 Thomas Jefferson - an outstanding political figure by Cristina Nuta -
Thomas Jefferson, who was born in 1743 in Virginia, USA, was an extraordinarily able and gifted man whose influence on American politics and culture is still felt to this day. Best known as the author of the Declaration of Independence and as the third president of the United States, Jefferson was a highly educated and multi-talented man who left his mark not only on politics ... Date added: 21 May '07 |
 Short Facts about United States and United Kingdom The United Kingdom is in the north-west of Europe between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. There are four countries in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are around 59,000,000 people living in the UK. Around 48,000,000 of these people live in England. London is the capital of England. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, the capital of Wales is Cardiff a ... Date added: 18 November '07 |
 Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen(birth name Carlos Irwin Estevez)(full name Charles Irwin Sheen) was born on September 3, 1965 in New York City, USA. He is a famous American actor.
Biography and Career :
He is the son of the actor Martin Sheen and Janet Templeton. Charlie Sheen showed interest in film since he was little and made movies together with his friends Rob Lowe and Sean Penn. After graduating he deci ... Date added: 07 February '07 |
 The National Parks in the USA by Herminne Tonita -
For hundreds of years land, water, trees and wild life were so plentiful in America that people thought they would never run out. It became a habit with Americans to use natural resources carelessly and wastefully.
As settlers spread across America, all of them- farmers, miners, ranchers- robbed the land and destroyed its resources. Trees were felled in millions. Rivers ... Date added: 30 May '07 |
 Rachel Nichols Rachel Nichols (full name Rachel Emily Nichols) was born on January 8, 1980 in Augusta, Maine, USA. She is a well known actress and fashion model.
Biography and Career :
She attended classes at Cony High School and after that went to Columbia University in New York where wanted to study psychology, but ended studying drama. She entered in the fashion world from accident and modeled for Guess ... Date added: 11 December '06 |
 Carol Alt Carol Alt was born on December 1, 1960 in East Williston, Long Island, New York, USA. She is a famous and gorgeous supermodel.
Biography and Career :
She was a model when she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Magazine in 1980 and in 1982 in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Thanks to these two events in her life she became famous. In 1986 she started a career as an actress and played ... Date added: 21 December '06 |
 Barbi Benton Barbi Benton (birth name Barbara Klein) was born on January 28, 1950 in New York, USA. She is a model, singer and actress.
Biography and Career :
Her family is Jewish/American and in 1952 they moved to Sacramento, California because her father was a military doctor and he had to go there. She attended classes at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento and at the age of 16 decided to move to ... Date added: 28 December '06 |
 Berry Berenson Berry Berenson (Berinthia Berenson, aka Berry Perkins) was born on April 14, 1948 in New York, USA. She was an actress, model and photographer.
Biography and Career :
She is the daughter of the late Robert L. Berenson, a United States Foreign Service officer and Gogo Schiaparelli Berenson (now Marchesa Cacciapuoti di Giugliano). - She is the sister of Marisa Berenson and grandaughter of the ... Date added: 28 December '06 |
 Jean Arthur Jean Arthur (birth name Gladys Georgianna Greene) was born on October 17, 1900 in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. She was a famous actress.
Biography and Career :
She began her career in 1923 in the silent film "Cameo Kirby". She had a great success because of her nasal voice which distinguished her from other actresses.
Jean was elected WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1929. She played in many movies and ... Date added: 29 December '06 |
 Kim Alexis Kim Alexis was born on July 15, 1960 in Lockport, New York, USA. She is an actress and one of the first supermodels.
Biography and Career :
When she was 18 years old she was discovered by Elite Talent Agency. When she was very young she wanted a career in pharmacology. She started a career in modeling and it was a successful one. She did commercials for Revlon, Rapid White, Silkience Shampoo ... Date added: 07 January '07 |
 Leslie Bibb Leslie Bibb was born on November 17, 1974 in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA. At the beginning she was a mode,l but now she is an actress.
Biography and Career :
She spent her childhood in Nelson County, Virginia, but after her father died when she was 3, her mother moved with the children in Richmond. There she attended classes at St. Gertrude, a Catholic high school. She began her modeling car ... Date added: 07 January '07 |
 Marisa Berenson Marisa Berenson was born on February 15, 1946 in New York, USA. She is a great actress and model.
Biography and Career :
She is a very beautiful person so it wasn't so hard for her to start a modeling or acting career. Marisa Berenson appeared in many movies, in both Europe and America. She was married twice, first with Jim Randall between 1976 and 1978 and they had one child, Starlite Melo ... Date added: 07 January '07 |
 Willow Bay Willow Bay was born on December 28, 1963 in New York, USA. She was a fashion model and now is well known as the wife of Walt Disney Company CEO, Robert Iger.
