Matt Groening- creator of The Simpsons and Futurama

American cartoonist, script writer, screen writer, producer, animator, voice actor, author, musician and comedian

NET WORTH : $500 million

CAREER

Groening’s first peek into the world of professional cartooning began with the cartoon sale of his comic Life in Hell to Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon’s popularity peaked and soon it was being carried in over 250 weekly newspapers in the USA. The main focal point of Groening’s Life in Hell comic was anthropomorphic rabbits and a gay couple. Using these, characters, Groening took the liberty of exploring a wide range of topics including love, sex, life, work and death. The comics have dark streaks of expressions of angst, gloom, loathing, and fear of inevitable doom.

It caught the attention of James. L. Brooks who contacted Groening with a proposition- one that would involve him working in animation for the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman show. Though his initial idea was to adapt the characters from his Life in Hell comic strip, he changed his mind and came up with an idea of a cartoon family.

The Tracey Ullman show

The Tracey Ullman show was an American variety television show that was hosted by the British comedian and pop singer- Tracey Ullman. The show premiered on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network’s second prime time series after Married… with children. The show had a glorious run till May 26, 1990. The show was produced by Gracie Films and 20^th century Fox for television. The show was famous for blending some of its sketch comedy shots along with various musical numbers; featuring choreography by Paula Abdul, American singer, choreographer, songwriter, dancer, actress and television personality.

Yes folks, you guessed it. This cartoon family was none other than The Simpsons. The Simpsons were originally part of the Tracey Ullman show when they debuted. Three seasons of this later, owing to the popularity of the cartoon family, Fox started broadcasting The Simpsons as a show of its own. Groening named The Simpsons family members after his own and the name of Bart Simpson alone was said to be an anagram of the word Brat-befitting to the role and character of Bart Simpson on the show. The show is said to be set in Springfield, a fictitious American town; with Homer, a safety inspector at Springfield nuclear plant being the head of the household. He’s married to Marge Simpson; the stereotypical all American housewife. They have three children; 10 year old Bart who is a typical rebellious troublemaker, Lisa, a 10 year old activist, and Maggie- a baby who barely speaks at all, but communicates effectively by sucking on her pacifier. The family owns two pets- a greyhound dog named Santa’s little helper and a Cat named Snowball. The highly successful satirical show on American lifestyle debuted on December 17,1989 and since then, 541 episodes have been aired.

J.K. Rowling as seen on The Simpsons

Lady Gaga on The Simpsons

Stephen Hawking on an episode of The Simpsons

The entire cast and crew of Sherlock on The Simpsons

Another unique aspect of The Simpsons is that it is probably the only cartoon based TV show to actually incorporate real celebrities into their sketched, cartoon world. Some examples of celebrities who have starred in The Simpsons include J.K. Rowling, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Murdoch, Steve Martin, Lisa Kudrow, Neil Patrick Harris, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Hoffman, The Who, Benedict Cumberbatch (who plays Sherlock Holmes on the popular television series Sherlock) and even The Beatles! The Simpsons became so wildly popular that the makers decided to come out with a Simpsons Movie in 2007. The film was directed by David Silverman and Groening’s idea was eventually developed into a full blown movie plot.

Futurama- created by Matt Groening

In the year 1999, Matt Groening and David. X. Cohen came up with an idea for yet another animated series. The series was called Futurama and it spoke about life in the year 3000. Fry, a pizza delivery boy accidentally becomes cryogenically frozen and finally thaws in the year 3000, where he finds himself in New New York city. Fry finds that he has ended up at Pizza Express, a small intergalactic package delivery company that is run by his distantly descended nephew. Again, he is hired as a delivery boy. The series explores the life and adventures of Fry and his friends as they travel through the universe, making deliveries on behalf of Pizza Express.

The series became wildly successful and aired between March 28 1999 to August 20, 2003. When Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20^th century Fox, Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes. Later, in June 2009, Comedy Central ordered a new season of Futurama, consisting of 26 new episodes that would be aired over two seasons.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

In 1990, Groening won the award for Outstanding animated program for an episode of The Simpsons titled Life in the fast lane. Groening went on to win awards for Outstanding Animated program for the Simpsons in the years 1991,1995, 197, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2008. In 2011 was when Futurama won an award for Outstanding animated show for its episode “The late Phillip. J. Fry.” The latest award Groening received was when The Teen choice award for animated series was won by The Simpsons.

PERSONAL LIFE

Matt Groening married Deborah Caplan in 1986 and they had two sons together; Homer and Abe. The couple got divorced in 1999 after 13 years of marriage. In 2011, Groening remarried an Argentinian artist named Augustina Picasso after a 4 year relationship and courting. This made him Picasso’s daughter’s stepfather. Currently, Matt is the brother-in-law of Hey Arnold! (a popular children’s cartoon show) creator, Craig Barlett who is married to Groening’s sister, Lisa.

