Celebrity X no. 19

Hey!! Guess what?? It’s time for another Celebritx X issue.. Hahahah, you never saw this one coming, now did you?? Yeah, right.. lol.. Ok, as I said, here’s another Celebrity X issue. This one is a kind of sad as we all felt a loss when he deceased.. He was born in Houston, Texas, the second child of Patricia, a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse, an engineering draftsman. He was one of the greatest acting icons of Hollywood, he died of cancer at the age of 57, and he danced his way into viewers’ hearts with “Dirty Dancing” and then broke them with his role in the movie “Ghost”. If you don’t know by now, haven’t watched television or rented a movie in the last 20 years.. Ok, run to your local video store, NOW, but first get inside the post to reveal who it is so you’d know what movies to rent..

Patrick Swayze "Sexiest Man Alive" 1991

Yes!! It’s Patrick Swayze, an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. As George Clooney was in 2006, Patrick Swayze was named “The Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine in 1991. Swayze’s breakthrough role came with his performance as a dance instructor Johnny Castle in the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing”. He was also known for his role in the film “Ghost”(which was nominated for multiple Academy Awards) where he played the role of Demi Moore’s husband who was killed by a thief and became a ghost. He also co-starred in “Waking Up in Reno”, with Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron, and in “Forever Lulu”, with Melanie Griffith.

Celebrity X no. 18

Today’s Celebrity X issue is a bit harder to guess then the previous ones.. I guess that you’re not even sure if it’s a boy or a girl ’cause of the hair and all. lol Well yeah, if I didn’t know who it is I’d probably be wondering too. Ok, it’s a boy.. and I’ll give you a few hints that will get that doubt right out of your head.. His father was a truck driver and a drummer and he died of cancer when his son was only 10 years old. He was born in Oakland, California and was raised in Rodeo, California. His interest in music started at a young age. As a teenager he originally was into metal music, but got into punk after hearing the Sex Pistols song “Holidays in the Sun”. He was the youngest of six children and he wrote the song “Wake Me Up When September Ends” as a memorial for his father. If you don’t know who it is by now by now.. Well, you really should.. lol. Ok His last name is Armstrong and he is the front man of a punk band that has a certain color it’s name.. The hexadecimal value of this colour is #0F7D19. Hahahah, lol, I’m sure that one helped!! Ok, just get inside the post and find out the answer..

Billie Joe Armstrong

Yes!!! It’s Billie Joe Armstrong, he is born on February 17, 1972 and he is the lead vocalist, chief songwriter and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. Greeeeen (#0F7D19), lol. Ok enough with my stupid jokes. In 1987, Billie Joe formed a band “Sweet Children” with his childhood friend Mike Dirnt(also on guitar), John Kiffmeyer(Al Sobrante) on drums and Sean Hughes on bass. The next year Hughes left the band and Dirnt switched to bass so they became a tree peace band. They changed the name of the band to “Green day” in April 1989, supposedly “green” was their color of choice ’cause of their fondness of marijuana. This band produced lots af big hits some of which are “When I Come Around”, “Basket Case” and “Jesus of Suburbia”.

Celebrity X no. 17

Whoooooa!! Another Celebrity X issue!! I’m sure youre not so enthusiastic as I am but nevertheless.. I found this guy’s picture and immediately decided to put it on celebritiestan.com. I’m sure you already know who this one is, but lets pretend that you don’t have a clue. I’ll give you a few hints so you’d be absolutely sure.. He is in the acting business, women are crazy about him. This Irish-America born in Lexingtonu, Kentucky is considered to be a hollwood sex symbol. He claimed his his first major Hollywood role in the movie “From Dusk till Dawn”, directed by Robert Rodriguez. After this next hint you’ll be sure to guess the answer.. Are you ready?? He played as a leading character in the movie “Ocean’s Eleven” which is his most commercially successful movie, earning more than $444 million worldwide. If you don’t know by now, then maybe you should revisit your local video store and get your act together.. Or you can just get inside the post and find out the answer.. lol

George Clooney Sexiest Man alive

Yeah!! You guessed it!! It’s got to be… George Clooney!! Full name George Timothy Clooney born in May 6, 1961 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.  He is a Taurus by horoscope and like any Taurus he was never distracted from his goal.. George Timothy Clooney had his share of failures before reaching the lofty height of “Sexiest Man Alive” and later voted to be the “Best Dressed Male Television Star”. George Clooney stared in numerous successfull movies such as “Ocean’s” thrilogy, “The Peacemaker” and “Three Kings”. He also won some prestigious awards such as “Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy” for the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor” for starring in “Syriana”.

