Beauty With Brain

Marlene Dietrich. (1901-1993)

Someone said her name began with a caress and ended with a whiplash—that is Marlene Dietrich. As a screen actress her power was total and compelling she knew lighting better than many cameramen  and exactly how it should the high cheekbones while softening the strong jaw.  There was a perfection can be seen in each and every work. A devotion  given to a work turns fruitful so that was the case with Marlene Dietrich .

She often brought Sapphic overtones to her performances .There were frissons when in male evening attire in her first Hollywood film ,Morocco, she paused in her song to kiss a girl in the audience full on the lips.

Interviews with her never turn out to be satisfactory as she always plied journalist with misinformation or exasperating simplifications; ?I was born in Germany and made a film called The Blue Angel. Then I went to America. ? She categorically told Maximilian Schell ( for his documentary, Marlene that she was an only child in spite of irrefutable evidence that she was only child in spite of irrefutable evidence that she had an elder sister who survived Balsen.

In truth, The Blue Angel( directed by Josef von Sternberg) was her 18^th film and when it made in 1929 she was well established in German cinema. After her move to Hollywood a stream of erotic , intense Sternbergian collaborations followed. In Morocco( 1930) she played Army Jolly , the cabaret singer who eventually follows a legionnaire , Gary Cooper , when his column marches off into the Sahara Then came ?Dishonored?(1931) with Victor Mclagen;? Shanghai Express?( 1932) and ?Blonde Venus?( 1932) with Cary Grant , in which she performs a memorable striptease from a gorilla suit.

She could have accepted Hitler offer of astronomical riches as Queen of the Reich Cinema and a triumphant return to Berlin,  but she rejected it unequivocally ,becoming a US citizen in 1939 .Her passionate hatred for the Nazis prompted her after 1943 to entertain the troops from Africa to the Aleutians .

Marlene Dietrich. (1901-1993)

Most of her remaining films were unremarkable , some even excruciating but there are a few bright moments ?Witness for the Prosecution (1958) and Orson Welles Touch of Evil and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) sealed the career of an unmatchable star. Lesser actress may have more films in the time span, or rung greater changes in characterization but that?s not the point.

Lola-Lola, Army Jolly and Shanghai Lily and French are the timeless creations of a great star who even managed to transcend the mountains of kitsch that became associated with her name. In Dishonored as a streetwalker who becomes a Mata Hari and faces a firing squad , she says ;? I am not afraid of life or of death either.

In the last reclusive years death had been stealthily creeping up on her. The final photographs , showed her aged , wrinkled , that her last days of privacy had been violated.

For almost seventy years she had remained an icon. Her lounging , top ?hatted , cabaret pose in ?The Blue Angel? , frilly knickers and thighs prominent , a bare arm clasping a raised stocking leg, is as essential image of cinema as Chaplin?s tramp or Disney?s mouse . She is unique and unrivalled a genuine celluloid immortal. In The Blue Angel she was demonic , sensual slut; in later films she epitomized an unattainable allure in astonishing gowns by Travis Banton or cultivated an androgynous ambiguity in immaculately tailored men?s trousers and yachting caps .Critic Ken Tynan, wrote of her ;? She lives in a sexual no man ?s land  and no woman?s either. She dedicates herself to looking , rather than to being sexy. The art is in the seeming?.

Whoopi Goldberg

Carry Johnson is one of the few actresses who can make you laugh by just her eyebrows. She can also make you reach for the tissues, as she did with her brilliant portrayal of a oppressed, unloved woman trying to find in The Color Purple .Caryn who? Why she is the one and only Whoopi Goldberg!

Remember her as the kooky computer in Jump in Jack Flash or that crazy psychic in Ghost, which was very humorous.

And her remarkable performance in tart turn nun in Sister Act –. Then there `s Moonlight and Valentino, The Associate Eddie, The Ghost of Mississippi, Boys on the Side?

The list is very long and full of brilliant performances, making Whoopi what she is one of the most saleable and popular actors of her time.

Whoopi was born in New York City on November 13, 1949, to Robert and Emma Johnson.

Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is one of the greatest athletes and earlier was holding the world no.1 position in the game of Lawn Tennis. But now her world ranking has dwindled and that?s hovering from 2 ? 10 in the world?s top. Well, it the part of any game and with the entering of the new and younger players in the scene it becomes difficult for the oldies to maintain their zest and same energy level to be in the top.