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Profession: Actor

Liam Neeson, the name that has become quite the sensation thanks to his roles in movies such as Taken and Schindler’s List complete with the power packed dialogues makes this actor more than merely versatile as he fondly remembered or the spectacular roles that he played so far. Neeson earned more than some men who made the Celebrity 100, like Ben Affleck and Will Smith, but he didn’t have their fame numbers. Liam Neeson was born  in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

The struggle before acting

There’s a funny story behind how he got interested in acting. It is said so that his English teacher had offered him a lead role in a school play, which he accepted because the girl he was attracted to was starring in it. And this accidental foray leads him to his now amazing career.

Liam who first started off by doing some odd-jobs to support himself before he got some meaty roles. He worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, truck driver, assistant architect and an amateur boxer, during which he decided to take up teaching as a career. In course of teaching, he got interested in acting and debuted in the play, ‘The Risen People.’ Developing this interest, as he acted in the Abbey Theater at Dublin, he was spotted and cast into the role of Sir Gawain in the movie, ‘Excalibur’ by John Boorman. There was no looking back after that as Neeson made appearances in several movies and UK television shows.

He continued acting through high school before briefly enrolling in Queen’s University Belfast to study computer science. He eventually left college to work at the Guinness Brewery. But acting was still calling his name. Liam made his feature film debut in 1978′s Pilgrim’s Progress.

And the movies..

Director Steven Spielberg offered Neeson the role of Oskar Schindler in the film about the Holocaust, Schindler’s List, after seeing him in Anna Christie on Broadway, giving a stiff competition to the seasoned actors like Mel Gibson and Warren Beatty. His role in this movie created quite the waves as he was nominated for Best Actor for the Oscars that year, along with the  BAFTA and the Golden Globe Awards. His role earned more than just action roles, but some thrilling roles that made quite an impression with the audience.

Later he went on to act in the Star Wars series, Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, Kinsey and The Grey.

Liam Neeson also went onto narrate documentaries like Journey into Amazing Caves, The Endurance: Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure which managed to bag the most prestigious awards, Chicago Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review.

Not just his acting but his voice over capabilities received acclaim and earned him quite a few movies like Chronicles of Narnia, The Wildest Dream, Coral Reef Adventure and Everest. He also lent his voice to a couple of television series like The Simpsons and Star Wars.

Neeson’s voice was also featured in the video game Fallout 3 as the main character’s father, James. Fallout 3, the third game in the Fallout series, was extremely well received by critics and shipped 4.7 million copies by the end of 2008, the year it was released

Let’s talk money

Here’s a brief account of the big cash that has been coming his way since he decided to turn to the cinema industry, with breaking records at all possible box offices by making dozens of movies since then, grossing $5.7 billion at the box office. Back in 2006, he was said to be earning £5m-£9m a film.

Liam’s biggest career pay day by far has not surprisingly come from the surprise hit Taken trilogy. The highest paycheck Liam has ever received is the $20 million he is set to make for Taken 3. He made $5 million for Taken 1 and $15 million for Taken 2. Although, he is still remembered for his role as Xeus in the 2010 movie Clash of the Titans, which went on to become a huge box office hit, grossing $475 million worldwide.

The Estates

A few weeks prior to his wedding, Liam bought a beautiful house in Millbrrok, Duchess County, New York. Unfortunately, his wife passed away in this very house.The home is currently valued at $3.71 million. The country home in colonial style was built in 1810. The home is surrounded by a large estate with the actor acquiring another 16 acres next to the already existing 37 acres.

I stand for a cause

Liam has always been big on charities and standing up for a cause, to the extent that he agreed to go naked to raise funds for a charity. The event was hugely successful and managed to raise about $20,000. All these activities held in the Ellen DeGeneres Show were part of fundraising events held by the TV channel in support of the ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month.’

In 2011, Liam Neeson was appointed the GoodWill ambassador for UNICEF. Liam has also been extensively involved with the NGO ONE CAMPAIGN, which is fighting against crippling poverty and preventable diseases, particularly in African Nations.

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Career/Profession: Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Actor, Philanthropist, Poker Player

Sam Simon is the most influential face of the time. Sam is an American director, producer, philanthropist, writer and boxing manager. He left his indelible footprint on the two sitcoms of all time: Cheers and Taxi. He has a net worth of about $100 million, which is all due to his animated show: The Simpsons.

Early Life:

Sam was born on June 19^th, 1995 in California. He was brought up in Beverly Hills and Malibu whereas his family resides in Groucho Marx. Simon had a comfortable and luxurious childhood as his father belonged to clothing firm. Since from his childhood, he has been interested and passionate about art even though his father wanted him to be a lawyer. He after completing his schooling wanted to quit, but Stanford University influenced was effective due to his grades. There he also served as a cartoon artist for the college paper. But unfortunately he was not rejected from drawing class due to the lack of talent in this field. He took up a degree in Psychology.

Sam is currently engaged to Chef. He was previously married to actress Jennifer Tilly but the relationship last for seven years and after that they got divorced. He also got married to Jami Ferrell, Playboy Playmate but this was a short term relationship.