Biography and Career :
She started her career as a fashion model. She signed a contract with Wilhelmina Models and appeared in the Seventeen Magazine. Between 1985 and 1988 she was the face model of Estee Lauder cosmetics. Among her job ... Date added: 07 January '07 |
 Dovima Dovima (birth name Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba) was born on December 11, 1927 in New York City, USA. She was a famous supermodel.
Biography and Career :
She spent her childhood in Jackson Heights, Queens. In 1937 she got sick of rheumatic fever and had to stay in bed for one year. Because her mother was too protective she had to stay at home for 7 years. She didn't like very much that per ... Date added: 19 January '07 |
 Drena De Niro Drena De Niro was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and was adopted by the famous Robert De Niro.
Biography and Career :
She worked as a DJ and model before she began her acting career. She also worked only for Giorgio Armani as musical supervisor for stores and shows. In 2001, she debuted as a movie director with the film 'Girls and Dolls'. The movie won best directori ... Date added: 19 January '07 |
 Joan Blondell Joan Blondell was born on August 30, 1906 in New York, USA. She was one of the greatest and sexist actresses in her period.
Biography and Career :
She attended classes of the Professional Children's School in New York City. In 1926 she won the Miss Dallas contest and after that she ended on the 4th place at the Miss America in the same year. She worked as a fashion model for a while and then ... Date added: 20 January '07 |
 Emme Aronson Emme Aronson was born in 1963 in New York, USA. She is a plus-size model and is so famous that she has the super model status.
Biography and Career :
She spent her Childhood in Saudi Arabia and returned to United States of America. Emme Aronson received an award from the Syracuse University and became one of the members of the crew team and also member of Syracuse University Orange Plus Hall ... Date added: 27 January '07 |
 Billy Crystal Billy Crystal was born on March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a a Jewish American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director.
Biography and Career :
His father was jazz-concerts producers, that's why Billy Crystal spent his childhood in the company of musical legend as Billie Holiday, Pee Wee Russel and Eddy Condon. When he was 5, Billy Crystal wanted to ... Date added: 01 February '07 |
 Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton was born on August 4, 1955, in Hot Springs, Arkansas ,USA. He is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer.
Biography and Career :
He spend his childhood in Alpine. His family was poor, living in a home without electricity. He didn't have many friends while he was child. One of them was Tom Epperson, the on ... Date added: 01 February '07 |
 Eileen Ford Eileen Ford (birth name Eileen Otte) was born on March 25, 1922 in Great Neck, New York, USA. She is the co-founder and executive of Ford Models, one of the most famous modeling agencies.
Biography and Career :
When she was a child she liked to read and her favorite subjects were travels and clothing. She had a great sense of beauty and later she became a model. Eileen Ford discovered soon t ... Date added: 05 February '07 |
 Christian Slater Christian Slater (birth name Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins) was born on August 18, 1969 in New York City, USA. He is a famous American actor.
Biography and Career :
He made his debut as an actor in television at the age of 8 in the TV soap- opera "One Life to Live". Next year, he acted together with Dick Van Dyke in the play "The Music Man". On his debut in television Christian Slater wa ... Date added: 09 February '07 |
 Christopher Reeve Christopher Reeve was born on September 25, 1952, in New York City, USA. He was a famous American actor, director, producer and writer.
Biography and Career :
He made his debut with a small part in "Gray Lady Dawn" (1977). Still, the handsome actor will stay forever in our mind as the image of "The Man of Steel" or "Superman".
"Superman" was the film that made Christopher Reeve one of the ... Date added: 09 February '07 |
 Ava Gardner Ava Gardner (birth name Ava Lavinia Gardner) was born on December 24, 1922 in Brogden, North Carolina, USA. She is one of the Hollywood's greatest actresses and a true star.
Biography and Career :
She was born and raised in a tobacco farm by Mary Elizabeth 'Molly' Gardner and Jonas Gardner. The family had 7 children and Ava was the youngest of them. Her brother-in-law had a photo studio in N ... Date added: 09 February '07 |
 Miriam Gonzalez Miriam Gonzalez was born on July 8, 1977 in New York, USA. She is a model and became famous after she appeared in the pages of Playboy magazine.
Biography and Career :
Before starting the modeling career she worked as a waitress at Hooters and in high school was a cheerleader. In March 2001 she became a Playboy Playmate and this is how she became a well known person. From then on she appeare ... Date added: 09 February '07 |
 Victoria Fuller Victoria Fuller was born on December 11, 1970 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is an actress, artist and glamour model.
