LeBron James

LeBron James

James with Cleveland in 2014
No. 23 – Cleveland Cavaliers
Position	Small forward / Power forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	December 30, 1984 (age 31) Akron, Ohio
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Vincent–St. Mary (Akron, Ohio)
NBA draft	2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career	2003–present
Career history
2003–2010	Cleveland Cavaliers
2010–2014	Miami Heat
2014–present	Cleveland Cavaliers
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (2012, 2013) 2× NBA Finals MVP (2012, 2013) 4× NBA Most Valuable Player (2009, 2010, 2012,2013) 12× NBA All-Star (2005–2016) 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2006, 2008) 9× All-NBA First Team (2006, 2008–2015) 2× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2007) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009–2013) NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014) NBA Rookie of the Year (2004) NBA scoring champion (2008) Cleveland Cavaliers all-time leading scorer AP Athlete of the Year (2013) USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2012) Naismith Prep Player of the Year (2003) McDonald's All-American Game MVP (2003) 3× Ohio Mr. Basketball (2001–2003)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals[hide] Men's Basketball Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team FIBA World Championship 2006 Japan Team FIBA Americas Championship 2007 Las Vegas Team

LeBron Raymone James (/ləˈbrɒn/; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for theCleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association(NBA). He has started at the small forward and power forwardpositions. James has won two NBA championships (2012,2013), four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2009, 2010,2012, 2013), two NBA Finals MVP Awards (2012, 2013), twoOlympic gold medals (2008, 2012), an NBA scoring title(2008), and the NBA Rookie of the Year Award (2004). He has also been selected to 12 NBA All-Star teams, 11 All-NBAteams, and six All-Defensive teams, and is the Cavaliers' all-time leading scorer.

James played high school basketball at St. Vincent–St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, where he was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar. After graduating, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft by the Cavaliers. James ledCleveland to the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2007, losing to the San Antonio Spurs. In 2010, he left the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat in a highly publicized ESPN special titledThe Decision. James played four seasons for the Heat, reaching the Finals all four years and winning back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, he led Miami on a 27-game winning streak, the third longest in league history. Following his final season with the Heat, James opted out of his contract and re-joined the Cavaliers. Behind his leadership, Cleveland advanced to the Finals before losing to the Golden State Warriors.

Off the court, James has accumulated considerable wealth and fame from numerous endorsement deals. His public life has been the subject of much scrutiny, and he has been ranked as one of America's most influential and popular athletes. He has been featured in books, documentaries, and television commercials, has hosted the ESPY Awards andSaturday Night Live, and starred in the 2015 film Trainwreck.

Early life

James was born on December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio, to a 16-year-old mother, Gloria Marie James, who raised him on her own.^[1][2]:22 Growing up, life was often a struggle for the family, as they moved from apartment to apartment in the seedier neighborhoods of Akron while James' mother struggled to find steady work.^[3] Realizing he would be better off with a more stable family environment, Gloria allowed James to move in with the family of Frank Walker, a local youth football coach, who introduced James to basketball when he was nine years old.^[2]:23

As a youth, James played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for the Northeast Ohio Shooting Stars.^[3] The team enjoyed success on a local and national level, led by James and his friends Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce III, and Willie McGee.^[2]:24 Inseparable, they dubbed themselves the "Fab Four" and promised each other they would attend high school together.^[2]:27 In a move that stirred local controversy, they chose to attend St. Vincent–St. Mary High School, a largely white private Catholic school.^[4][5]

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg
Spielberg at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Steven Allan Spielberg December 18, 1946 (age 69)[1] Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Saratoga (CA) High School
Alma mater	California State University, Long Beach
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1963–present
Net worth	US$3.6 billion (2015)[2]
Religion	Judaism
Spouse(s)	Amy Irving (m. 1985–89) Kate Capshaw (m. 1991)[3]
Children	6
Relatives	Anne Spielberg (sister)

Steven Allan Spielberg KBE OMRI (born December 18, 1946)^[4] is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Spielberg is considered as one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history.^[5] He is one of the co-founders ofDreamWorks Studios.

In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressinghumanistic issues such as the Holocaust (in Schindler's List), thetransatlantic slave trade (in Amistad), war (in Empire of the Sun,Saving Private Ryan, War Horse and Bridge of Spies) and terrorism (in Munich). His other films include Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones film series, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).^[6] Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993)—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion.^[2] He has been associated with composer John Williams since 1974, who composed music for all save five of Spielberg's feature films.