But then to remain in the top of the ranking of the professional game is very important because it they make any mistake then it may cost them very dearly in terms of their income which come from the fame of the personality in the tennis court. If they maintain the high ranking they get the endorsement deal of many companies which supports them financially.

In August 2006, this beauty has been earning around $20 million, and 90 percent of this earning was coming from the endorsement of various companies and rest of the amount comes from her playing in the court. However, once the Forbes magazine has listed her as one of the highest paid female athlete in the sporting arena. Even she is not averse to earning more money as she understands the importance of the money.

In one of the interview she has said that money has never been enough and if you want to give her more she would be open to accept it. Hey, don?t just jump to this conclusion that this girl is only hungry for money, though it?s a fact that it is being required by us all. However, she corrected her quench for money with further statement that there?s no limit to how much money one can make. For her the greatest thing about being an athlete is definitely making money, but making money for some substance, means realizing the dream of helping others and specially children whom she love very much and loves to work for. So, I hope that now the things would have been clear that this girl is not mere hungry for earning more but to use it for children, one of the most beautiful gifts of the ?GOD? to the mankind.

Sharapova is the hottest girl in the tennis circle these days. When this sexy siren posed in the bikini for the photo shoot in the ?Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue? annual magazine?s on the lover day, I mean ?Valentine?s Day? every testosterone carrying soul made her the Valentine in their life. She has burned the desires to the X-rated limits and gave the Swimsuit issue a thunderous beginning.

Her determination in the life for reaching the top in the game has been tremendous and this is true also people who are very determined reach the top. Throughout her playing time she has faced people who has been senior to her and very experienced, but this didn?t stop girl from competing with them. Rather she had a kind of fight with them in the tennis court and she has learned her skill from it.

Maria Sharapova

Maria has always been aspiring to reach the top, so when so was being asked that how does she feel to be in the world no.2 and she said I want to become no.1 This natural blonde beauty was born in April 19, 1987 in the Nyagan, Siberia, Russia and presently lives in the Bradenton, Florida, USA. Her parents are originally from Homiel, Belarus, but moved to Russia in 1986 after the nuclear accident in the Chernobyl nuclear plant, which was very near to the site of the nuclear accident.

While having her Belorussian roots and residing in the United States, Sharapova has kept her Russian Citizenship.

From the very early age of four Maria started playing tennis when her parents decided to moved to the resort town of Sochi. Her parents have been quite relaxed with their daughter and allowed her to pursue whatever she wants in her life. She was into dancing, music and all sort of sport. However, the on her fourth birthday she was presented a tennis racquet by the Yevgeny Kafelnikov?s father.

On getting the racquet in the gift this girl started hitting ball hard in her backyard. When Maria was six years old and still hitting the ball then the local coach suggested her father Yuri to take her to the Moscow as Russian Tennis Federation may consider her for training.

On reaching the Moscow, the head coach Yuri Udkin, was awe struck by her performance on the court and commented that he had not seen such a player in past few year. Well, indeed her thirst for the game was there right from the childhood days and she had been working hard to prove her mettle.

However, her real talent was come to limelight when she was noticed by Martina Navratilova in a tennis court in Moscow. So impressed was the Navratilova from the skills of this beauty that she urged Maria?s parents to take her to United States to get her some serious coaching. Availability of the fund was the biggest hurdle in her life and but here the Navratilova assisted this family and Maria along-with her father left for the Bradenton, Florida, United States.

With just $1000 in their pocket and not exactly know that where this Bradenton is in the world map, the duo of father and daughter left for the United States as her mother could not able to get the visa. On reaching the United States after much persuasion she was accepted in the world famous Bollettieri Sports Academy where she face wide scale criticism from the local that she is too young and not to talent to get the admission. However, Bollettieri had sensed the special quality in this girl and since then there has been no stop for this girl.

She has picked up the English language skills in just one month?s time and now we have a world famous personality with a dazzling figure and equal prow ness for the game also. She has been very boisterous about her view on anything. That?s what we call the real struggler are always  stand for right and they are the one who made it to the top.

Britney Spears (1981 )

The girl whose came to limelight with her debut album ?baby one more time…  Whether it would be her one day marriage or may be her any album, she has always in limelight. She?s the youngest female to hit America?s number one spot with a single and a album.-she turned 17 on December 2, 1998, just a month before the album?s release.

