Profession: Actor, Voice Actor, Film Producer, Film Director

“As an actor, there’s a bit of you that’s decided you want to be looked at and watched, but there’s a paradoxical bit that wants to run away”- Ralph Fiennes

He is lord of all things dark and scary. He is the God of the underworld and death, he is an evil nazi and he is He-who- must- not- be- named. And He-who-must-not-be-named’s name happens to be- Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes.

Ralph Fiennes is a British actor who is well known for portraying dark, dangerous, villain roles to such perfection that a lot of people are afraid to meet him in person.

Early Life-

Fiennes was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England on 22 December 1962 to Mark Fiennes and Jennifer Lash. His father is a farmer and photographer and his mother is a writer. He is the eldest of six children and he has English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. His family moved to Ireland in 1973. Fiennes was educated at St Kieran’s College and Newtown School in County Waterford. He finished his schooling at Bishop Wordsworth’s School when his family moved back to England. He went to Chelsea College of Art to learn painting before deciding to take up acting.

Acting career-

Fiennes began his acting career onstage and is a noted Shakespeare interpreter. He achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre before achieving prominence in the Royal Shakespeare Company. Fiennes has portrayed various major and minor  Shakespearean characters in stage productions like Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Richard II, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Hamlet and many more.

He made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.  In 1993, he achieved international prominence for portraying the role of a Nazi commandant Amon Goeth in Schindler’s List. In 2005, Fiennes became popular for playing the role of Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He played Voldemort in the rest of the Harry Potter films. Coriolanus, The Duchess, Bernard and Doris, The Constant Gardener, The Prince of Egypt, The English Patient are some of his notable films.

Personal life-

Fiennes married English actress Alex Kingston in 1993, after dating her for ten years. They met while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. They divorced in 1997.

Fiennes had an affair with Francesca Annis- she played his mother Gertrude in the play Hamlet. The couple separated in February 2006 after 11 years together.

Richness-

Ralph Fiennes has an estimated net worth of approximately $25 million. Predictably, his money came from a long and quality-filled career in stage and more specifically, films. He is also into voice acting, directing and production. Ralph Fiennes is a much sought after ‘villain’. And after playing such intense and dark roles as Hades and Voldemort to perfection, he is proven that he is any director’s best bet of a villain.

Assets-

Ralph Fiennes keeps an apartment in New York and is said to have bought a 1,220-square-foot condo unit in the Gansevoort building in Greenwich Village for $2 million.

Richmond House-

This blushing pink town house is the Fiennes family house, situated in one of the loveliest towns in Suffolk, England. The houses here are ancient and the area is said to be once inhabited by cloth workers and sheep farmers. Richmond House is on the market for £855,000.

Causes-

Ralph Fiennes supports the following charities and trust:

The Constant Gardener Trust-

The trust was set up by the cast and crew of the film The Constant Gardener during filming in Kenya. It aims to help improve basic sanitation and education for those that are most in need of help.

Active Conservation Awareness Program(ACAP)-

ACAP has been working with governments, celebrities, media and other partners to reduce consumer demand for threatened wildlife products globally since 1996.

Artist Against Racism-

The foundation teaches youths to avoid adopting prejudiced attitudes rooting from differences in religion, ethnicity, nationality or skin colour.

Environmental Investigation Agency-

EIA is a UK-based Non Governmental Organisation and charitable trust that investigates and campaigns against a wide range of environmental crimes, including illegal wildlife trade, illegal logging, hazardous waste, and trade in climate and ozone-altering chemicals.

Shakespeare Schools Festival –

Fiennes is also a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a charity that enables school children across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres.

Fun facts-

-          Ralph Fiennes convinced producers of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to cast his nephew- Hero Fiennes-Tiffin- for the role of young Tom Riddle.

-          He lost the part of Robert Langdon to Tom Hanks in the movie “The Da Vinci Code”.

-          He holds the record of being the first actor to ever receive a Tony Award for playing the part of “Hamlet”.

-          He almost turned down the role of Voldemort as he was not impressed with the style of the first three films.

-          Ralph Fiennes is the 8th cousin of Prince Charles.

 Fun quote-

-          So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love Voldemort.