Cycle from Writer to Producer to Director:

During his graduation, he was appointed as a cartoonist by both San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner Newspaper. This passion led him to his first job in the animation based studio named Filmation. In this studio, he got the job to work as Storyboard artist for ‘Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids’. In 1981, a friend encouraged him to submit his script for the hit show called ‘Taxi’. His script’s marvelous features were appreciated by the producers and they planned to turn it into full episode. He got promoted to work as a full time writer for the show. In 1983, he moved to work for the show ‘Showrunner’. He started to work as a staff writer for the three seasons of another sitcom ‘Cheers’ after Taxi ended. In 1984, he took the transition from writer post and started producing and directing a sitcom named ‘Shaping Up’. He also worked as a producer for Barney Miller, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Best of the West. He also worked as the writer for the film The Super in 1991.

The Simpsons:

Simon after so much success wanted to pursue more. So he decided to develop the animated Series ‘The Simpson’ in 1989 along with James L. Brooks, which was aired on Fox Network. The show began with the cast members which were aired on the show The Tracy Ullman Show. In this Simon served as Executive producer with Brooks and Groening for the show’s first and second seasons. He remained the creative supervisor for the first four seasons. Since 1989 this show has been the most successful one in the history of television. After four seasons he got tired of this show and due to this frustration some clashes occurred between Groening and Simon. In 1993, he officially resigned from the show.

Philanthropist:

Simon has always been passionate about animal rights. He has been the most generous supporters of certain philanthropic causes. He has established Sam Simon Foundation, which manages a dog rescue shelter over six acres in Malibu. Its main purpose is to save dogs that are diminishing day by day. It also provides meals for various families in Los Angeles. He has donated millions of money to PETA and the Sea Shepherd, anti-whaling organization. Due to this charity PETA decided to name one of their organizations after him. They named their boats the SSS Sam Simon.

Other Ventures that he explored:

In 1994, he directed several episodes of The George Carlin Show with comedian George Carlin. In late 1990’s he directed another sitcom Men Behaving Badly, The Friends, some episodes of The Norm Show, The Michael Richards Show etc. He also worked as a creative supervisor of Bless This House in 1996. After leaving The Simpsons and The George Carlin Show he started working in the media as the participant and writer in some of the radio shows. He took retirement from the television world, but his attraction towards this industry led him to join again in 2012 as a consultant on the Anger Management. His skills as an amateur boxer and poker player helped him to have an increasing slope of the success graph.

Awards and Achievement:

• Sam won Primetime Emmy Awards for nine times.
• He also won Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety in The Tracey Ullman Show.
• He was entitled with Emmy Outstanding Animated Programs for The Simpsons in 1990, 1991, 1995, 1997 etc.
• He also won a Peabody Award in 1996 for The Simpsons.
• Due to his writing skills he won Writer Guilds of America Award.

Assets:

Simon founded a charity foundation called as Sam Simon Foundation to save stray dogs and other animals. He had invested about $23 million for its establishment. He also invested his money in an Atlas Oil Company, which is amongst one of the largest distributors of fuels that serves 26 states in the country. This company is also responsible for $ 100 million net worth. He resides in Los Angeles, where his home was destroyed due to fire. He again rebuilt his house by investing so much money to make it environment friendly. His assets involved so many paintings made by Thomas Hart Benton, John Singer Sargent etc.

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Profession: Actor, Author and Producer

The actual name of Ted Danson is Edward Bridge Danson III. He was born on 29^th December 1947. San Diego in California is the birth place of Ted Danson. He is a multi talented personality. He is not just an actor but is also a producer and an author. He started his career from year 1975. He has done remarkable job in Cheers and Becker. He had worked in many other popular dramas like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Curb your Enthusiasm, Damages, and Bored to Death. He has worked quite well in his career. His success can be tracked by the number of awards he has won. He has been nominated 15 times for Primetime Emmy Awards. He won this award two times in his career. He was nominated ten times of Golden Globe Awards. Thrice he won Golden Globe Awards. He has been nominated in many other popular awards like Screen Actor Guild awards, American Comedy Awards and Hollywood’s Walk of fame. He was placed on the second position in the list of top twenty five stars by TV Guide. He is a very good author too. His first book was published in March 2011. The name of his book is Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do. He wrote his book with the journalist named Michael D’Orso. He contributed a lot in environment issues. He even wrote a book for environment. He further supported many campaigns like American Ocean Campaigns. He is a politically active personality. He has friendly relation with the president of United States named Bill Clinton. He donated around $8500 to democratic candidates like John Edwards and John Kerry.

Early Life

Danson is the son of Edward Bridge Danson and Jess Danson. His father was a well known archaeologist and a museum director. He completed his schooling from Kent School. In his school days he used to play basketball a lot. He was a champion in playing basketball. He went to Stanford University for his graduation. While pursuing graduation he developed his interest in drama. After Stanford University he moved to Carnegie Mellon University which is located in Pittsburgh. He completed his graduation in year 1972 and received bachelors of fine arts degree.