Early life

Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to an Orthodox Jewish family.^[7] His mother, Leah (Adler) Posner (born 1920),^[8] was a restaurateur and concert pianist, and his father, Arnold Spielberg (born 1917), was an electrical engineer involved in the development of computers.^[9] His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Ukrainewho settled in Cincinnati in the first decade of the 1900s.^[10][11] In 1950, his family moved to Haddon Township,New Jersey when his father took a job with RCA. Three years later, the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona.^[12]:548Spielberg attended Hebrew school from 1953 to 1957, in classes taught by Rabbi Albert L. Lewis.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage
Cage at the Deauville Film Festival in 2013
Born	Nicolas Kim Coppola January 7, 1964 (age 52) Long Beach, California, US
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada
Occupation	Actor, producer
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Patricia Arquette (m. 1995–2001) Lisa Marie Presley (m. 2002–04) Alice Kim (m. 2004)
Partner(s)	Christina Fulton
Children	2
Parent(s)	August Coppola Joy Vogelsang
Family	Marc Coppola (brother) Christopher Coppola (brother) Francis Ford Coppola (uncle) Eleanor Coppola (aunt) Sofia Coppola (cousin) Talia Shire (aunt) Jason Schwartzman (cousin)
Signature

Nicolas Kim Coppola (born January 7, 1964),^[1] known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and producer. He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films. In the early years of his career, Cage starred in films such as Valley Girl (1983),Racing with the Moon (1984), Birdy (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married(1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987), Vampire's Kiss(1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993).

Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996),Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), and National Treasure (2004). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation(2002). In 2002, he directed the film Sonny, for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale(2003).

Through his performances in The Weather Man (2005), Lord of War(2005), The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), andKick-Ass (2010) he earned critical acclaim. Films such as Ghost Rider(2007) and Knowing (2009) were box office successes. Cage has been strongly criticized in recent years for his choice of roles, some of which have been universally panned.^[2][3] However, he recently starred in The Croods and Joe, both of which were warmly received by critics.

Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf
LaBeouf at the premiere of Fury in Washington D.C, October 2014
Born	Shia Saide LaBeouf June 11, 1986 (age 29) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, director
Years active	1996–present

Shia Saide LaBeouf^[1] (ⁱ/ˈʃaɪ.ə ləˈbʌf/; born June 11, 1986)^[2] is an American actor, performance artist, and director who became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channelseries Even Stevens. LaBeouf received a Young Artist Awardnomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003 for his role. He made his film debut in Holes (2003), based on the novel of the same name by Louis Sachar. In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film Let's Love Hate and later directed a short film titled Maniac (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi.

In 2007, LaBeouf starred in the commercially successful filmsDisturbia and Surf's Up. The same year he was cast in Michael Bay's science fiction film Transformers as Sam Witwicky, the main protagonist of the series. Despite mixed reviews, Transformers was a box office success and one of the highest grossing films of 2007. LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), both also box office successes. In 2008, he played Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise. His other films include Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Lawless (2012), The Company You Keep (2012), Nymphomaniac (2013) and Fury (2014).

Early life

LaBeouf was born in Los Angeles, California, as the only child of Shayna (née Saide) and Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf.^[3]His mother is a dancer and ballerina turned visual artist and clothing jewelry designer.^[4] His father is a Vietnam War veteran who had numerous jobs.^[5][6][7][8] LaBeouf's mother is Jewish, and his father, who is of Cajun descent, is Christian. LaBeouf has described himself as Jewish,^[9] and has stated that he was raised around "both sides"; he had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, and was also baptized in the Angelus church.^{[10][11][12][13]} One of the camps he attended was Christian.^[14] His first name is derived from Hebrew שי יה shai Yah, meaning "gift of God".^[15]

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio
DiCaprio at the London premiere of The Wolf of Wall Street in 2014
Born	Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio November 11, 1974 (age 41) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, film producer
Years active	1989–present
Parent(s)	George DiCaprio Irmelin (Indenbirken) DiCaprio
Website	leonardodicaprio.com

Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio^[1] (/dᵻˈkæpri.oʊ/; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor and film producer. He has been nominated for numerous awards, and has won three Golden Globe Awards. DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials, after which he had recurring roles in TV series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains in the early 1990s. He began his film career by starring as Josh in Critters 3before starring in the film adaptation of the memoir This Boy's Life(1993) alongside Robert De Niro. DiCaprio was praised for his supporting role in the drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), and gained public recognition with leading roles in the drama The Basketball Diaries (1995) and the romantic drama Romeo + Juliet(1996), before achieving international fame with James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), which became the highest-grossing filmto that point.

Since the 2000s, DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of film genres. His subsequent films include The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), the biographical crime drama Catch Me If You Can (2002) and the epic historical drama Gangs of New York (2002) which also marked his first of many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese. As well as these DiCaprio was also acclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller Blood Diamond (2006), the neo-noir crime drama The Departed (2006), the espionage thrillerBody of Lies (2008), the drama Revolutionary Road (2008), the psychological thriller Shutter Island (2010), the science fiction thrillerInception (2010), biographical film J. Edgar (2011), the westernDjango Unchained (2012), and the period drama The Great Gatsby(2013).