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Kenneth Branagh whose full name is Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh is a very multitalented personality and a known face in the film industry. He has done many great works during his career in the film industry as a screenwriter, actor, producer and director and he is still continuing his work and has left his trademark here. He has been starred in some of the famous films and television shows. For his great acting, direction and production works he has received numerous awards and nominations.

EARLY LIFE

Born in Northern Ireland in United Kingdom on 10^th December in the year 1960, Kenneth Charles Branagh wanted to be an actor since his childhood days. He has done his education from different schools which are, Grove Primary School, Whiteknights Primary Scholl and then finally from Meadway School. Since his school days he has participated in plays and productions which include, “Oh, What a Lovely War!” and “Toad of Toad Wall”. He joined the famous Royal Shakespeare Company when he was just twenty three years old. He did some great roles during his stay at the “Royal Shakespeare Company” which he eventually left in order to start his own company which he named as “The Renaissance Theatre”.

HIS WORK

• As a director

Kenenth has directed some of the most remarkable films people have watched in their life. He is famous for his William Shakespeare’s adaptations. Some of his famous and successful directions include, Halmet, “Henry V released in the year 1989”, “Love’s  Labour’s Lost in 2000”, “Frankenstein”, “Much Ado About Nothing released in the year 1993”, “Peter s Friends”, “Sleuth”, “As You Like It”, “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” and “Thor directed in the year 2008”.

• As an actor

Kenneth has worked as an actor in many films for which he has received name and fame. His films include, “Celebrity”, “Chariots of Fire”, “Five Children and it”, “Gingerbread Man”, “Hamlet”, “Harry Potter and the Chambers of Secrets”, “Henry V”, “How to kill your Neighbour’s Dog”, “In Theory of Flight”, “My Week with Marilyn”, “Othello” “Stars in shorts”, “Rabbit proof Fence”, “Swing Kids”, “Road to El Dorado”, “The Boat that Roared” and many more.

• As a Narrator

Kenneth work as a narrator is very appreciable. He has narrated “American Express”, “Cold War Series”, “The Ballad of Big Al”, “Walking with Monsters” and “Walking with the beasts”.

• As a writer

He has written the following scripts: “Hamlet”, “Henry V”, “Love’s Labour’s Lost”, Much Ado about Nothing”, and “As you Like it”

Apart from all these Kenneth has done notable and significant work on Television screen also. His work in “Warm Springs” in which he portrayed the role of United States President “Franklin D. Roosevelt is appreciated till date. He has done an English Language TV series titled “Wallander”.

NET WORTH

Kenneth has a net worth estimated to be around 55 million US dollars. His successful career in the films, television shows made him earn a massive amount of his wealth. His narrations and performances on the stage also earned him a vast amount of wealth. His richness is well evident fromt he lavish and luxurious lifestyle, Kenneth likes to enjoy. His owes his enormous wealth to property holdings, investments in stocks, well- paid endorsement deal with the CoverGirl Cosmetics. He has his own fashion line,” Kenneth Branagh Seduction”. He holds the ownership of many restaurants which include the Fat Branagh Burger chain stretched in Belfast. He also owns “the Belfast Angles”, a famous Football Team. Apart from all this he also has his own vodka brand called “Pure Wonderbrabagh- Northern Ireland”. To add to his richness he has also launched his own perfume brand known as “With Love from Kenneth”.

MARRIAGES AND AFFAIRS

Kenneth Barnagh married Emma Thompson, a well- known actress on 20^th August in the year 1989. The couple divorced in the year 1995. Kenneth and Emma have done many films and other projects together like Fortunes of War. After getting divorced with Emma, Kenneth was in a well- talked about relationship with actress, Helena Bonham Carter. In the year 2003, Kenneth married Lindsay Brunnock, an art director. Kenneth and Lindsay met each other during their shooting of “Shackleton”.