Career

He started his career with a daily soap named Somerset. He worked for one year in that daily soap and then he moved to another series named The Doctors. He made guest appearances in many television shows like Laverne and Shirley, Family, Benson, CSI: NY, Tim and Eric  Awesome Show, Great Job, King of the Hill, Heist, Help me Help You, Knights of South Bronx, Our Fathers, It Must Be love, Living with the Dead, Search for Atlantis, Thanks for a grateful nation, Veronica’s Closet, Gulliver’s Travel, Ink, The Simpsons, Challenge of the Seas, We are the Children, When the Bough Breaks, Something about Amelia, Cowboy, The Amazing Spiderman, Colombo, Trapper John, M.D, The French Atlantic Affair, Taxi, B.J. and the Bear, Magnum P.I. and Tucker’s Witch. He has worked in many films like Three Men and s Baby, Three men and a Little Lady, Cousins, The Onion Filed, Body Heat, Creep show, Just between Friends, Little Treasure, A fine Mess, Dad Made in America, Saving Private Ryan and Getting Even with Dad.

Personal life

The first wife of Ted Danson is Randall. Randall is a very famous actress. He got married in year 1970. But unfortunately their marriage didn’t work well and they got divorced in year 1975. After two years of his divorced, Danson got married to Cassandra Casey Coates. His second wife was a producer. After their marriage his wife gave birth to a daughter. They named their daughter as Kate. After giving birth to Kate, his wife suffered from strokes. For many years he cared for his wife. He helped her to recover from the disease. After sometime they adopted a daughter and name her as Alexis. Danson had an affair with an actress named Whoopi Goldberg. His affair with the actress became the reason for his second divorce. This was the costliest divorce. The divorce was worth $30 Million. In year 1993 he met Mary Steenburgen on the set of a movie. The couple fell in love with each other and got married in year 1995.

Richness

He is a very rich personality. His leads a very luxurious and lavish lifestyle. His profession has made a lot of money for him. His estimated net worth is said to be $80 Million. He takes a lot of money for each episode. Initially he was paid $250,000 per episode. And when his career was on hike he charged $500,000 per episode. He owns a very beautiful and luxurious house in Los Angeles. The house encompasses four beautiful bedrooms which are equipped with all the facilities. The interior of the house is outstanding. It has a well furnished kitchen. The presence of garden outside the house further enhances the beauty of the house. He is very fond of pets also. He has two dogs as pets. The breed of the dog is very unique and expensive. The dogs are the miniature of Australian Shepherd.

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PROFESSION: ACTOR, COMEDIAN, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, WRITER, SINGER

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can. Such is the case with veteran actor Allen Kelsey Grammer. He is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcoms “Cheers” and “Frasier”. He was born on February 21, 1955 at Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Net Worth

The estimated net worth of Kelsey Grammer is $120 million. Grammer is said to have snapped up a $6.5 million home in Beverly Hills for his Los Angeles base.

The 57 year old actor and his fourth wife Kayte Walsh are primarily based in New York.

Grammer also owns a “modern, traditional” Holmbly Hills estate which was built in 1980 in Los Angeles.

When Kelsey and His ex-wife Cammille Grammer finalized their divorce, she received a $50 million cash settlement.

Early Life

Grammer is the son of Sally, who was a renowned singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr. who was a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar and grill called Greer’s Place. Grammer was two years old when his parents got divorced. Grammer attended Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and later spent two years at the Juilliard School. He has done three year internship with the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in the late 1970s before a stint in 1980 at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Grammer was raised by his mother and Grandfather, after his parents’ divorce. Unfortunately, his Grandfather died when he was 11.

When Grammer was 20 years old, his younger sister, Karen Grammer, who was then 18 year old, was raped by four men and murdered by Freddie Lee Glenn.

Career

Stage

Grammer made his Broadway debut in 1981 as “Lennox”, Macbeth. Grammer played Michael Cassio in a Broadway revival of “Othello”. In 1983, he performed on the demo of the production “Sunday in the Park with George”. In 2000, Grammer again played Macbeth on Broadway.

Music

Grammer made his Broadway musical debut in Jerry Herman/Harvey Fierstein musical “La Cage aux Folles”, for which he was nominated for a “Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical”.

Television

Grammer’s television career began in the early 1980s when he portrayed Stephen Smith in the NBC miniseries “Kennedy”.

The “Cheers and Frasier” Fame

The fictional character “Dr. Frasier Crane” brought Grammer Broadway attention. He got what was supposed to be a six episode job, but ended up as a regular cast member. The character became the center of the spin-off “Frasier”, one of the most successful spin-off in the television history. Dr. Frasier Crane has become one of the television’s most endearing and enduring characters.

He joined the cast of “Cheers” (1982) in 1984.

Producer

In 1996, he hosted an hour-long salute to Jack Benny for which he served as executive producer.

Besides being a producer, he has also made guest appearances in “Medium” and in the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “Cause and Effect”.

Direction

While working as a cast member in “Frasier”, he also directed more than 30 episodes of the serial, especially during the second half of the series. He also sang the closing theme “Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs”. The character “Frasier” won and was nominated for many awards during its 11 year run.

Post “Frasier” Career

After Frasier, Grammer produced and appeared in an American adaption of the British show “The Sketch Show”, in the year 2005.