• Let’s make a survey. This is more for the girls but if any of you guys have an urge to vote, just do so.. lol If you met this kid would you ever think that he’d some day be Hollywood sex symbol?? Just click on the “stars” in the post and rate the “sexy level” when he was a kid. This should be fun!!

Celebrity X no. 16

Hey!! It’s time for another celebrity X issue!! It’s time to introduce some fresh content in the Celebrity X section of Celebritiestan.com I’ll brag for a moment and say that we’ve gathered some great pictures of celebrities when they were young and from their earliest childhood. Have you noticed that we’ve implemented facebook connect to celebritiestan.com. Now you can leave comments on “Celebrities Then and Now” and publish them to your facebook account so your friends can see what you’re watching and you can share your oppinions with them. OK, enough with the bragging… hehCan you guess todays celebrity X?? I’ll give you some hints.. It’s a she…. lol, like you can’t see that for yourself. Ok, she was born on September 4, 1981. Her father is a successful record manager(Mathew) and her mother is a costume designer and hair stylist(Tina). She was born and raised in Houston, Texas where she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. She achieved fame and success singing in a R&B girl-group from which she later on left and started her solo career. Her first solo hit was “Work It Out” which she wrote for the sountrack of “Austin Powers Goldmember”. Any ideas now?? Well if that wasn’t enough, enter the post and reveal her identity..

Beyonce Knowles

Hahahah, did you see this coming?? Sure, you did.. I think I gave you more then enough info on her. Yes, you guessed it!! It’s Beyonce!! Her full name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles but she is reffered to as only Beyonce. Beyonce Knowles started her singing career in a R&B girl group “Destiny’s Child” which produced a lot of great hits such as “No, No, No”, “Jumpin’ Jumpin’” and “Say My Name”. Her latest album is “I Am… Sasha Fierce”, her third studio album, from which the song “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” got her nine nominations and ond video of the year award on “2009 MTV Video Music Awards”.

Celebrity X No. 15

I hope that you like our new category called Celebrity Timeline where we present you a life of a celebrity in four pictures. If you are interested, follow this link to the first issue of mentioned category. As soon as possible, when we turn to dedicated server, we will introduce you new exciting categories, as well as standalone galleries of various celebrities for those who keep to that old one “picture is worth a thousand words”.

Today we prepared one of the most popular male singers from one of the Spanish speaking countries. I am not even going to tell you from which country this celebrity is from, because it would be too easy to guess who is today’s Celebrity X. When I say that this singer is from Spanish speaking area, I am sure that you instantly narrowed the choice to few persons. Once young kid, as you can see him on the picture, became famous as a member of one Latin boy band, and later started his solo career in 1991. In over three decades of his singing career, until these days, he has sold more than 55 million albums worldwide. Today he is considered to be a major star in the world of Latin Pop and is considered to have opened the doors for some of his fellow Latin American singers. I don`t want to make it too easy to guess who is our Celebrity X, so now is the time to answer that question, and then to check out if you were right here. And be sure to check the answer by double-clicking on the “+/- Show Answer” link inside the post.


I hope that you didn`t have the answer after the first hint cause it just wouldn’t be fun ! For those who are still wondering about who are we talking about, his name is Enrique Martin Morales. That is his real name, but he is much more known by his stage name. No, he is not Enrique Iglesias, as you could presume according to his name. His stage name is Ricky Martin, and he is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award winning, most famous Puerto Rican pop singer.He was born on December 24, 1971, in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico and grew up in a Catholic home. According to his Catholic upbringing, he was an altar boy and went to Catholic school until he joined Latin boy band Menudo. After several years as a major star in Spanish speaking countries, Ricky Martin prepared his first English in 1999. It`s first and most prominent single was “Livin’ la Vida Loca,” which reached number one in many countries, and earned him a status of worldwide celebrity. You will soon be able to read more about Ricky`s breakthrough in his Celebrities Then and now article where all rare facts about his childhood and less known theater and soap opera acting, as well as Spanish singing era will be revealed. Until then, you can browse for other famous singers in Celebrities Then And Now category, or try our “Next random celebrity” button right down, and see which celebrity is going to pop out next.