CAUSES HE WORKS FOR

The actor- director has a big heart as he works and supports many good causes like Medicinema, a foundation which builds cinemas and art clubs in the hospitals for the patients. He also works for Muscle Help Foundation, which works for people suffering from Muscular Dystrophy. He recently endorsed the Muscle Dreams in order to encourage people who suffer from the disease. He is also a member of Variety Club- an organization working in UK to support the sick and disabled people.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Kenneth has given many appreciable performances in the film either through his acting or through his work as a director. For his great work he has been nominated for many awards and he managed to get many of them in his name. he has been nominated for five BAFTA and Academy Awards all in different categories for his movies like Henry V, Swan Song, Halmet, Fortunes Of War and My Week With Marilyn. For Henry V he received the best direction award in the year 1989. He has won the Best Actor Award in the year 2008 for Wallander by Broadcastong Press Guild. He won the Capri Award for Best Ensemble Cast for his movie My Week with Marilyn in the year 2011. He received three European Film Awards in the year 1990 for Henry V.

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 Net Worth: $35 Million

“I lost my childhood to Harry Potter” – Tom Felton.

 Profession: Actor, Singer, Voice Actor

He gets mails that says “Leave Harry Alone” and wasn’t allowed to have a tan for a whole decade. He is the one who played the bad boy and the bully but was the one who got bullied in school. Thomas Andrew Felton is an English actor, singer and voice actor who is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series.

Childhood-

He was born on 22 September 1987 in Epsom, Surrey, England to Sharon and Peter Felton. He has three siblings -Jonathan, Ashley and Chris. He is the youngest of them. Felton was educated at West Horsley’s Cranmore School. Felton has been a member of four choirs during his childhood.

 Career-

Felton first came to attention in 1995 when he was featured in a number of top television commercials.

Tom Felton played the role of Draco Malfoy in all of the eight movies of the Harry Potter series. Before the Harry Potter movies, he had acted in two movies- The Borrowers (1997) and Anna and the King(1999). Tom played the main character, Ray Marsden in the 2010 short film White Other. His other films includes The Disappeared(2009), Get Him to the Greek and 13Hrs in 2010, Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011), The Apparition and From the Rough in 2012, Fangs of War 3D, Grace and Danger, Belle in 2013, In Secret, Ghosts of the Pacific, Attachment in 2014.

Apart from movies, Felton has also acted in Television series like Bugs(1998), Second Sight(1999), Second Sight 2: Hide and Seek(2000), Home Farm Twins(2005) and Full Circle(2013).Tom Felton played the role of Viscount Trencavel in the historical television miniseries Labyrinth, based on the 2005 novel of the same name.

Tom Felton is playing Erich Blunt in the upcoming American detective drama television series of 2014- Murder in the First.

Tom is a talented singer and has recently published his own songs, in coordination with ‘Feltbeats’ which can be seen on Youtube. He has uploaded many tracks featuring himself.

Personal Life-

Felton says that he is more in comfort in the wild. His favourite hobby is fishing. He says he would like to own a garage and his own fishery and that he’d like to be a professional fisherman. Felton along with his brother has also formed the World Junior Carp Tournament which involves competitive fishing for ages eleven to eighteen in a family-friendly environment.
Felton also enjoys other sports, such as cricket, basketball, football, roller skating, golf, horse riding and tennis.

Tom has been in a long-term relationship with Jade Olivia who also played his wife in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-part 2.

Awards-

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and Scream Award for Best Ensemble- 2009-for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and Teen Choice Award for Movie: Villain- 2010- for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

MTV Movie Award for Best Cast-2011- for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Assets-

Lamborghini

Tom says he likes cars and that his guilty pleasures lie within BMWs. He recently bought thisshiny silver Lamborghini Aventadorwith an estimated price tag of around £242,280.

Timber-

Felton lived in Surrey with his dog Timber before moving to Los Angeles recently. He says that she (Timber) is the love of his life. And he can’t stop posting pictures of his adorable pooch all over his Twitter.

Causes-

Alzheimer’s Association-

Tom Felton supports Alzheimer’s Association- a charity that aims to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of research. It strives to provide and enhance care and support for all affected and to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health.

On money and fame-

Tom has a net worth of $35 million in his assets and admits that no one in the family knew what to do with all the money he was making. Here are his views on money and fame.

-      –    I bought a lot of rubbish things that kids buy: skateboards and clothes and typical teenage stuff. And, as soon as I could, I wasted a lot of money on cars – BMW’s mostly – for myself and my family.