In 2007, Grammer starred in the American sitcom “Back to You”.

In 2011 and 2012, Grammer starred in the Starz drama series “Boss”. The show ran for 18 episodes over two seasons.

Voice Venture

Grammer’s charismatic and enchanting voice and his Mid-Atlantic accent has made him best suitable for voiceover work. He has provided the voice of

Sideshow Bob on “The Simpsons”

Stinky Pete the Prospector in the Disney/Pixar film “Toy Story 2”

Vladimir in the fox animated movie “Anastasia”

Rothbart in “Barbie of Swan Lake”

Dr. Frankenollie in the “Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain“

He was also the narrator of “Mickey Mouse- Once Upon a Christmas”.

Grammer’s voice has also been featured in many commercials.

Production Work

His production company “Grammnet Productions”, produces the CW sitcoms “Girlfriends” and “The Game”, and many other projects.

His Prosperity

Grammer is the first actor to receive multiple Emmy nominations for performing the same role on three series. He is a five time Emmy Award winner. In addition to his Emmys, Grammer has won two “Golden Globe Awards”, two “American Comedy Awards” and a “People’s Choice Award for his portrait”.

His autobiography, “So Far”, was published in 1995.

Personal Life & his Bizarre Relationships

Grammer has been married four times and has five children and one grandchild. His current and fourth wife is a British flight attendant Kayte Walsh. She is 25 years his junior. The couple got married on February 25, 2011, two weeks after the finalization of his third divorce. The wedding took place at the ballroom of the “Plaza Hotel” at a cost of more than $100,000.

Health Problems

On May31, 2008 Grammer experienced a heart attack. On June 28, 2008, he was again reported to be hospitalized for irregular heartbeat.

Active Politics

Grammer is also a member of the Republican Party and has expressed an interest in someday running for United States Congress. He was also a guest at President George W. Bush’s first inauguration. He has also actively campaigned for John McCain in the general election.

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Career/Profession: Actress

Age: 32

“So as long as I’m a working actor, I can improve. I want to work with people that frighten me and excite me, and characters that I don’t believe I’m the best person for the part but I’m still gonna try anyway. Those are my favorite roles”.

-Anne Hathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway, the American actress is one of the most prominent faces in Hollywood. With several films and stage role, she has marked a very strong place for her among her other contemporaries. A winner of several prestigious awards, this girl appeared on the list of 50 Most Beautiful people by the People magazine in 2006. And we all know she deserves to be there!

“Li’l girl”

Anne Hathaway was born in Brooklyn, New York to father Gerald Thomas Hathaway who is a lawyer and mother Kathleen Ann who was an actress. Being raised as a Roman Catholic she was imparted with really strong values. During graduating from Millburn High School, she participated in many school plays and also won an award for her performances. She also studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She was the first teenager to be admitted to the Barrow Group Theatre Company’s acting program.

Hathaway performed as a soprano in 1998 and 1999 and has performed in plays at the Seton Hall Preparatory School in New Jersey. Three days after her 1999 performance, she was cats in the Fox television series Get Real at the age of 16.

Kick start to a Career

Anne Hathaway’s debut with the motion pictures was back in 2001 in the drama film, The Other Side of Heaven. Even before the production of this film, she was cast in the lead role of The Princess Diaries, where she auditioned for the role and won it over 500 girls. This film became a major success earning $165 million worldwide and her performance was particularly praised. She later voiced for the audio book releases of The Princess Diaries. For the next three years, Hathaway continued to appear in ‘family’ films and became a kid’s role model. She even dropped out of The Phantom of the Opera for the dates clashed with Princess Diaries 2.

Complete Turnover

In 2005, Hathaway starred in the film Havoc, where she portrayed the role of a spoiled socialite and went on to do some nude scenes. After Havoc, she was cast opposite Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in the very famous Brokeback Mountain. This film opened to rave reviews and went on to win several Academy Award nominations.

Next year, she appeared in the comedy film The Devil Wears Prada alongside the ever charming, awesomely talented and brilliant Meryl Streep. In 2007, she was cast in Knocked Out but unfortunately she dropped out. Later that year, she starred in the drama Becoming Jane, where she played the role of the English author Jane Austen.

In 2008, she premiered the drama Passengers and later Rachel Getting Married, the latter being premiered at the Toronto and Venice Film Festivals. She earned wide critical acclaim for her performance.

Next, she appeared in the comedy Bride Wars in 2009 and provided her voice for many episodes of The Simpsons, which won her an Emmy Award in 2010 for outstanding voice over performance. She was invited to join the Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

In 2010, she played the White Queen in the adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and also in Through The Looking Glass alongside Johnny Depp. Along with Denzel Washington, she hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Norway in December, 2010. In the same year, she was also voted as one of the sexiest stars of 2010 by Entertainment Weekly.

In 2011, Hathaway again lent her voice for the character of Jewel in the animated film Rio. She also starred in the romance One Day alongside Jim Sturgess.

