In 1998 Reese appeared in three major movies: Overnight Delivery, Pleasantville, and Twilight.
The following year, Reese appeared in the critically acclaimed Election, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
2001 marked her career's turning point with the breakout role as "Elle Woods" in the box office hit Legally Blonde, and in 2002 Reese starred in Sweet Home Alabama, which became her biggest commercial film success to date.
2003 saw Reese return as lead actress and executive producer of Legally Blonde 2.
In 2005, Reese received worldwide attention and praise for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, which earned her an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Reese married actor and Cruel Intentions co-star Ryan Phillippe in 1999; they have two children, Ava and Deacon. However the couple separated at the end of 2006 and divorced in October 2007.
Reese owns a production company, Type A Films.
Reese is actively involved in children's and women's advocacy organizations.
Reese serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF).
At age eleven she took first place in the Ten-State Talent Fair.
Reese received good grades in school; she loved reading and considered herself "a big dork who read loads of books." On mentioning her love for books, she said, "I get crazy in a bookstore.
Reese is proud of the "definitive Southern upbringing" she received, which, as she said, gave her "a sense of family and tradition" and taught her about "being conscientious about people's feelings, being polite, and being responsible.
Reese once said I grew up in an environment where women accomplished a lot.
Reese's was once called "the new Meg Ryan".
In 2006, Reese was among a group of actresses who went to New Orleans, Louisiana in a CDF project to bring to light the needs of Hurricane Katrina victims.Lindsay rose to stardom between 2003 and 2005 with leading roles in the films Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls.
Lindsay made her motion picture debut at 11 years old in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.
Lindsay started in show business as a child fashion model.
Critic Roger Ebert once said that Lindsay "has that Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus."
Freaky Friday was Lindsay's biggest commercial and critical film success, earning US$160 million worldwide.
Lindsay is a favorite target of the paparazzi and her personal life has been a frequent subject of celebrity and tabloid journalism.
Lindsay launched a second career in pop music in 2004 with the album Speak and followed up with A Little More Personal (Raw) in 2005.
Lindsay guest starred in the TV series Ugly Betty in 2008.
Lindsay's career was interrupted in 2007, as two DUI incidents and three visits to rehab led to several lost movie deals.Russell is a co-founder, of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, and creator of the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and American Classics.
Russell is the younger brother of Daniel Russell, Jr and the older brother of Rev Run (DMC).
Russell's brother Daniel Russell, Jr is an accomplished abstract artist.
Russell has been vegan since 1998, and advocates the adoption of veganism citing animal rights along with the environmental and health benefits.
In January 2009 he was named Editor-In-Chief of GlobalGrind.com: The World According To Hip-Hop.
Russell is the third richest figure in hip hop, having a net-worth estimate of $340 million, behind Jay-Z with $547M and Sean Combs with $358M.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Russell joined 22 other top executives in the apparel and home fashions industry to form Fashion Delivers Charitable Foundation, Inc. in order to unify the apparel and home fashions industry to donate new products to help needy individuals and families who fell victim to one of the USA's worst natural disasters.
In supporting the new charity, Russells label Phat Farm underwrote a t-shirt design contest with 100% of the proceeds going to Fashion Delivers.
In May 2009, Russell was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Permanent Memorial at the United Nations to Honor the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Russell is also a supporter of the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, established to ensure that any child in America who wants to learn and practice the Transcendental Meditation program can do so.
Russell sold his stake in the his record company for $100 million to Universal Music Group in 1999.David is well-known for playing Larry on That's So Raven, and Justin Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place.
David is the brother of actor Lorenzo Davidnrie.
David went to school at Cheyenne Traditional School and was raised as a Roman Catholic.
According to his website David comes from a "large, loud, Italian family".
At age 6, David signed with a SAG agency in Phoenix and began going out on auditions.
At age 9, during a regional commercial shoot in Scottsdale, a director recommended that David move to LA.
David booked his first two national commercial auditions, playing silly principal roles in spots for Burger King and Quaker Oats.
David booked his first co-starring role on the TV show Providence, and went on to land a guest star role on the premiere episode of Without a Trace.
By age 13, David got his first big break, landing a regular role as Petey Pitt on the Fox sitcom The Pitts.
