XXX BREAKING INTO MOVIES Smith played an accident-prone superhero in the movie Hancock WILL SMITH In my mind I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar Y’all just didn’t know yet Smith is the only actor ever to star in eight movies in a row that have gone straight to Number One in the U S box office charts FACT
Smith made his acting name in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Check out Will Smith’s official web site www willsmith com 5 Since the days of the very first silent movies audiences have adored movie stars Today big-name actors like Will Smith have millions of fans Stars of the so-called silver screen are the ultimate celebrities The Movie Industry Movies are made everywhere but Hollywood California is the movie capital of the world This was where the first talkies movies with sound were made in the 1920s Thousands of young hopefuls arrive in Hollywood every year The Fresh Prince Very few movie actors just come out of nowhere African-American actor Will Smith was a rapper after leaving high school From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s he performed as a vocalist alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff under the name the Fresh Prince The duo’s Parents Just Don’t Understand won the first Grammy for a hip-hop record ever From Music to TV Inspired by the Parents Just Don’t Understand video U S TV channel NBC offered Smith the lead in a sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air The show ran from 1990 to 1996 and earned Smith two Golden Globe nominations Making Movies Like many stars Smith was offered movie work because he was a success on TV He appeared in a couple of movies before his breakthrough role in Independence Day 1996 Since then he has won two Oscar nominations for Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness He’s built a career as a leading man and has also made music as a solo artist Date of birth September 25 1968 Place of birth West Philadelphia Pennsylvania Key movies Independence Day 1996 Men in Black 1997 Ali 2001 I Robot 2004 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 Hancock 2008 Achievements Multiple Grammy Awards nominations for four Golden Globes and two Academy Awards Oscars CELEB BIO
ACTING SKILLS ANGELINA JOLIE Jolie with partner Brad Pitt at a movie premiere Movie stars come from all sorts of backgrounds Some are just one or two-hit wonders but what about megastars like Angelina Jolie The actors who have long successful careers really work at it studying new techniques that will help them make the most of their natural talent Acting Schools Many successful stars took acting lessons as children and some attended drama schools World-famous actress Angelina Jolie went to the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York Other famous schools include the New York Film Academy and the American Conservatory Theater in the United States and RADA and Italia Conti in the UK Method Acting Jolie attended Lee Strasberg because her mother Marcheline Bertrand had studied there Other former pupils include Julianne Moore Adam Sandler and Julia Roberts The institute teaches method acting where actors use real experiences of their own to help them identify with and portray a character as convincingly as possible A Stellar Career Both of Jolie’s parents were movie actors so she already had acting in her blood Her first leading role in a Hollywood movie was in 1995 with Hackers Four years later she won her first Academy Award as best supporting actress for Girl Interrupted Multitalented Today Jolie is recognized as an extraordinary acting talent able to portray a gun-slinging action hero Lara Croft Tomb Raider or a distraught mother Changeling with equal success She has many hit movies to her name and also provided the voices for Lola the angelfish in Shark Tale 2004 and Tigress in Kung Fu Panda 2008 Jolie made a brief appearance in Lookin to Get Out at the age of seven The movie starred her father Jon Voight FACT
Angelina Jolie on the set of Salt 2010 Check out this Angelina Jolie fan site www angelinafans com 7 I make sure I understand where my character is coming from I prepare emotionally Date of birth June 4 1975 Place of birth Los Angeles California Key movies Girl Interrupted 1999 Lara Croft Tomb Raider 2001 Mr Mrs Smith 2005 Changeling 2008 Wanted 2008 Salt 2010 Achievements Three Golden Globes two Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Academy Award Oscar CELEB BIO