Her next big success was in the late 2012, where she played the role of the sly, morally ambiguous cat burglar in The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in the Batman trilogy. The role was the most physically challenging role she has ever played. She had had an extensive training in martial arts. The film became the third highest grossing film of 2012. Hathaway won the Saturn Award for the Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

Charity Work

This great actress is involved in a lot of charitable works, including The Creative Collection, the Step Up Women’ Network, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Human Rights Campaign and The Lollipop Theatre Network.

Prized possessions

With great work come great rewards. Anne Hathaway has some great assets. No pun intended.

1. Audi R8

This ice-silver two-seater is powered by a 5200cc V8 engine, offering superb pick up and an acceleration of zero to 100 kmph in just 3.6 seconds. The interiors have been fitted and done in suede leather and a 6 CD changer player and satellite radio are well complimented by a 7 speaker surround system.

2. Audi A5

This black Audi A5 is an ultra lavish car which is capable of zooming to 100 kmph in 4.9 seconds. The interiors have high end leather and a digital TV along with a satellite radio.

3. Manhattan mansion

This breathtakingly beautiful mansion is in the Clocktower building. She purchased the house for $4.1 million. This 2592 sq. ft. house has three bedrooms, hardwood floors, floor to ceiling windows that offer a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline and a large kitchen area.

This high profile actress has not only won our hearts with her power packed performances in a variety of roles, but has also made a mark in the charity world.

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PROFESSION- FORMER AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER, COLOR COMMENTATOR AND FORMER HEAD-COACH

INTRODUCTION

John Madden, the legendary ex-football player was born on 10^th April, 1936 in Austin, Minnesota. He is better known as John Earl Madden. He played IN the National Football League. He has a lot of titles attached to him, which includes that of a former Super Bowl winning head coach of Oakland Riders in the American Football League, a former commentator for the widely known NFL telecasts. He was, in 2006, included in the renowned Pro-Football Hall of Fame. Besides the  game, Madden has also written several books and advertised various products on television.

FROM BIRTH TO FOOTBALL

John Madden was born in Austin, United States. His father, Earl Russell  Madden was an auto mechanic. While his mother, Mary Margret (Flaherty) Madden. When he was young, their family moved to a suburb of San Francisco, Daly City, California. He got his middle school education from Our Lady of Perpetual Help. In the year of 1954 he graduated from the Jefferson High School. He is married to Virginia Fields on December 26, 1926. The couple lived in Pleasanton, California. They have two sons whom they named Joseph and Michael.

PEEPING INTO HIS BEGINNING

John Madden began his career in 1957 as a football player. He played for California Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo. He was soon selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1958 in the NFL draft. His football career soon ended following his knee injury. But this did not affect his spirit. He stayed back at Cal Poly from where he got his bachelors in 1959 and masters in 1961.

Once graduated, he began coaching Hancock Junior College in Santa Maria. He coached them for four years. Later in 1964 he was selected for the post of defensive coordinator at San Diego State. This gave him the memorable career with the Oakland Raiders. He joined Oakland in the year 1967 as a linebacker coach. Two years after joining, when he was 33, in the year 1969, he became the youngest coach in the American football League. It was under  his coaching the team won seven AFC Western Division titles and also victory over the massive Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI. He retired in the year 1979.

FROM FOOTBALL TO TELEVISION

He entered into the world of television in the year 1980, where he worked for CBS. His abilities as an orator, describing even the finest points about football. To add more to the essence, he used his perfectly timed humor. All these qualities helped him become an icon in the television world. In the year 1994, he signed a deal with Fox, worth $32 million, for four years. This contract was one of the richest contract than any other NFL issues. In 2002, he joined Al Michaels for ABC’s Monday Night Football.

AND THEN TO PEN AND RADIO

Besides football and television Madden has several books to his name. His books became the best seller. Books written by him include “Hey, Wait a Minute”, “I Wrote a Book”, “All Madden” and the cookbook “John Madden’s Ultimate Tailgating”. Exhibiting his versatility, Madden does a radio show on KCBS from six to nine in San Francisco with the sports and news anchors every weekday in the morning at 8.15 am. His show is so much liked that his show is even repeated throughout the day.

MADDEN AND ADVERTISEMENT

Madden also appeared in television commercials. He can be seen in advertisements for Ace Hardware, Outback Steakhouse, Verozon Wireless, Rent-A-Career, Miller Lite, Sirius Satellite Radio and Tinactin.Madden also appeared in a brief movie where he played for a youth football person, in 1994, Little Giants and also in the film Replacements in the year 2000. He was also seen in the episodes of The Simpsons in 1999, “Sunday, Cruddy Sunday”. He also hosted an episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live in 1982. He also featured himself in a song “Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out of”.

NAME, FAME AND GAME

Much to everyone’s  surprise the legendary sportscaster has a booming net worth of $200 million. Even though he has been a professional much in demand football coach for almost ten years and also a national television sportscaster for some two decades, still no one has an answer as to how he built such a huge empire. Madden earned an amount of $5 million a year during his broadcasting career. Some deduce that it has been made possible because of his video game series called as Madden NFL which he started in 1989. T has been estimated that Madden has sold over 43 million copies of the game. The EA sports signed a deal with Madden in 2005 declaring the exclusive game for the NFL through 2012. The deal, according to the sources was worth $300 million. He also signed a deal with the athletes foot company “Tough Actin” which allowed him to bag $2 million every year.