David next landed a leading role in the Hallmark movie, Monster Maker, with Linda Blair and George Kennedy, and was asked to come back for another Hallmark movie, to play a role in Dead Hollywood Mom's Society.
At the age of 18, David got the role of Justin Russo in the Disney Channel Original Series, Wizards of Waverly Place. The show premiered on October 12, 2007.
David also has a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother, where he plays the lead character's future son.According to Forbes, Gisele is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world, with an estimated $150 million fortune.
Gisele is Roman Catholic and speaks Portuguese as her native language. Gisele also speaks Spanish and English.
While in school, Gisele was so thin that her friends used to call her Olive Oyl, after Popeye's skinny girlfriend.
In 1993, a then-13-year-old Gisele joined a modeling course with her two of her sisters at her mother's insistence.
While in a shopping mall, eating McDonald's with her friends, Gisele was discovered by a modeling agency.
In 1996, Gisele moved to New York City to begin her modeling career, debuting at Fashion Week.
In 2000, she became the fourth model to appear on the cover of the music magazine Rolling Stone, when she was named "the most beautiful girl in the world."Gisele has graced more than 500 magazine covers throughout the world.
Gisele consistently works with acclaimed photographers such as Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, Nick Knight, Mert and Marcus, Rankin, Annie Leibovitz, Karl Lagerfeld, Peter Lindbergh, David LaChapelle, Mario Sorrenti, Nino Munoz and Patrick Demarchelier,
On May 12, 2009, The Independent, called her the biggest star in fashion history.
Gisele has her own line of sandals with footwear company Grendene called Ipanema Gisele Bündchen.
Forbes puts her 53rd on their list of the most powerful celebrities of 2007 because of the international success of her shoe line, making the brand Ipanema the most sold Brazilian flip-flop in the world, surpassing the legendary Havaianas.
In 2009, she appeared almost simultaneously in more than 20 covers of the international issues of Elle magazines wearing (Product) Red clothing and posing with products from companies who support the same cause.
Gisele served as the spokesperson and campaign model for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer.
Gisele promotes protecting the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Amazon Rainforest water sources, donating to this cause a percentage of profits from her line of sandals named Ipanema Gisele Bündchen.
On 20 September, 2009, she was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
In 2006, she played a minor character in The Devil Wears Prada.Donald is the Chairman and CEO of the Donald Trump Organization, a US-based real-estate developer.
Donald's extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner have made him a celebrity for years, a status amplified by the success of his NBC reality show, The Apprentice (where he serves as host and executive producer).
Donald was the fourth of five children of Fred Donald, a wealthy real estate developer based in New York City.
Donald was strongly influenced by his father in his eventual goals to make a career in real estate development./>Donald started with the renovation of the Commodore Hotel into the Grand Hyatt with the Pritzker family, he continued with Donald Tower in New York City and several other residential projects.
Donald would later expand into the airline industry (buying the Eastern Shuttle routes), and Atlantic City casino business, including buying the Taj Mahal Casino from the Crosby family, then taking it nto bankruptcy.
Much of the news about Donald in the early 1990s involved his much publicized financial problems, creditor-led bailout, extramarital affair with Marla Maples, and the resulting divorce from his first wife, Ivana Trump. The late 1990s saw a resurgence in his financial situation and fame.
In 2001, he completed Donald World Tower, a 72-story residential tower across from the United Nations.
Donald currently owns several million square feet of prime Manhattan real estate, and remains a major figure in the field of real estate in the United States.
In 2003, Donald became the executive producer and host of the NBC reality show, The Apprentice, in which a group of competitors battled for a high-level management job in one of Donald's commercial enterprises.Hayley is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Paramore.
While still in school, she tried out for a local funk cover band called The Factory where she met Jeremy Davis.
In the 2007, Kerrang! Readers' Poll she finished second to Evanescence's Amy Lee in the "Sexiest Female" category, going on to win the first place spot for "Sexiest Female" a year later in the 2008 poll.