Biography and Career :
She has artistic skills and she started to draw cartoon characters at the age of two. While she was in high school she developed her artistic side and when finished it she spent her day as a model and working late at her drawings. She liked to p ... Date added: 09 February '07 |
 Jillian Grace Jillian Grace (birth name Jillian Grace Harper) was born on December 20, 1985 in Arkansas, USA. She is a model who appeared in the Playboy magazine.
Biography and Career :
She went to high school in Washington, Missouri. Her career as a model became successful when she appeared in the pages of Playboy magazine as a Playboy Playmate in March 2005. She had the chance to appear in Playboy after ... Date added: 11 February '07 |
 Patti Hansen Patti Hansen was born in 1956 in Staten Island, New York, USA. She is a famous American model.
Biography and Career :
When she was a child she spent her childhood in the Tottenville section of Staten Island, New York. She was discovered by a Wilhelmina modeling agency employee at a Staten Island hot dog stand.
After she became a model she had a great success and appeared in magazines lik ... Date added: 11 February '07 |
 Cuba Gooding Jr Cuba Goading Jr. was born on January 2, 1968, in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is a famous American actor.
Biography and Career :
He is the son of the Cuba Gooding Sr., the vocalist of the pop band Main Ingredient. After his father broke the tops with the single "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972, his family moved to Los Angeles. After two years, his father abandoned his family. Cuba Gooding ... Date added: 13 February '07 |
 Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl (full name Katherine Marie Heigl) was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is a famous actress who was nominated at the Golden Globe.
Biography and Career :
She grew up in New Canaan, Connecticut and attended New Canaan High School. She graduated in 1996. At the age of nine, she signed a contract with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency and start ... Date added: 13 February '07 |
 Henry Ford Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 in Michigan, Wayne District, USA. He was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production.
Biography and Career :
Although he spent his childhood helping his father with the work at their ranch, Henry loved neither the ranch, nor the school. At the age of 16, he went to Detroit to find a job. At first, he ... Date added: 13 February '07 |
 John Wayne John Wayne (birth Marion Robert Morrison) was born on May 26, 1907 in Winterset, Iowa, USA. He was a famous American actor.
Biography and Career :
When a child, his family moved to Glendale, California. After playing American football, he got a scholarship at the University in South California.
He abandoned his studies after two years when meeting the director John Ford while working in ... Date added: 13 February '07 |
 Vanessa Carlton Vanessa Carlton was born on August 16, 1980 in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an American pop singer, songwriter and pianist.
Biography and Career :
Her mother was a very talented piano player. At the age of two, Vanessa fell in love with the single "It's A Small World. She composed her first song at the age of 8. When she was 14 years old, Vanessa was accepted to follow the courses of t ... Date added: 17 February '07 |
 Liza Huber Liza Huber (full name Liza Victoria Huber) was born on February 22, 1975 in Long Island, New York, USA. She began her career as a model and continued as a soap opera and television actress.
Biography and Career :
She attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Garden City High School in Garden City, New York. The places where she studied acting are Terry Schreiber Studio, The Le ... Date added: 18 February '07 |
 Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (birth name Phylis Lee Isley) was born on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She is an actress who received her recognition after winning the Academy Award and Golden Globe awards.
Biography and Career :
She went to Northwestern University. In the 1930s she became a model and had a contract with John Robert Powers Agency.
She became an actress and in 1943 won the Oscar ... Date added: 18 February '07 |
 Lauren Hutton Lauren Hutton (Mary Laurence Hutton) was born on November 17, 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. She is a former supermodel and actress.
Biography and Career :
She had a great career in the fashion industry. She was a supermodel, signing a contract with Ford Modeling Agency. One of the jobs that brought her a lot of money was the contract signed with Revlon cosmetics.
Her acting car ... Date added: 18 February '07 |
 Brandon Lee Brandon Lee (full name Brandon Bruce Lee) was born on February 1, 1965 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an American actor.
Biography and Career :
He is the son of the legendary Bruce Lee and his wife Linda. His first years of childhood Brandon Lee spent in Hong Kong. He studied Cantonese and Jeet Kun Do martial arts. His father died when Brandon was 8 years old. The family moved to the U ... Date added: 19 February '07 |
 Usher Usher (real name Usher Raymond IV) was born on October 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He is a famous American R&B and pop singer, dancer and actor.