She when came to the sight, everyone found her attractive with a gorgeous face with a gorgeous body and a good voice, so she proved the want of everyone who run for hearing good music.

Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi. Her parents are James Parnell Spears, who was a building contractor by profession. Spear?s brother is one of her managers and her sister is an actress and singer. Spears was an accomplishment gymnast attending classes until age nine and competing in state level completion.. Performing since early childhood

In local dance revues and church choirs, Britney auditioned for the Disney Channel?s Mickey Mouse Club series at age eight in Atlanta.

She was too young for the series , but too talented to dismiss, and a producer on the show helped Britney secure an agent in New York City , where she spent the next three summers studying at the renowned Off-Broadway Dance Center and at the Professional Performing Arts School. She also began appearing in national commercials and off- Broadway Dance Center and at the Professional Performing Arts School. She also began appearing in national commercials and off-Broadway shows , including the 1981 comedy ,?Ruthless ?,based on the 1956 thriller ?The Bad Seed ?.?

At the age 10, I was playing this really bad child who seems real sweet but is evil, too. Britney was finally old enough at 11, Britney earned a coveted place in ?Mickey Mouse Club?. After two years of performing on the popular children?s TV shows , filmed in Orlando, Britney returned  to Kentwood for one completely normal year of high school at age 14. ?It was fun for a while, but I started getting really itchy to get out again and see the world,? she says.

Britney Spears (1981 )

A devoted fan of pop music her favorite include Michael Jackson. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston —-Britney once again went to New York to pursue her dreams she always wanted to be a singer. A seasoned performer at age 15, an audition for an all girl vocal group led to her developing a solo career as a  singer as well as continuing her high school studies with tutors , as in one of her interview she mentioned that? I needed a lot of help in geometry and Spanish.

In 1998, she landed a contract with Jive Records and by mid-1999 , her debut album ?.Baby one more time, had gone Gold in Hong Kong, Thailand, India, Singapore and Indonesia and Platinum in Japan , Philippines and Taiwan. Produced by Eric Foster White and Max Martian, the album showcase Britney?s unbridled effervescence and musical heart, to the driving funk of Baby one more time, to the funky reggae beats of Soda pop, to her soulful take.

Spears is among a number of super ?young , super-wholesome new stars whose popularity attests to the rising importance of the adolescent audience, not all of whom relate to precociously hip, sexy role models such as , say Jennifer Love Hewitt. Among the acts now sharing the upper reaches of the pop charts with Spears is a vocal group whose squeaky- clean members make the Backstreet Boys look like a backstreet gang.

Britney is always addressed to be a girl of next door  .Spears who wasn?t yet a sparkle in her parents eyes when the Cassidy her own commercial life span by assuming more creative control. While the tracks on Baby One More Time were penned and produced by a veteran pop savants like Max Martian and Eric Foster White, Spears did write Sometimes of the album So Curious .She says she plans to do more writing. Her motive is through her music she should try to portray happiness into the life or say on the faces of the people.

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born in May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana, United States. She has famous for her style of singing especially of R& B, Pop and Dance. She is a singer, song writer, record producer, dancer and actress. She has started doing acting from 1977 and into the singing scene from 1982. Her songs are generally coming on A& M Records and Virgins Records.

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey is a world wide famous personality as an anchor for ?The Oprah Winfrey Show?. This show is shown across the five continents and seen by her fans very vividly and devotedly. Oprah?s broadcasting career began at the age of 17, when Nashville?s WVOL radio hired her. At 19 she started working as the reporter / anchor with WTVF-TV in Nashville. Later she majored in the Speech Communications and Performing Arts from the Tennessee State University. In 1976, Oprah moved to Baltimore to join WJZ-TV news as a co-anchor.

production responsibilities for ?The Oprah Winfrey Show?. Thus, she became the first woman in the history of U.S. to own and produce her own talk show.

consecutive Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Talk / Service Program and Oprah herself won the award of International Radio and Television Society?s ?Broadcaster of the Year?. She was the youngest person and only the fifth woman ever to receive the award in its 25 year history.

. Two years later she found that sh In 1988 also ?The Oprah Winfrey Show? received its second

Her stars shine bright in the field of the acting when she worked in the films also. Oprah?s ewe inspiring role of Sofia in Steven Spielberg?s film ?The Color Purple? made it the entering in the Oscar and Golden Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress. She was widely acclaimed by the critics in her performance in ?Native Son?, a movie based on the classic of Richard Wright?s Classic 1940 novel.