Hayley also appears as a playable character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
Hayley stated that her favorite bands include Saves The Day, mewithoutYou, Slick Shoes, The Chariot, Now Now Every Children, No Doubt, Fireworks, Set Your Goals, Tegan and Sara, New Found Glory, H2O, Lemuria, and The Swellers
Hayley has stated on many occasions that she has no plans to establish herself as a solo artist.
Prior to forming Paramore, the other members of what was soon to be Paramore had been "edgy about the whole female thing" of having Hayley as singer, but as they were good friends she began writing with them and eventually became a member.
The band has released three studio albums, All We Know Is Falling and Riot!, as well as two live albums and one EP.
In June 2009, the band welcomed Taylor York (rhythm guitar) as an official member, though he had already been playing shows with the band since 2007.
Their third album, brand new eyes was released on September 29, 2009.Ice T is credited with helping in pioneering gangsta rap, in the late 1980s.
As an actor, Ice T is best known for his portrayal of NYPD Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
After high school, Ice T entered the United States Army, an experience which he did not enjoy.
In early 2005, Ice T married swimsuit model Nicole "Coco Marie" Austin.
Controversy surrounded Ice T's album Body Count over its song "Cop Killer", a song intended as a narrative from the view of a criminal killing a police officer. Consequently, Time Warner Music refused to release Ice T's upcoming album Home Invasion simply because of the controversy.
For the film Judgment Night, Ice T did a duet with Slayer on the track "Disorder".
In 1995, Ice T made a guest performance on Forbidden by Black Sabbath.
In 2002, the NAACP awarded Ice T with a second Image Award, again for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, for his work on Law & Order: SVU.
In 1994, Ice T wrote a book titled The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a F***k?.
On June 5, 2008, Ice T jokingly said that he will be voting for John McCain in the 2008 American elections. Adding that his past Body Count days might hurt Barack Obama's chances if he endorses him, so he'll ruin John McCain's campaign by saying he supports him.Jeremy is best known for his role of Ari Gold in the hit HBO series, Entourage, for which he has won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor on three occasions and a Golden Globe Award.
Jeremy has played the part of "Bernardo" in West Side Story.
Jeremytrained at Piven Theatre Workshop, founded by his parents Byrne and Joyce, both of whom were actors and drama teachers.
Jeremy attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and is a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
Jeremy spent a semester at the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.
Jeremy has appeared in a number of films with John Cusack, who is also from Evanston and is a fellow alumnus of the Piven Theatre Workshop (as are Cusack's sisters Joan and Ann).
Jeremy and John Cusack once shared an apartment and have been friends since high school.
Jeremy's first significant role was as a regular cast member for several seasons on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, where he played the head writer Jerry.
Jeremy has appeared in several successful films, including Lucas, Grosse Pointe Blank, Singles, Very Bad Things, The Family Man Black Hawk Down, Rock N Rolla, Smokin' Aces and Runaway Jury.
Since 2004, Jeremy has reinvigorated his career by playing a fast-talking, acerbic Hollywood agent Ari Gold in the HBO series Entourage.
Jeremy received Emmy nominations for best supporting actor four straight years from 2005 to 2008, and won the award in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
2009 was the first year in which Jeremy didn't receive an Emmy Award nomination for his work on Entourage.
Jeremy played the part of Ellen's cousin, Spence on the show Ellen.
In 2007, Jeremy appeared in the video for "Drivin' Me Wild", the third single taken from rapper Common's seventh album Finding Forever. The two were co-stars in Smokin' Aces, and appeared together when Jeremy hosted SNL in January 2007.Julia became well known during the early 1990s after starring in the romantic comedy Pretty Woman opposite Richard Gere, which grossed $463 million worldwide.
After receiving Academy Award nominations for Steel Magnolias in 1990 and Pretty Woman in 1991, Julia won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her performance in Erin Brockovich.
Julia's films, which also include romantic comedies such as My Best Friend's Wedding, Mystic Pizza, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, and crime films such as The Pelican Brief and Ocean's Eleven and Twelve have collectively brought box office receipts of over $2 billion.
Julia had become one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual "power list" of top-earning female stars from 2002 to 2005, until 2006, when Nicole Kidman won the top spot.
Juliar fee for 1990's Pretty Woman was $300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in Mona Lisa Smile.
As of 2007, Julia's net worth was estimated to be $140 million.