AWARDS IN HIS BAG

Madden has won 13 Emmy awards, a stats not easy to achieve, for his keen interest and personality as a sports analyst. Madden was awarded with Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2002 by The Pro Football Hall of Fame. Madden along with Rayfield Wright, in August 2005, was selected by the Hall’s Veterans’ Committee as candidates for entry into the Hall in 2006. David was at number two on David J. Halberstam’s list of Top 50 All Time Network Television Sports Announcers by Yahoo Sports.

Madden was selected to be one of 13 California Hall of Fame inducted in The California Museum’s exhibit on August 25,2009,  by Governor Arnold Schwarzeneger  and Maria Shriver

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PROFESSION: Skateboarder and Actor

Anthony Frank “Tony” Hawk, nicknamed “The Birdman”, is an American former professional skateboarder and actor. Hawk is well known for completing the first documented 900 and for his licensed video game titles, distributed by Activision. He is widely considered to be one of the most successful and influential poineers of modern vertical skateboarding. In 2002, he created the “Boom Boom HuckJam”, an extreme sports exhibition and tour that was launched in Las Vegas. Throughout his career, Hawk has made numerous appearances in films, other media, and his own series of video games. He has also been an active member in various philanthropic activities, including his own foundation called Tony Hawk Foundation, that helps to build skate parks in underprivileged areas.

EARLY LIFE

Hawk was born in California, to the proud parents Nancy and Frank Peter Rupert Hawk, and was raised in San Diego, California. Tony Hawk has a tested I.Q. of 144 and when he was young, he was described as being hyperactive. Hawk’s parents supported his skateboarding as it served as an outlet for his excessive energy, and as Hawk’s skills developed, he became a professional skateboarder at age fourteen. Hawk was the National Skateboard Association world champion for twelve consecutive years.

SPONSORS

As of January 2012, Hawk is sponsored by Birdhouse, Independent, Quicksilver, Bones, and Nixon. Hawk was formerly sponsored by Theeve.

SKATEBOARDING

The 900: Hawk said “this is the best day of my life”, when he became the first skater to land a “900″. He was 43 when he did that trick for the first time.

INDIAN VERT DEMO

By the invitation from his sponsor, Quicksilver, Hawk assembled a group of vert skateboarders to perform, in 2012, in India. The team was welcomed by an excited audience that comprised of the Indian youth. This trip was even published on Hawk’s RIDE YouTube channel on February 4, 2013.

RETIREMENT

In 1999, Hawk took voluntary retirement from professional competitions, but he still tours North America to do personal skate shows.

Hawk was even invited to President Obama’s June 2009 Father’s Day celebration and skated in the hallways of the nearby Old Executive Office Building which is on the White House grounds. This became the first time ever for somebody to have skateboarded on the White House grounds with prior permission from the officials.

ENTREPRENEUR

BOOM BOOM HUCKJAM: In 1998, Hawk started a show tour, featuring skateboarding and BMX. It started in Las Vegas and slowly gained popularity and spread to 31 cities around the U.S. and eventually to Six Flags amusement parks.

VIDEO GAME SERIES: Video games based on this skateboarder were released by Hawk in 1999. The latest game of the series is Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, a compilation of the first two Pro Skater titles. He remained a prominent character in these video games.

AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE: A series of rides in an amusement part called Six Flags was opened in 2007 and 2008. These park rides were called Tony Hawk’s Big Spin. It was designed to have the look and feel of a giant red-and-black skate park. It offered a full “extreme sports” experience. In 2012, these rides were renamed as Pandemonium.

FILM AND TELEVISION APPEARANCES

In 1986, Hawk was a featured skateboarder and skater-double for Josh Brolin in the movie Thrashin‘. He made appearances in several movies like Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol, Gleaming the Cube, xXx, Deck Dogz, Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, The New Guy, Jackass Series, Gumball Rally, 3000 Miles etc. Hawk can also be spotted in a lot of music videos. He was featured as an extra in the “Weird Al” Yankovic video “Smells like Nirvana”. He can also be seen in the music video for “I’m Just a Kid”. Hawk has been featured on television too! Series like Action, What I Like About You, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, The Tom Green Show, The Naked Brothers Band, Zeke and Luther and All That. He also guest voiced on The Simpsons. Hawk has even appeared on cooking shows. In 2013, he and Eric Koston appeared as reporters in an episode of The Aquabats! Super Show!

PHILANTHROPY

Hawk launched the Tony Hawk Foundation, which has given away more than $3.4 million to help build over 400 skate parks around the US. The Foundation supports projects in low-income areas and helps underprivileged kids. In 2007, Hawk, Andre Agassi, Alonzo Mourning etc., founded the charity , “Athletes for Hope”, an organization that aims to inspire all people to volunteer and support their communities through the actions of professional athletes.