-       –   I’m obsessed with shopping. I’ll get these urges to buy, like to shop for stuff on the Internet. I search for all kinds of weird gizmos I could get.I’m always buying gadgets, especially at airports             .

-        -  One thing that people keep on saying to me is that the wealth and the fame must have made up for missing out on my childhood. But the idea of money – putting a price on your childhood – is ridiculous. You will never get those years back and you can’t put a price on them.

-         -  To me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It’s fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it’s not real. And it’s totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

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“I have felt for the last 10 years I have had this battle; I’ve been fighting so hard to have an education. It’s been this uphill struggle. I was Warner Bros’ pain in the butt. I was their scheduling conflict. I was the one who made life difficult.”
- Emma Watson

 Profession: Actor, Model

She is the smart, intelligent, know-it-all Hermione Granger of Harry Potter whom we all love. Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson is a British actress and model who made her mark in hollywood playing Hermione Granger in the popular Harry Potter film series. Today she is an experience actor and a seasoned model with a net worth of $60 million in her assets.

Early Life-

She was born on April 15, 1990 in Paris, France to British lawyers Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson.  She lived in Paris till she was five but moved back to England with her mother when her parents divorced. Watson attended the Dragon School and later Headington School in Oxford and was trained at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. Emma realized that she wanted to be an actress when she was just six years old. She is quite the lucky girl and landed her first acting at the young age of nine when she was signed for the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series. After that there was no looking back.

Acting Career-

Watson says that if anyone else played Hermione, it would actually kill her. Emma played the role of Hermione Granger in all of the eight series of the Harry Potter franchise that lasted for a decade (2001-1011). Apart from Harry Potter, she has acted in various other projects such as the television film Ballet Shoes (2007) and My week with Marilyn (2011). She played the role of Sam in The Perks of Being a Wallflower(2012) and Nicki Moore in The Bling Ring(2013). She played herself in the 2013 American Comedy This is the End. Her most recent work is Noah. She plays Ila in this 2014 movie.

Fashion -

Apart from being a great actor, Emma is a much sought after model as well. She has been photographed by the world’s top fashion photographers like Karl Lagerfeld, Nick Knight, Patrick Demarchelier and Mario Testino. She made her modelling debut for Burberry’s autumn/winter campaign in 2009. She also appeared in Burberry’s 2010 Spring/Summer campaign alongside brother Alex Watson. Watson works as a creative advisor for fashion brand People Tree. The actress says, “I thought, if people are going to write about what I’m wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity.”

Awards-

Amongst many MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards, Emma has to her credit-

Young Artist Awards- Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress(2002) for- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards- Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role – Female(2003) for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

National Movie Awards- Best Performance by a Female(2007) for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Capri Art Film Festival Awards- Best Ensemble Cast Award(2011) for My Week with Marilyn.

MTV Movie Awards- Best Cast (shared with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton)(2012) for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

People’s Choice Awards- Favorite Drama Movie Actress(2013) for Perks of Being a Wallflower.

What she does with her money—

Emma currently commands a salary of $15 million for all her on-screen performances. She has admitted that she has enough money for her to never work again but she wouldn’t want that. She feels that learning keeps her motivated.

Toyota Prius-

Emma Watson owns a Toyota Prius. It is a five seater roadster with bold outer styling and makes a powerful on road presence.

Causes-

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Emma Watson supports Great Ormond Street Hospital charity. It offers life saving medical treatments to more than 100,000 child patients witnessing the rarest, most difficult life-threatening conditions. A part of the hospital’s facility, the charity raises funds for the refurbishment of the hospital, support research of innovative medical treatments to develop cures for childhood illness and offering accommodation to the suffering children and their families.

Millennium Promise-

Emma Watson has also supported Millennium Promise. The mission is of this charity is to end extreme poverty by 2025. In support of this goal, Millennium Promise’s unique focus is to build coordinated action and collaborations among individuals, governments, corporations and non-governmental organizations to address the root causes and symptoms of extreme poverty.

Brands-

Emma trusts brands like Calvin Klein, Hermes Birkin, Loeffler Randall, Miu Miu Calf and Tom Ford and is often seen sporting products of these famous brands.