Julia was the first actress to appear on the cover of Vogue.
GQ once erroneously claimed she was the first woman to appear on their cover, but later retracted the statement (Carol Channing appeared on a GQ cover in 1964).
Julia has been named one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" eleven times, tied with Halle Berry.
Julia has a production company called Red Om Films, formerly Shoelace Productions ("Moder" spelled backwards, after her husband's last name).In addition to starring roles in big budget Hollywood films, he has long been heavily involved in films produced by independent producers and art houses.
Christian first caught the public eye when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun at the age of 13, playing an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp
Christian is especially noted for his cult following: the tenth anniversary issue of Entertainment Weekly hailed him as one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures of the Past Decade", citing his cult status on the Internet.
Christian was once labeled one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment".
After leaving Wales in 1976, Christian spent his childhood in several countries, including England, Portugal and the United States.
As a child, Christian participated actively in rugby union.
Christian had his first kiss was with an acrobat named Barta.
As a child, he trained in ballet and guitar.
Christian's sister Louise's work in theatre influenced his decision to become an actor.
Christian's father was married feminist icon Gloria Steinem.
Christian's first foray into acting was a commercial for the fabric softener Lenor in 1982, when he was eight years old.
Christian was recommended by actress Winona Ryder to star in Gillian Armstrong's 1994 film Little Women.
Equilibrium was Christian's third film of 2002, costing US$20 million to produce but earning just over US$5 million worldwide.In Equilibrium, Christian played John Preston, an elite law enforcer in a dystopian society. Equilibrium featured a fictional martial art called Gun Kata that combined gunfighting with hand-to-hand combat. According to moviebodycounts.com, the character of John Preston has the third most on-screen kills in a single movie ever with 118, exactly half of the movie's total of 236.
2004 After a year's hiatus, Christian returned in 2004 to play Trevor Reznik, the title character in the psychological thriller The Machinist. Christian gained attention for his devotion to the role and for the lengths to which he went to achieve Reznik's emaciated, skeletal appearance.
In 2004, after completing filming for The Machinist, Christian won the coveted role of Batman and his alter ego Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, a reboot of the Batman film series. Still fresh off The Machinist, it became necessary for Christian to bulk up to match Batman's muscular physique.Rev Run is one of the founding members of hip hop group Run-D.M.C.
Rev Run is a practicing reverend.
Rev Run was born in Hollis, Queens, New York, he is the younger brother of Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr and Russell Simmons, Def Jam Records co-founder.
Rev Run entered the scene via his older brother Russell, as a DJ for his first big act for Kurtis Blow.
Rev Run found new popularity in 2005 with his family MTV reality show Rev's House.
Rev Run's daughter Victoria died shortly after birth on September 26, 2006. The Simmons family decided to allow camera crews to be in the hospital room as they broke the news to their children. They wanted to show viewers how, as a family, they dealt with such a situation.As a child, Snoop sang in Golgotha Trinity Baptist Church and played piano, when he was in sixth grade, he began rapping.
Snoop is the cousin of rappers Nate Dogg, Daz Dillinger, RBX and Lil' Half Dead and the cousin of R&B singers Brandy and Ray J.
Snoop has run into many legal troubles, some of which caused him to be legally banned from the UK and Australia.
Snoop coaches a youth football league and high school football team.
Snoop has hosted several television shows including: Doggy Fizzle Televizzle, Snoop Dogg's Father Hood, and Dogg After Dark.
Snoop was a Crip gang member while in high school; shortly after graduation, he was arrested for cocaine possession and sentenced to three years in prison, he began his music career in 1992 after his release.William gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk, captain of the starship USS Enterprise, in the television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969, Star Trek: The Animated Series and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films.
William has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek as well as several co-written novels set in the Star Trek universe.
William has also authored a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television.
William also played the title veteran police sergeant in T.J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986.
William has since worked as a musician, bestselling author, producer, director, and celebrity pitchman.
From 2004 to 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane on the television drama Boston Legal, for which he has won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
William's grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Austria, Poland, and Hungary, and William was raised in Conservative Judaism.
William earned a Bachelor's degree in commerce from McGill University.
