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Celebrities 2006


Actor
Egypt

Omar Sharif

He was born on April 10, 1932, in Alexandria, Egypt, to Joseph and Claire Shalhoub as Michel Demitri Shalhoub. He is an Egyptian-born actor (of Lebanese and Syrian origin) who has starred in many Hollywood films.
He has acted in Arabic, French, and English.
He, once among the world's best known contract bridge players, co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune for several years.
He has also been a regular in casinos in France, where he once assaulted a casino employee after losing thousands of dollars on a single roulette bet.

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Fashion Designer
Japan

Kenzo Takada

He was born on February 27,1939 in Himeji, Japan. He is a Japanese fashion designer who love for fashion developed at an early age, particularly through reading his sisters' magazines. He shortly attended the University of Kobe, where he felt bored and eventually withdrew, against the will of his family . In 1958, he joined a fashion school, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College, which had then just opened its doors to male students. After earning his diploma, he settled in Paris in 1964, not without adaptation problems. He was trying to gain a place in the fashion environment; attending shows, making contacts with the media and selling sketches. His success started in 1970: during this year he presented his first show at the Vivienne Gallery; his first store, "Jungle Jap" was opened; and one of his models appeared in the cover of ELLE. He announced his retirement in 1999, leaving his assistants in charge of his fashion house.

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Singer
USA

Barbara Streisand

She was born on April 24, 1942 to a Jewish family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. She became a nightclub singer while in her teens. In 1962 Streisand appeared on Broadway, first in a small but star-making role in the musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962), and she signed her first recording contract with Columbia Records in 1962. Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit, Funny Girl (1968), a stunning artistic and commercial success, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress.
She is a two-time Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, film producer and director.
Many consider her the most successful female performer in modern entertainment history.
She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, Golden Globe awards and the Tony. She will be inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Actress
France

Emmanuelle Béart

She was born on August 14, 1965 in Gassin, Var (not far from St. Tropez), on the French Riviera.
As an eleven-year-old she obtained an acting role in the 1976 film 'Demain les mômes'. In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television then went to Montreal, Quebec, Canada to work as a nanny before returning to France the following year to attend drama school in Paris. A short time later she was cast in her first adult role in a film, and in 1986 she skyrocketed to fame with her role opposite Yves Montand, in the film 'Manon des Sources'. For her performance, she won the 1987 Cesar Award for "Best Supporting Actress." She also won a "Best Actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her starring role in the 1995 film, 'Une Femme française'.

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