 Fun facts-

Emma Watson has a huge crush on harry Potter co-star Tom Felton who played Draco Malfoy in the movie. “For the first two movies, I had a huge crush on Tom Felton. He was my first crush,” the actress said. “He totally knows. We talked about it – we still laugh about it. We are really good friends now, and that’s cool.”

What she says-

“I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m going to be who I really am. I’m going to figure out what that is.”

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PROFESSION: Actor

Rupert Grint is famous all over the world for his portrayal of Ron Weasley in the brilliant Harry Potter series, authored by J.K. Rowling. This character, as everyone knows, was one of the three main characters in the entire series. Grint started acting as Ron in the Harry Potter series at the age of 11. Before that, he had acted only in school plays. He rose to fame and success with his co stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. Apart from the Harry Potter series, Grint has starred in movies like Thunderpants, Driving Lessons, Cherrybomb, Wild Target and Into The White. He made his debut in the world of stage and theatre with Mojo, in 2013.

CHILDHOOD

Grint was born in Essex to the proud parents Joanna Grint and Nigel Grint, in the year 1988. He is the eldest of five siblings. While attending Dorothy Stringer High School, Grint developed a lot of interest in theatre. Because of this, he started participating in a lot of school plays. Rupert Grint acted professionally for the first time with the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, in 2001. While asking him about his school, he says that he didn’t really like it as such.

CAREER

We all know Rupert Grint’s acting career started with the Harry Potter movie: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The entire series is based on a novel written by J.K. Rowling. Grint wanted to audition for his role as he too has ginger colored hair like Ron Weasley and also, he really admired the book series. An interesting fact is that out of the three main roles in the movie, Grint was the oldest of the three. When the first movie was released in 2001, it became the highest grossing film of that year. Not only was it commercially successful, it also brought a lot of fame and critical acclaim to all the cast members, specially the main three roles. The movie also brought a lot of awards along Grint’s way. He won the award for the Most Promising Young Newcomer. The other movies included in this series were-

- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Each and every movie of the entire season was successful and Rupert’s acting flourished with time and every movie brought him a lot of critical acclaim. J.K. Rowling said in her speech that Grint’s character is included in her “The Big Seven” list- a list which basically involved the names of Harry Potter film series cast members. The other actors included are Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch and Bonnie Wright.

OTHER WORK

Grint started acting in films other than the Harry Potter series in the year 2002 with the movie Thunderpants.  It received mixed reviews by the critics but his acting was praised. Some other films include Cherrybomb, Wild Target, and Into The White. He also lent his voice in the film Postman Pat: The Movie- You Know You’re The One. He also appeared in Ed Sheeran’s song Lego House. Apart from this, he has been a few advertisements and magazine covers as well. He had the honor of carrying the Olympic Torch during the relay in 2012. He made his stage debut with Mojo in 2013.

PERSONAL LIFE

Grint has a close friendship with his co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. He suffers from arachnophobia. He believes in giving back to the community and has donated money and even clothes for charitable purposes. In 2011, Rupert Grint was a part of the Make Mine Milk campaign, which basically aimed at promoting the habit of drinking milk daily.

ASSETS

- Hertfordshire Manor House

- Ice Cream Truck

- Hovercraft

- Range Rover

FUN FACTS

- His favorite character has always been that of Ron.

- He thinks that the slugs in CoS tasted very nice!

- He bought his family a house in a private island.

- He sent a video of himself, dressed as a girl, while rapping about how much he wanted the part of Ron Weasley.

- He likes to draw.

FUN QUOTES

- “After being in Harry Potter, I believe a bit more in magic than I did before.”

- “The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well.”

- “It is always in the back of my mind that acting might come to an end for me when Harry Potter finishes. I don’t know if I am good enough to have a long career. I have got a bit of an inferiority complex about my acting. My self-esteem is quite low in that sense.”

- “I have known Emma Watson since she was 9, we have watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother-sister bond, and suddenly I am leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong… but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards.”

- “Yeah, my parents help me keep my feet on the ground.”

- “I always wanted to go into acting.”