In 1954, he was cast as Ranger Bob on the Canadian version of the Howdy Doody Show.
Though his official movie debut was in the 1951 Canadian film entitled The Butler's Night Off, William's first feature role came in the 1958 MGM film The Brothers Karamazov with Yul Brynner, in which he starred as the youngest of the Karamazov brothers.Adam came to fame for his role as Seth Cohen on The O.C.
Adam began his career in 1995, appearing on the Gilmore Girls and other series.
Joel Stein of Time magazine has described Brody as creating an "Adam Brody type", a screen persona of a "nerdy, sarcastic, obscure-reference-laced Jew".
Adam has also appeared in several film roles, including Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Thank You for Smoking, Jennifer's Body, and In the Land of Women.
Adam's was described by the Los Angeles Times as "TV's sexiest geek".
Adam dated The O.C. co-star Rachel Bilson, a three-year relationship that ended in December 2006.

Adam improvised some of the Seth Cohen's comic dialogue.
Adam came in at 17 on the Independent Online's "100 Sexiest Men Alive", and was twice placed on Teen People's annual list of "25 Sexiest Stars under 25".
Adam and was the first male on the cover of Elle Girl.
Adam has said that while he was not a "Casanova" in school, he had "cute girlfriends" and "pretty much lived at the beach".
Adam was one of two high school guys who get chased away from Steve Stifler's party in American Pie 2.
Adam was cast in recurring roles on Gilmore Girls as Dave Rygalski, Lane's bandmate and love interest.
Adam landed the role of Barry Williams in the 2000 TV movie Growing Up Brady.
Adam attended community college for one year and dropped out at the age of nineteen, moving to Hollywood in order to become an actor.Rupert is best known for playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
In December 2007, Grint was ranked #16 in the list of Forbes Top twenty earners under 25 with an annual earning of $4 million .
Before being cast in Harry Potter, he had only appeared in plays for school and his local theatre group, Top Hat Stage School.
As a young child, he was once cast as a fish in a play based on the story of Noah's Ark.
Rupert also played Rumpelstiltskin in another school play.
A self-proclaimed fan of the Harry Potter book series, young Rupert was interested in getting a role in the film. For his audition, he sent a video he made of himself , in which he dressed as his drama teacher, while rapping about how much he wanted the part and won the casting selection with it.
After completing the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, he appeared as science-whiz Alan A. Allen in the British film Thunderpants (2002) which received mainly negative reviews and was considered a flop.
In 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2009 he again starred as Ron Weasley in the Potter sequels.
Rupert also starred in the coming-of-age story Driving Lessons with Laura Linney and Julie Walters (who acted as his character's mother, Mrs Weasley, in the Harry Potter movies), which was released in the summer of 2006. Rupert got excellent reviews for his first leading role: the critics praised the realism he brought into the role of shy teenager Ben Marshall, as well as his "riotous comedic timing" and "fantastic screen chemistry" with Walters.
Rupert is also known for his radio and television voice-over work, he appeared as Nigel Molesworth in the Baggy Trousers series for BBC Radio 4 and voiced Peter Pan in a BBC documentary.
On 9 July 2007, Rupert and fellow cast-mates Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson left imprints of their hands, feet and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
On 2 July 2008, it was announced that Rupert would star in Cherrybomb, "a gritty thriller about two teenagers who get into trouble when they both fall for a beautiful new girl in town".
In August 2008, it was announced that Rupert is to star in comedy remake of 1993 French film Cible Emouvante, titled Wild Target, alongside Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt.

Rupert voiced Ron Weasley in the video game of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, as well as in the video game of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Rupert was also praised by critics for his performance in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Like the character he portrays, Ron Weasley, he has stated that he has arachnophobia.
With his earnings from the "Harry Potter" series, Rupert purchased an ice-cream van and then stated jokingly that if his career falls out after the end of the seven part series, then he'll still have the van.
Hair care company Brylcreem released a list of the best and worst male hairstyles of the celebrity world in 2007 putting Rupert Rupert's haircut with the Top 5 Best Male Film Star haircuts and his co-star, Daniel Radcliffe, in the Top 5 Worst Male Film Star Haircuts.
