Her mother named her after a song from the popular Lerner & Loewe musical, “Paint Your Wagon.” starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood.
She is the only female artist (and second artist or group ever) to have 18 #1 songs on the US Billboard Hot 100.
She was the only artist to top the charts in each year of the 1990s.
She was the first female artist to have a song debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He was born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany.
His recording of "Respect Yourself" reached #5 in January of 1987.
He turned down the role of Sam Wheat in “Ghost” because he didn't think the plot would work -- and thought that playing a ghost would be detrimental to his career.
He has been in eleven movies with numbers in the title.
She became the first person to give an Oscar-winning portrayal of a previous Oscar winner.
She is one of eleven actors to have been nominated for both a Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress Oscar in the same year.
She is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Oscar for playing a member of the opposite sex.
She is one of only five actors to be nominated for an Oscar twice for playing the same role in two different films.
Before he made it big, he worked as a stand-in for Bill Cosby during the filming of "The Cosby Show."
He was an usher at the funeral of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
His films have grossed more money at the box office than the work of any other actor in cinema history.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychobiology from Vassar in Poughkeepsie, New York. She originally intended to follow in her father's footsteps -- researching headaches.
Her first television break was a single episode role on “Cheers” in 1989.
She was originally cast for the role of Roz Doyle on "Frasier."
One of her brother's friends, comedian Jon Lovitz, convinced her to go into show business.
His first television role was in the paramedic drama, "Emergency!" in 1972.
An opening in the New York production of "Grease" gave him his first Broadway role at age 18.
He turned down the lead role in “Days of Heaven,” “American Gigolo,” and “An Officer and a Gentleman” -- all of which went to Richard Gere.
He had a Top 20 hit single in 1976 titled, "Let Her In."
He has a scar on the right side of his face, above his top lip.
The very first film he claims to have seen was “Goldfinger.”
He is extremely claustrophobic.
As a teenager, he worked at a circus as a professional "fire-eater."
He was originally cast in the role of technician Ted Garelli on "News Radio."
He was a high school classmate of comedienne Fran Drescher.
He quit college after acquiring only 15 credits in 3 years.
Her first big break was in the movie, "The Great Outdoors."
She has played a real estate agent in three films.
She was the original lead actress in the movie, "Freaky Friday."
Her actual first name is Amelia.
She was raised on the island of Barbados.
She is an avid surfer.
Early in her career she was a member of a band called "Puff, Rocks and Brown."
He played the role of Desmond in the NBC series, "Dr. Vegas."
He played the part of Mr. Grundy in the TV series, "Kevin Hill."
He played bass for the band Journey during the '80s.
His nickname is "The Emperor."
His uncle played the part of "Wedge" in the first three "Star Wars" movies.
He was once roommates with Jude Law.
He was nominated for an Emmy for his role on "ER."
His last name is actually Feldstein.
His brother is the manager for Maroon 5.
His First big break in the movies was in "I Heart Huckabees."
One of his first TV roles was as a clerk on "NYPD Blue."
One of her first big breaks was a role on the CBS hit, “Touched by an Angel.”
She is currently a double major in International Relations and Theater at the University of Southern California.
Her smile is reportedly insured by Lloyd's of London for $10 million.
Her birth name was Suzanne Marie Mahoney.
In 1968, she won a job as a prize model on the game show, “The Anniversary Game.”
She was initially cast in the role of “Jill Munroe” in “Charlie's Angels,” but lost it to Farrah Fawcett.
She was the brunette walking along the beach of the opening credits of the first three seasons of "Three's Company."
One of his first breaks was a small part on the sitcom "Living Single.”
He didn’t learn how to speak English until he was about 5 or 6.
In 1994, he was prominently featured in Toni Braxton's music video, "How Many Ways."
In 2001, he was a contestant on “The Weakest Link.”
His first big break was in the 1993 coming-of-age drama, "Dazed and Confused."
He is afraid of revolving doors.
His first big acting role was in "Boys on the Side."
He was born on January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York.
His college roommate was Geoffrey Rush.
He got his first big break thanks to a beating he took in a drunken brawl on the night before his audition.
She started her television career in the '80s TV hit, "The Edge of Night."
She played a doctor on "Melrose Place," "Everwood" and in an episode of "Seinfeld."
She graduated from the Juilliard School in New York, and earned Master's Degree in Psychology at L.A.'s Antioch University.
One of her first movie roles was a bit part in the 1995 movie "Se7en."
Every year, she spends Thanksgiving with Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw at their home in the Hamptons.
She played Thomas Jefferson's daughter in the 1995 film "Jefferson in Paris."
Her name can be heard over the P.A. system in many episodes of the medical drama "St. Elsewhere."
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