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Visitors can enjoy banquets, meetings, conventions, exhibitions and roadshows at this wonderful place.  As, the resort is having convention center hosting over 45000 delegates, making it one of the largest locations in Asia and the ballrooms too are largest in Southeast Asia. The place is also having 250 meeting rooms and 2000 exhibition hall for conducting meetings and grand exhibitions. Its casino has over 600 gaming tables and 1500 slot machines along with two noodle bars. There are many other distinctive attractions at Marina Bay Sands.

The Shoppes

The Shoppes is the first large-scale shopping mall in Central Business District having awesome boutiques such as Ralph Lauren, Channel, Carter and Prada, other stores offering Salons of great International brands  like, Gucci, Hermes, Emporio Armani, Montblanc, Blancpain, Salvatore Ferragamo, Dior, Dunhill, Chopard, Vertu, Saint Laurent Paris and many more. The mall also highlighting its great Celebrity Chef Restaurants, Cut, Waku Ghin, Pizzeria, Osteria Mozza, Guy Savoy and DB Bistro Moderne.

Wonder Full

The Shoppes also include a canal which runs through its length, two crystal pavilions, some popular nightclubs namely, Avalon and Pangaea and a world’s largest Louis Vuitton boutique. The resort has hosted many international acts and plays in the MasterCard theatres. There is a show 13 minute light and water show being organized at the Event Plaza in The Shoppes having lights, lasers and water movements, set at position against the Marina Bay Sands.

Sands SkyPark

The Sands SkyPark is a home for world’s largest public observatory deck and is even longer than the Eiffel Tower. The SkyPark is fun place having fine dining restaurants with lavish gardens such as KUDETA and also having an awesome and amusing 150-meter infinity-edged swimming pool.

ArtScience Museum

ArtScience Museum is a spectacular museum and one of the biggest attractions in Marina Bay Sands owned by US Las Vegas Sands Company. It was opened on 17 February 2011 by Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

The architecture is of the form similar to a lotus flower and was designed by the architect Moshe Safdie. It is complimented as “The Welcoming Hand of Singapore” by Las Vegas Sands chairman, Sheldon Adelson. As, it has a round base in the middle, with ten expansions referred to as “fingers”. Each finger has a gallery space, having 21 gallery spaces in total and the “fingertips” having skylights which lighten the interior walls.

Casino

Casino at Marina Bay Sands is a beautiful and quite entertaining place to visit. It has a lot of gaming options such as Roulette, Sic-Bo, Singapore Stud Poker, Money Wheel etc. and one can have a lot of fun starting from the incitement of the Money wheel to the fast stepped action of Roulette. There are over 500 tables available in the casino and more than 200 games available and most of them are in the exclusive salons in the resort.

Entertainment shows

There are many entertainment shows, acts and plays coming this weekend at Marina Bay Sands.

MY FAIR LADY

MY FAIR LADY, at Marina Bay Sands held on 11 February 2014, is a beautiful show featuring the book and the lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and the music given by Frederick Loewe. It includes classic songs “The Rain in Spain”, “Wouldn’t it be Loverly” and “Get Me to the Church On Time”. MY FAIR LADY is a tale about the triumph of the human spirit and make the audience travel to the Edwardian London, picturing a love story emerging between two heroes, ultimately joined together by their obsession with the English Language.

• Singapore International Jazz Festival 2014

The Singapore International Jazz Festival presented by Orbis Festival Productions Pvt Ltd is

organized at Marina Bay Sands will be held from 27 February to 2 March 2014. The show will feature a spectacular performance by a band of International Jazz stars.

Sing Jazz 2014 will display the creative essence of Jazz by giving plenty of fabulous and enduring performances and embracing influences across other genres of music. Sing Jazz 2014 has achieved a a great position by establishing itself as a landmark festival in Singapore’s Annual cultural calendar.

The resort has also come into the news for interviewing many renowned and popular celebs, namely James and Oliver Phelps, the Weasely twins from Harry Potter, the Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Jason Mraz, director Wong Kar-wai with his actor Tony Leung to the premier of their action drama, Ariel Lin and Bolin Chen for their multi-award winning Taiwanese drama, In Time With You.