Daniel Radcliffe stated in Empire magazine (August 2008) that although he and Emma Watson have had disagreements, it was impossible to fall out with Rupert as he is "the most laid back guy in the world."Anna's breakthrough performance was in the New Zealand film The Piano, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994, making her the second youngest winner in history at the age of 11.
Anna is best known for her roles as Rogue in the X-Men movies and as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood.
Anna moved to New Zealand when she was four.
Anna's musical childhood hobbies in New Zealand included playing the viola, cello and piano.
Anna also did gymnastics, ballet, swimming and downhill skiing.
In 1991, Anna became an actress by chance. Director Jane Campion was looking for a little girl to play a key role in The Piano, and a newspaper advertisement was run announcing an open audition. Anna's sister read the ad and went to try out with a friend; Anna herself tagged along because she had nothing better to do. When Campion met Anna -whose only acting experience had been as a skunk in a school play -she was very impressed with the nine-year-old's performance and Anna was chosen from among the 5000 candidates.
Anna's debut performance in the film earned her an Academy Award at the age of eleven.
Anna returned to worldwide prominence with her role as Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men movie in 2000, its sequel X2 in 2003, and its third installment X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006.
Anna set up Paquin Films, a production company with her brother, Andrew Paquin.
In 2007, Anna received an Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her role as Elaine Goodale in HBO's made-for-TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, based on Dee Brown's bestseller.
In 2008, Anna appeared as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood, her first role in a TV series. Anna won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for this role.Since 2001, Gerard has served as the lead vocalist and is the co-founder of the band My Chemical Romance.
Gerard is also the writer of the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy.
Gerard was raised in Belleville, New Jersey and first began singing publicly in the fourth grade, when he played the role of Peter Pan in a school musical production.
Gerard's maternal grandmother, Elena Lee Rush, was a great creative influence who taught him to sing, paint, and perform from a young age; he has said that "she has taught me everything I know".
At the age of 15, Gerard was held at gunpoint, as he stated in an April 2008 Rolling Stone interview: "I got held up with a .357 Magnum, had a gun pointed to my head and put on the floor, execution-style."
Deciding to pursue a career in the comic-book industry, Gerard attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1999.
Gerard was working as a comic book store clerk in New York City during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Seeing the effects of the attacks first-hand prompted Gerard to change his views on life in the following weeks.
In many interviews Gerard has stated that music turned out to be an effective outlet to deal with his longtime battles against depression, alcoholism and prescription drug use.
The use of music as a way to resolve personal battles has caused Gerard to create deeply personal songs.
A few of Gerard's first drawings of the characters can be seen in the last few pages of the first book in the series, "The Apocalypse Suite".
Gerard pulbished an eight-page story on MySpace, entitled "Safe & Sound".
In 2001 Gerard co-created a cartoon with Joe Boyle called The Breakfast Monkey. They pitched it to Cartoon Network, but the network declined to pick up the concept on the grounds that it was too similar to the existing property Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
On September 3, 2007 after a concert in Colorado, Gerard married Lyn-Z of Mindless Self Indulgence. The pair tied the knot following the final date of Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour backstage.
Gerard currently lives with his wife in Los Angeles, California.Pink has sold over 30 million albums to date.
Pink's stage name 'Pink', comes from the Steve Buscemi's character in the 1992 movie Reservoir Dogs.
Pink began performing in Philadelphia clubs when she was fourteen years old.
Pink joined her first band in high school -called Middleground.
Hilary is best known for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire.
Hilary has starred in feature films, with her most commercially successful movies being Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), and A Cinderella Story (2004).
Hilary expanded her repertoire into pop music with the release of three RIAA-certified platinum albums and over thirteen million records sold worldwide.
Hilary's first studio album, Metamorphosis (2003), was certified triple platinum and she followed it up with two more platinum albums, Hilary Hilary (2004) and Most Wanted (2005).
Hilary has also launched clothing lines including, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", and Femme for DKNY Jeans and two exclusive perfume collections with Elizabeth Arden.
Hilary and her mother were listed as producers for the movie Material Girls.
Hilary is credited as executive producer for the upcoming independent film Greta.
Hilary's mother encouraged Hilary and her sister to take up acting classes.