Biography and Career :
He was discovered in a competition of talents in Atlanta, when he was 14. He signed a contract with the co-fonder of La Face, L. A. Reid, to enter a gospel-chorus. He made his debut in 1994 with the album "Usher" ... Date added: 20 February '07 |
 Tina Turner Tina Turner (birth name Anna Mae Bullock) was born on November 26, 1939 in Nutbush, Tennessee, USA. She is a famous American pop/rock singer.
Biography and Career :
When she was 17, her sister Alline took her in Club Manhattan where the Kings of the Rhythm were invited . The singer of the band was Ike Turner. At the age of 18, she was having a baby with Ike. Two years later, she became the m ... Date added: 20 February '07 |
 Claudia Jordan Claudia Jordan was born on April 12, 1973 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is a fashion model and has also started an acting career.
Biography and Career :
Her mother is Italian and her parents met when her father, who worked in the Air Force, was in Brindisi, Italy. She spent her childhood in Providence, Rhode Island and attended the East Providence High School. After this, she went t ... Date added: 20 February '07 |
 Molly Sims Molly Sims was born on May 25, 1976 in Murray, Kentucky, USA. She is a supermodel and actress.
Biography and Career :
A friend convinced her to send some photos to modeling agencies and Next Modeling Agency offered her a contract. She started her modeling career at the age of 19. She attended Vanderbilt University and wanted to obtain a degree in political science and communication.
She w ... Date added: 27 February '07 |
 Sarah Paulson Sarah Paulson (birth name Sarah Catharine Paulson) was born on December 17, 1974 in Tampa, Florida, USA. She is an actress who received a Golden Globe nomination.
Biography and Career :
She spent her childhood in Florida, New York and Maine. After that she went to Manhattan at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and the High School for Performing Arts.
"The Sisters Rosensweig" was her d ... Date added: 27 February '07 |
 Shawnee Smith Shawnee Smith was born on July 3, 1970 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. She is an actress well known for her roles in the movie "Saw" and "The Blob".
Biography and Career :
She was a singer in a band "Fydolla Ho" and had tours with them in United States and United Kingdom.
In 1982 she started her acting career with a role in the movie "Annie". Other movies in which she played are "Sum ... Date added: 27 February '07 |
 Masuimi Max Masuimi Max was born on March 12, 1978 in Jacksonville, Arkansas, USA. She is a model of Korean and German origins.
Biography and Career :
Because her father was in the Air Force she spent a lot of time traveling. When she became a teenager she lived in Las Vegas. At the age of six, her mother died while giving birth to her sister. Her father decided to have another wife and had another son ... Date added: 06 March '07 |
 The Black Movement in the USA by Herminne Tonita -
Abolishing slavery in the USA started a new period in American life: a solution to the problem of black-white co-existence within the country had to be found. It’s interesting to see how the attitude of the blacks towards the situation and social status has been changing throughout the twentieth century.
At the turn of the century Charles W. Chesnutt, one of the major re ... Date added: 08 March '07 |
 Lauren Sanchez Lauren Sanchez (full name Wendy Lauren Sanchez) was born in December 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. She is a reporter, television personality and actress.
Biography and Career :
Her parents are Eleanor Sanchez and Ray Sanchez. While being in high school she wrote for its newspaper, The Warwhoop. She went to El Camino College in Torrance, California and after to the University of South ... Date added: 16 March '07 |
 Holly Madison Holly Madison (birthname Holly Cullen) was born on December 23, 1979 in Astoria, Oregon, USA. She is a model, actress and she is one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends.
Biography and Career :
She attended the Portland State University.
While being a Hawaiian Tropic model she was spotted by one of Hefner's friends and got invited to a Mansion's party. That's how she met Hefner, becaming his girl ... Date added: 21 March '07 |
 Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian (full name Kimberly Noel Kardashian) was born on October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is the daughter of Robert Kardashian, famous attorney and she is also a socialite.
Biography and Career :
Her mother has Irish origins and her father Armenian origins. She has a large family, another three full siblings, two half-sisters, three step-brothers and one step-sist ... Date added: 12 May '08 |
 Kimberly Stewart Kimberly Stewart (full name Alana Kimberly Stewart) was born on August 21, 1979 in Holmby Hills, California, USA. Besides being the daughter of Rod Stewart she is a model, actress and socialite.
Biography and Career :
She followed classes of a modeling school and soon after that the Tommy Hilfiger Company hired her. She signed a contract with Nous Models later and now she even has her own cl ... Date added: 23 March '07 |
 Nancy O'Dell Nancy O'Dell (birth name Nancy Humphries) was born on February 25, 1966 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA. She is a television personality and works as a journalist.