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Introduction

Joanne Rowling, known to the world as J.K Rowling is a common name in the list of the best fantasy writers the world has ever witnessed. Her famous fantasy series The Harry Potter made her a common name throughout the globe. According to The Sunday Times Rich List writer’s earnings have been estimated at $798 million. The Potter books have earned appreciation from people worldwide and are equally famous among the kids as well as the adults. They made J.K Rowing a star overnight. The books were later made into movies which became the highest-grossing film series. Today Harry Potter is a global brand with a worth of $15 billion!

BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE

J.K Rowling was born on 31 July, 1965 in Yate, England to Peter James Rowling and Anne Rowling. Her father worked as a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer. In her childhood days, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories which she often read out to her younger sister Dianne, who was born when Rowling was only 23 months old. Rowling and her family early lives went in rags. Their family found it hard to make both their ends meet. Moreover, her mother suffered with illness and a bad relationship with her father as they had stopped talking to each other.

EDUCATION

As a child, Rowling loved English subject which later inspired her to pen down some fantasy stories. She attended St. Michael’s Primary School when she was four.  She then went to Wyedean School and Cottage. She also wrote the entrance exam for Oxford University but was not taken into the university. She then completed her BA in French and Classics from the University of Exeter. After completing her graduation, she stayed in Paris for a couple of days where she expanded her studies. She then moved to London, where she did various jobs which included working as a secretary where she was supposed to send the rejection slips.

MARITAL LIFE

She was married to Jorge Arantes, a Portuguese journalist on October 16, 1992. She gave birth to a child whom she called Jessica Isabel. She separated from her husband within 13 months of their marriage. She struggled with single parenthood, poverty and depression.

HARRY POTTER- Her bestselling book series

In the summer of 1990, she was going from Manchester to London on a train where she conceived the idea of The Harry Potter. However, it took her seven years to actually pen down her idea. Harry is a boy who soon realizes his potentials as a wizard who has magic in his blood. His parents were murdered by Lord Voldemart who is the evil wizard when he was very young. He is raised by his uncle. He then seeks admission in Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. Rowling says that the character Albus Dumbledore (headmaster of Hogwarts) is inspired from her headmaster at the St Micahel’s Alfred Dunn. She also says that Hermione is a caricature of her own personality. Various sequels of the book have been released which have been a big hit all over the globe.

The first edition of the book was released in June 1997 by Bloomsburry. The book was titled as Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s stone. Initially the book was printed in 1000 copies out of which 500 were distributed to the libraries. The book won its first award after five months, a Nestlé’s Smarties Book Prize. In February, the novel bagged The British  Book Award for Children’s Book of the Year.

Soon after a year, i.e., July 1998 Rowling released its sequel, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets which again won The Smarties award. Following it the third sequel, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban was released in December 1999. The book won the Smarties award once again making J.K. Rowling as the first author to win the award three consecutive times.

She, however, withdrew her fourth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire from The Smarties contest to allow other writers earn an equal and fair opportunity of bagging the prize. Goblet of Fire was released simultaneously in the US and UK in July 2000. The book sold around 372,775 copies in the UK on the very first day. And some three million copies in US within 48 hours. This broke all the records worldwide.

In 2003, Rowling released the fifth edition, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix and in July 2005 the sixth sequel, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince was released. Once again the book smashed all the records as around nine million copies of the book were sold within the first 24 hours. This book was awarded with the British Book of the Year award in 2006.

The last and the most awaited book of the Harry series was released on December 21^st, 2006. This book became the fastest selling book of all time with 11 million copies sold on the first day in the UK and US. The book was later made into a movie which was produced by Rowling herself.

HER INSPIRATON

Rowling, in an interview to Oprah Winfrey said that the force behind her books’ success was no one else than her mother who died with multiple sclerosis.

NAME, FAME, MONEY AND ASSETS

The Harry Potter series made her the highest earning woman by 2000. She earned more than $29 million. In 2001 she earned some $34 million. Her earnings are believed to have crossed the $100 million boundary.

Besides the Smarties and The British Book of the Year, she was awarded with The Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen.

She is one of the richest female in the world who owns a property worth in billions. She owns a 19th Century mansion, Kilichassie House situated near the River Tay Banks. She also owns Tasmania Mansion in Perth worth 10.7 million U.S. dollars and a Church cottage located in Tutshill. Her total asset is around 576 million pound sterling.

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