DiCaprio's portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004) and Hugh Glass in The Revenant (2015) won him two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and his role as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) won him the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He has also been nominated for six Academy Awards — five for acting and one for producing. In addition to acting, DiCaprio is the founder of his own production company, named Appian Way Productions. He is also a committed environmentalist.

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston
Aniston at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 2012
Born	Jennifer Joanna Aniston February 11, 1969 (age 46) Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Residence	Bel Air, Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress, producer, businesswoman[1]
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Brad Pitt (m. 2000; div. 2005) Justin Theroux (m. 2015)
Parent(s)	John Aniston Nancy Dow

Jennifer Joanna Aniston^[2] (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, producer, and businesswoman. She is the daughter of actorJohn Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. Aniston gained worldwide recognition for portraying Rachel Green on the popular television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), a role which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and became recognized as one of the 100 greatest female characters in United States television.^[3][4]

Aniston has played the female protagonist in a number of comedies and romantic comedy films. Her box office hits include Bruce Almighty(2003), The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Just Go with It(2011), Horrible Bosses (2011) and We're the Millers (2013), each of which have grossed over US$200 million in worldwide receipts.^[5] Her most critically acclaimed roles were in The Good Girl (2002), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, and the drama Cake (2014), for which she received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Her other films include Along Came Polly(2004) and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). In 2008, she co-founded the production company Echo Films.

In 2012, Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood^[6][7] and as of 2014, her net worth is estimated to be US$150 million.^[8] She has also been included in magazines' lists of the world's most beautiful women.^[9][10][11] In 2004, Aniston was named "The Most Beautiful Woman" by People magazine, and Men's Healthmagazine voted her the "Sexiest Woman of All Time" in 2011.^[12] Her personal life is also the subject of wide publicity. Divorced from actor Brad Pitt, to whom she was married for five years, she has been married to actorJustin Theroux since 2015.

Early life

Aniston was born February 11, 1969,^[13] in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California^[14] to actors John Aniston andNancy Dow.^[14] Her father is Greek and a native of Crete, while her mother was born in New York City. One of her maternal great-grandfathers was an Italian immigrant^[15] and her mother's other ancestry is English, Scottish, Irish and a small amount of Greek.^[16] Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her maternal older half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother.^[14] Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's 

Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie
Jolie at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in June 2014
Born	Angelina Jolie Voight June 4, 1975 (age 40) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Citizenship	United States Cambodia
Occupation	Actress, filmmaker, humanitarian
Years active	1982; 1991–present
Spouse(s)	Jonny Lee Miller (m. 1996;div. 1999) Billy Bob Thornton (m. 2000;div. 2003) Brad Pitt (m. 2014)
Children	6
Parent(s)	Jon Voight Marcheline Bertrand
Relatives	James Haven (brother) Barry Voight, Chip Taylor(paternal uncles)

Angelina Jolie Pitt (/dʒoʊˈliː/ joh-lee; née Voight; June 4, 1975)^[1] is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and threeGolden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out (1982). Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2(1993), followed by her first leading role in a major film, Hackers(1995). She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the dramaGirl, Interrupted (1999).

Jolie's starring role as the video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) established her as a leading Hollywood actress. She continued her successful action-star career with Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), and Salt (2010), and received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart(2007) and Changeling (2008), which earned her a nomination for anAcademy Award for Best Actress. Beginning in the 2010s, she expanded her career into directing, screenwriting, and producing, starting with the wartime dramas In the Land of Blood and Honey(2011) and Unbroken (2014). Her biggest commercial success came with the fantasy picture Maleficent (2014).

In addition to her film career, Jolie is noted for her humanitarian efforts, for which she has received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and an honorary damehood of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG), among other honors. She promotes various causes, including conservation, education, and women's rights, and is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR). As a public figure, Jolie has been cited as one of the most influential and powerful people in the American entertainment industry, as well as the world's most beautiful woman, by various media outlets. Her personal life is the subject of wide publicity. Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton, she has been married to actor Brad Pitt since 2014. They have six children together, three of whom were adopted internationally.Early life and family

Born in Los Angeles, California, Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. She is the sister of actor James Haven and niece of singer-songwriter Chip Taylor.^[2] Her godparents are actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell.^[3] On her father's side, Jolie is of German and Slovak descent,^[4][5] and on her mother's side, she is of primarily French-Canadian, Dutch, and German ancestry.^[4] Like her mother, Jolie has stated that she is part Iroquois,^[