In the year 1986 the Oprah passion for movie reaches the zenith and she opened her film production company named HARPO Production Inc. Today her company is the forerunner in the television and film production. HARPO

Entertainment Group in the year 1988 acquired the ownership and all

Since, then there has been no stopping for the HARPO Production and it has entered into the production of the film, television series and many other entertainment activities in the U.S. Oprah was named as one of the most influential People of the 20^th Century by the Time magazine. In the year 1998 Oprah received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Oprah is an enigma in the U.S. and her influence does matter a lot in the publishing industry. She opened an on-air book club and her book club selections became instant bestsellers. Angel Network was started by Oprah for providing the support to the destitute around the world. This group has been into the extensive work in the U.S. and the Africa.

In the year 2000, this network began presenting a $ 100,000 ?Use Your Life Award? to people who are using their lives to improve the lives of others. When Forbes magazine published its list of America?s Billionaires for the year 2003, it disclosed that Oprah Winfrey was the first African-American woman to become a billionaire.

Oprah Winfrey

Her stars shine bright in the field of the acting when she worked in the films also. Oprah?s ewe inspiring role of Sofia in Steven Spielberg?s film ?The Color Purple? made it the entering in the Oscar and Golden Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress. She was widely acclaimed by the critics in her performance in ?Native Son?, a movie based on the classic of Richard Wright?s Classic 1940 novel.

In the year 1986 the Oprah passion for movie reaches the zenith and she opened her film production company named HARPO Production Inc. Today her company is the forerunner in the television and film production. HARPO Entertainment Group in the year 1988 acquired the ownership and all production responsibilities for ?The Oprah Winfrey Show?. Thus, she became the first woman in the history of U.S. to own and produce her own talk show

Since, then there has been no stopping for the HARPO Production and it has entered into the production of the film, television series and many other entertainment activities in the U.S.

Oprah was named as one of the most influential People of the 20^th Century by the Time magazine. In the year 1998 Oprah received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Oprah is an enigma in the U.S. and her influence does matter a lot in the publishing industry. She opened an on-air book club and her book club selections became instant bestsellers. Angel Network was started by Oprah for providing the support to the destitute around the world. This group has been into the extensive work in the U.S. and the Africa.

In the year 2000, this network began presenting a $ 100,000 ?Use Your Life Award? to people who are using their lives to improve the lives of others. When Forbes magazine published its list of America?s Billionaires for the year 2003, it disclosed that Oprah Winfrey was the first African-American woman to become a billionaire.

But was the life of Oprah Winfrey was so easy? Has been born with the platinum spoon in her mouth? These questions do revolve in our mind. Well this is far from the truth. Oprah was born in 29 January, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States in a Baptist Family. Her parents were unmarried teenagers. She was originally named Orpah Gail Winfrey, after one of the people in the Bible?s Book of Ruth. But she was very poor in spelling that she reversed the ?r? and the ?p?.

Oprah?s mother was a housemaid and her father was a coalminer. Later her father joined Armed Forces when she was born. Initial six year from her birth she lived her live in utter poverty and lived with her Grandma Hattie Mae. Her grandmother taught her the reading skills. She picked up the reading early and in the local church she was nicknamed ?The Preacher? for her ability to recite the verses of the Bible impeccably.

At the age of Six, Oprah moved to Wisconsin with her mother. However, her mother was less supportive and encouraging than her grandmother. Here her life took some very turbulent turns. As per Oprah when she was nine the tyranny started in her life and she was molested by her cousin, uncle, and a family friend. In-spite of all these ups and down in her life Oprah managed to become the pet of teacher?s and at the age of 13 received a scholarship to attend Nicolet High School in the suburbs in Wisconsin.

Though she was popular, she couldn?t afford to go out on the town as frequently as her better-off classmates. Like many teenager in 1960 she also ran from her house and ran the streets. When she was 14, she was sent to her father in Nashville, Tennessee. Vernon her father was very strict but encouraging and made her education a priority. Winfrey became an honors student was voted ?Most Popular Girl?.

Her boyfriend Anthony Otey, recalls that she was a determined girl from her early age and knew what she want from life. When all the people were taking drugs she was focusing on how to become a movie star. No doubt people with this sheer determination only succeed in life. Therefore, the Oprah is where she ever wanted in her life to be.