PERSONAL LIFE

Hawk’s personal life has not really been stable. He has gone through 3 divorces. He has four children- Riley Hawk, Spencer, Keegan and Kadence Clover Hawk. His most recent divorce was announced in February, 2011.

ASSETS

- Carlsbad Mansion

- Jeep Commander

- Jeep Wrangler Unlimited

- Chevrolet Corvette

- Jeep STR8

TONY HAWK FUN FACTS

- Hawk was nicknamed The Birdman for his aerial stunts, and gained fame for becoming first skater to successfully land a 900 degree spin out of a half pipe.

- After striking out in a little league game, he hid out in a ravine until his father came to get him.

- He published his autobiography, Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder, in 2000.

- One of his sons, Riley Hawk, is also a professional skater.

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Profession: Race Car driving/ Promotional Modelling

The Racing beauty:

Danica Patrick is one of the most popular female Nascar drivers and . She is an auto racer, model and advertising spokeswoman. Patrick began racing go-carts with her sister at the age of 10. She dropped out of high school to pursue her career in England. It was there when she finished second at the Formula Ford Festival and became the first woman as well as the first American with the highest-ever finish. Patrick was voted  number 42 in 2006 and number 85 in 2007 in the list of FHM’s top 100 sexiest women in the world. In 2007 she was also voted the sexiest athlete in Victoria’s Secret “What is Sexy” list.

Though she has not been very successful on the tracks, but because of being the only woman NASCAR driver and her beauty she has come a lot into the limelight. She has earned $15 million last year which included around $7 million from endorsement deals alone. She is also the seventh highest paid NASCAR driver. She started as the NASCAR driver with 38^th finish but her off the track career has been shining ever since she joined NASCAR and was sponsored by GoDaddy. Her major deal was with Coca Cola “Cokee Zero” for which she was paid hugely. She also endorsed Freeport-McMoran Shopper, Shamrock Foods and Republic Services and a series of popular Super Bowl commercials. These commercials are largely responsible for the domain name company’s success and popularity in the mainstream media.

Commercials:

She appeared in commercial for Secret deodorant in 2005 and 2006 after which she was replaced by Rihanna in 2007. An advertisement for Honda Civic Coupe features Danica trying to avoid a speeding ticket. Patrick also appeared in ESPN “This is Sports Center” in which she was an anchor. Patrick was also a part of Go Daddy commercial called “Kart”, in 2008, in which a young girl aspired to become like Patrick. She also appeared on an episode of American Chopper. In 2009, Patrick appeared on the two GoDaddy.com commercials advertised during Super Bowl XLIII. According to Tivo, it also happened to become the most watched commercial of Super Bowl in 2009.

Television, Videos and Games:

Patrick’s good looks combined with her youth brought her enormous opportunities in the glamour world as well. She started her acting career in February 2010 where she enacted a racing driver who was suspected of a murder. She also voiced for an episode of The Simpsons and appeared in Jay-Z’s music video “Show Me What You Got”. She also participated in Food Network’s cooking show Chopped and won the competition by defeating three other celebrities. She also featured in the documentary Girl Racers and hosted several shows on spike TV.  

She also appeared in the video game Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed as a playable guest character. She gave her own voice as well as appeared in the commercial of the game.

She also appeared in the music video “Fastest Girl in Town” in which she drove a 1969 Camaro SS. She was seen in a Colt Ford’s music video “Drivin’ Around Song” too.  

Money-Making:

Danica is one of the most popular female racers in the history of open-wheel racing in America. After winning a pole position and posting a podium result she was promoted by her bosses at Rahal Letterman Racing to IndyCar. In 2008, she won the Indy Japan 300 and in 2009, she finished 3^rd at the Indianapolis 500. She is also the only woman to have won in the IndyCar Series. She began her career as a go-kart racer and then later joined Formula Ford before returning to the US. She was honoured with the rookie of the year Award for the IndyCar Series as well as Indianapolis 500 in 2005. She made it to the headlines for being the first woman to win the Indy 500. She is also the first woman to win the pole position at the Daytona 500.

Danica is also the record holder for running the most number of consecutive races at the finish in the IRL. She became a part of NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2010 and has been competing ever since in this series.

Besides being a racing star, she has also worked as a model. She earned 5 million dollars in 2006 and 2007 and her annual earnings rose to $7 million during 2008-2009. From 2009 to 2011 she made an annual income of $12 million. She signed a deal with Stewarrt Haas Racing at the beginning of 2013 and the contract is somewhere between 90 to 100 million dollars over a period of five years. She has grown to become one of the highest earning athletes as well as one of the richest drivers in the world. She earned $12 million in 2012 alone from NASCAR and several endorsement deals. She is also a brand ambassador of Tissot since 2005 and after she joined the NASCAR Series it gave Tissot an opportunity of taking the ride with her.

She owns assets worth $41, 434, 550 dollars. She has good control of her cash and spends less than she earns. The auto enthusiast owns an orange Lamborghini Gallardo which is worth $202,000.  In April 2007, Patrick and her husband bought a 7,531 square foot home in the Ancala, Scottsdale which cost them $4.06 million. However, the couple separated in January 2013.

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