was co-starring opposite to Jim Carry. In the same year, Cooper made his Broadway debut in the play ‘Three Days of Rain’, in which he starred with Julia Roberts and Paul Rudd. He was also the part of cast of the play- ‘The Understudy’, which was premiered to sold out audiences at the Williamston Theater festival.

It was seen that Cooper was getting great success with comedy, so in 2009 he again acted in another comedy film ‘He’s Just not that into you’, inspired by popular self-help book. In 2009 Cooper again proved his comedic talent with the release of ‘The Hangover’, this movie was an explosive hit. This movie was based on three friends(Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis) who went to LA to celebrate bachelor party weekend and lost their control with hangover and in morning they lost one of their buddy.

Then in 2010, Cooper starred in two more blockbusters – fisrt one was a ensemble romantic comedy film ‘Valentine’s Day’ and other one was a remake of ‘The-Team’. He then appeared as himself in the TV series ‘Cubed’. In the following year, he proved that he was a star in Hollywood with mind blowing roles in the high-octane techno thriller film- ‘Limitless’ and a comedy sequel ‘The Hangover part II’. In same year he was titled as the World’s Sexiest Man by people magazine too.

After that, he worked nonstop with a wide range of different roles in a list of 2012 films- he plays a gang leader in a comedy movie ‘Hit & Run’, a struggling writer in ‘The Words’, and a cop-turned politician in ‘The place beyond the Pines’. In the same year he got his biggest Hit with ‘silver Linings Playbook’, in this critically acclaimed film, cooper plays the lead role of a man who tries to re-adjust to society after leaving a mental institution. This film was nominated for seven Oscars at 2013 Academy Awards. Cooper also received a nomination for Actor in a leading role.

In 2013, Cooper appeared in the third and final installment of Hangover Trilogy, i.e. ‘The Hangover part III’ and simultaneously he also starred in David O Russell’s-‘American Hustle’ alongside Christen Bale. Both the movies were great hit.

Personal life:

Cooper married to actress Jennifer Esposito in late 2006, but within a year they got divorced. In 2010, it emerged that Cooper is in relationship with Renee Zellwegar, but in 2011 they got separated. Cooper is recently dating Zoe Saldana. He is being practicing Roman Catholic. Bradley Cooper’s lifestyle follows the typical fashion of the rich and lavish. He is a brand ambassador of most posh brands such as Louis Vuitton and diesel. On the charitable front, he is known to support the learning through the Expanded Arts Program (LEAP) which helps youth learn through involvement in acting and other arts.

Achievements:

• Cooper was nominated for Best Actor by Academy Awards’2012 , Bafta Awards’2012 and Golden globe Awards’2012 for Silver Lining Playbook.

• In 2012, Cooper won the Satellite Awards for Best actor for Silver Lining Playbook.

• Cooper also won MTV movie awards’2012 for Best male performance for Silver Lining Playbook.

• He is been nominated for favorite dramatic actor by People Choice Awards’2012 for movie The Words.

• He is been nominated for Best Actor in Supporting role by Bafta awards’2013 and Golden Globe awards’2013 for American hustle.

Quotes:

“I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you’re gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don’t believe that anymore.”

“Being in ‘Us Weekly’ does not make you famous”

“It’s the same. I mean, look, more doors have been opened for sure but it’s not like I sit back with a cigar on Monday morning and go through the scripts that have been offered.”

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ACTOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER

INTRODUCTION

Neil Patrick Harris or NPH as we generally refer to him as is an American actor, director and producer. He shot to fame with the award winning and one of the most successful sitcoms “How I met your mother”. His role of Barnie Stinson there is desired by most men watching it, easily wooing girls and taking them to bed. The womanizer Barnie Stinson is also known for his role in Doggie Howser and Harold and Kumar.