Biography and Career :
She attended Coastal Academy High School and Clemson University and graduated summa cum laude. In 1987 she participated at the Miss South Carolina and won the title.
Her first job in the television w ... Date added: 23 March '07 |
 Elisabeth Hasselbeck Elisabeth Hasselbeck (birth name Elisabeth Del Padre Filarski) was born on May 28, 1975 in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA. Her fame came when she was a contestant at Survivor: The Australian Outback.
Biography and Career :
She attended St. Mary's Academy Bay-View and Boston College and graduated in 1999. Before participating at Survivor she worked as a shoe designer at Puma. This was happening ... Date added: 26 March '07 |
 Kimora Lee Simmons Kimora Lee Simmons (birth name Kimora Perkins) was born on May 3, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a supermodel and since she married Russell Simmons, a hip hop mogul, she is the designer of Baby Phat.
Biography and Career :
At the age of 13, she started a modeling career and one year later was working with Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. She attended Lutheran North High School in St. Lou ... Date added: 27 March '07 |
 Daryn Kagan Daryn Kagan was born on January 26, 1963 in Southern California, USA. She is a reporter, anchor and television personality.
Biography and Career :
She spent her childhood in Beverly Hills and attended Beverly Hills High School. After that she attended Stanford University and graduated in 1985 with a degree in American Studies and Communication.
Her first job was at KEYT-TV, a television s ... Date added: 29 March '07 |
 Vanessa Minnillo Vanessa Minnillo (full name Vanessa Joy Minnillo) was born on November 9, 1980 in Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Philippines. By winning titles at Miss Teen South Carolina and Miss Teen USA she became a television personality.
Biography and Career :
Her father was an Air Force Aircrew Member when he met his future wife, a Polynesian. When she was born the family already had an adopted son, tw ... Date added: 31 March '07 |
 What is Work and Travel Programme by Cristina Nuta -
In 2005, almost 5,500 Romanian students went to the USA with the Work and Travel programme. The next year, more than 7,000 Romanian students decided to leave for the United States, and in 2007 it is estimated that the number will reach 10,000 students. This programme was organized by the United States of America in 1940 and belongs to a governmental politics which wants to mo ... Date added: 23 April '07 |
 Annie Oakley - A Legendary Figure by Cristina Nuta -
Annie Oakley was born in 1860 in Darke County, Ohio, USA. She was a sharp-shooting star of the Wild West and died in 1926, at the age of 66.
Phoebe Anne Moses was born on a farm. When she was very young, she used to watch her father and his friends shoot animals: she wanted to try, too. They laughed at her because they thought she was too young and not strong enough to ho ... Date added: 23 April '07 |
 The Story of Sitting Bull by Herminne Tonita -
In the year 1831 a baby boy was born in a tepee village on the Dakota grasslands. His parents were Sioux and they named him Sitting Bull.
He grew up to be a respected leader of his people. He didn't take part in the fighting at the 1876 Battle of the Big Horn. But after the battle he defended the actions of his men:
"We were camped there awaiting the will of the Great ... Date added: 04 May '07 |
 Bebel Gilberto Bebel Gilberto (birth name Isabel Gilberto) was born on May 12, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a famous singer and songwriter.
Biography and Career :
Joao Gilberto and Miucha are her parents' names. Her father has a daughter, Luisa Carolina, with another woman, Claudia Faissol. Her grandparents are Maria Amelia Buarque de Hollanda and Sergio Buarque de Holanda.
She sings Bo ... Date added: 26 August '07 |
 Becky Stark Becky Stark, also known as Lavender Diamond, was born in Kensington, Maryland, USA. She is a singer and actress.
Biography and Career :
She started her career as a classical singer, but had to renounce because of chronic asthma and tiny stature. Now she is the lead singer in the Lavender Diamond band. She attended the Brown University and there she founded a jazz quartet along another three ... Date added: 29 August '07 |
 Ben Stiller Ben Stiller (full name Benjamin Edward Stiller) was born on November 30, 1965 in New York, USA. He is a famous actor, film director and producer and comedian.
Biography and Career :
His parents' names are Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller. He attended the Calhoun School in New York and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He made his debut in 1975 in "Kate McShane", a television seri ... Date added: 29 August '07 |
 Bill Maher Bill Maher (full name William Maher Jr.) was born on January 20, 1956 in New York, USA. He is an actor, comedian, writer and producer.
Biography and Career :
He attended the Pascack Hills High School in New Jersey and the Cornell University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English. In 1979 he became host of the New York City comedy club "Catch a Rising Star". He was seen in "D.C. Cab" ... Date added: 30 August '07 |