EARLY LIFE AND CAREER

Born on June 15 1973 in New Mexico, His parents ran a restaurant. He was drawn towards acting at a very young age and started his acting career grade school production “The Wizard of Oz” by acting as “Toto”. Later on he did not have to wait much to gain fame and appreciation for his acting skills. With “How I met your mother”, he at one point of time was one of the most sought after and paid actors.Harris got his first break when he got to act along with Whoopi Goldberg in 1988’s Clara heart for which he earned himself a golden globe nomination at the age of 15 only. Later on after working on numerous projects in small and big screen he landed the role of a womanizer in “How I met your mother”.

HAPPILY GAY

Broke many hearts in the November of 2006 by announcing that he is gay, He said that ”I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love.” Further he attended the Emmy Awards 2007 with his fiancé David Burtka confirming that they are together since 2004. In August 2010 they announced that twins were expected via a surrogate mother.

NET WORTH AND EARNINGS

When How I Met Your Mother actually began in 2005, the salary he received for the show per episode was around 50 thousand dollars which gradually grew to around 150 thousand dollars in 2009 when the show was at the peak of its popularity. Recently it was known that he earns about 250 thousand dollars per episode which is among the highest paid for sitcoms. Still not close to Charlie Sheen but very high.

According to stats of a recent survey Neil has enough money to buy out the following

1. 220,731.1 Doogie Howser, M.D. The Complete Collection ($113.26 each)

2. 375,093.8 Hugo Boss Tailored Super 150 Italian Suits ($1,395.00 each)

3. 4,237.3 Bremont Alt 1 Classic Automatic Chronograph Watch ($5,900.00 each)

4. He can give everyone in Yemen a dollar each.

This is not it, his earnings have led him to buy and sell big lavish mansions in the past five years or so. In 2007 he and his partner Burtka bought a ranch gate house in studio city for 1.5 million dollars and recently put it up for sale and is currently valued at 1.6 million dollars. It is a 2408 square feet Galewood street house located in the hill of studio city. The house is located in one of the less posh and less swanky areas of the city. The density of skyscrapers and condominiums is pretty high . Some of the other celebrities in and around this area include basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, Paris Hilton, Miley Cyrus and Emma Roberts.

Awarded a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, NPH majorly known as a womanizer has been spotted riding the black Toyota Prius through the roads of Beverly Hills. It is a 2012 model with many modifications and differences. Let me tell you Prius is a hatchbag not easily affordable. This man surely has a lot of green grass!

Despite the last season of how I met your mother, Harris need not worry about his earnings. He will still be making a lot of money through hosting shows, movies of Smurf franchises and he surely has skills to bag a role in another top sitcom. He reportedly endorses big brands like Proctor & Gamble and Old Spice deodorants.

According to Forbes NPH stands 16th in the list of highest paid TV actors -

1.  Ashton Kutcher, Two and a Half Men, $750,000

2.  Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men, $600,000

3.  Mark Harmon, NCIS, $525,000

4.  Mariska Hargitay, Law and Order: SVU, $500,000

5.  Sandra Oh, Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey, Grey’s Anatomy, $350,000

6.  Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory, $325,000

7.  Simon Baker, The Mentalist, $300,000

7.  Angus T. Jones, Two and a Half Men, $300,000

9.  Claire Danes, Homeland, $250,000

9.  Michael Weatherly, NCIS, $250,000

9.  John Hamm, Mad Men, $250,000

12.  Tim Allen, Last Man standing, $225,000

12.  David Boreanaz, Bones, $225,000

12.  Ted Danson, CSI, $225,000

12.  Jason Segel, How I Met Your Mother, $225,000

16.  Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother, $210,000

CONTROVERSIES

Following the passage of Marriage Equality Act Harris and Burtka announced that they were engaged via twitter stating that they proposed to each other five years earlier but refrained from accepting it publicly to avoid any sort of legal action against them.

QUOTES

“When i am sad i stop being sad and instead being awesome”

“It is legen..wait for it..dary ”

“Suit up”

All the above lines are used by Barnie Stinson in How I Met Your Mother

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