Celebrity x No. 14

Before I give you some hints about our new Celebrity X issue, I must say that we are almost done with migrating of the site to new Wordpress platform. That means that in a week or so, you will be witnesses of totally new and improved design of CelebritiesTAN.com, as well as faster loading of site although some extra features will be added, which will stay secret for now. All existing content and categories will stay unchanged, and you will always be able to reach content about your favorite celebrities again. Maybe you`ve noticed that in last few weeks there was less articles than usual, but when we finish all work related to site migration, we are going to return to our daily routine of publishing. It means that you can look up every day what is new on CelebritiesTAN.com, and fresh posts about new celebrities will wait for you. That is all about technical info for now, but lets move on to next Celebrity X now.

Today we present you another top female Hollywood celebrity when she was young. Difference between her and our past actors and actresses is that she comes from England. This hint already tells you much, because she is one of top five most famous English actresses, and some sources even gave her a title of “the best English-speaking film actress of her generation”. Beside that, at the age of 22, she became the youngest actress to receive two Oscar nominations, and at the of age 33, she is now the youngest actor of either sex to receive six nominations. Along impressive award list goes huge list of successful roles, of course. Probably the most famous role in her career was that one in romantic disaster blockbuster from 1997, where she acted with another one great Hollywood celebrity, mentioned in our past issue of Celebrity X. That movie also became at the time the most expensive film ever made, costing approximately a stunning number of US$200 millions. Okay, now you really have enough facts, so follow link below to find out who it is.

Lets start from the name of the mentioned movie. Probably you`ve guessed that I was talking about Titanic, which held that impressive record of most expensive film ever made. Now you know that her co-actor is also her very good friend, Leonardo Di Caprio, and that in today`s edition of Celebrity X we are talking about Kate Elisabeth Winslet. But you probably still don`t know a lot of thing that we can say you in her Celebrities Then And Now category, which is going to be completed soon. Great facts all the way back from the time when she was attending Redroofs Theatre School, an independent theatre training school in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. You will also find out all about her early career and breakthrough roles to worldwide scene.

And for the end, I hope that you liked last Celebrity Timeline post, which is going to be a new regular category on CelebritiesTAN.com. If you still didn`t, you can follow the link and read all about Brad Pitt`s Celebrity Timeline for now, and more issues are coming soon.

Celebrity X No. 13

Like in the previous Celebrity X issue, today we are presenting you another popular American singer. To be more precise, this celebrity became famous pop and R&B singer and songwriter. She was born in Staten Island, New York, although when her parents divorced, mother took her and her younger sister to their grandmother’s home in Rochester, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside of Pittsburgh. For that reason she has spent the majority of her childhood in Pennsylvania. Celebrity from the picture aspired to be a singer from her very young age. At that time, she was known locally as “the little girl with the big voice”, singing in local talent shows and competitions. According to some sources, her brilliant talent provoked fear in all of her competitors. Whenever competitors heard that they would be up against her in any given competition week, they would immediately withdraw. She was so good that soon her peers became jealous of her and would frequently subject her to ridicule. Jealousy even escalated with acts of vandalism around her house including the slashing of the tires on the family car and similar acts. Eventually, the family relocated to Wexford, another suburb in the Pittsburgh area. At least, this time they tried to keep her talent in secrecy to avoid further inconveniences.

She first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel’s television series The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994. I hope that until now you have a clue about the possible name of this celebrity, so it is time to find out who are we talking about this time. Be sure to double-click the “+/- Show Answer” link below this text to reveal the answer!!

After her performances at MMC, at the age of fourteen, she recorded her first song, called “All I Wanna Do”, duet with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi, which became a huge hit. Soon later, she signed to RCA Records after recording “Reflection”, a song on the soundtrack of the popular 1998 animated film “Mulan”. At that point she became popular across the globe, when she released her debut album, which name is also an answer to this Celebrity X issue. The album, which was a commercial success spawning three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 is called “Christina Aguilera”, and our young celebrity from the picture is Christina María Aguilera.

Come back soon and read more great facts about her amazing life and see her rare childhood pictures at CelebritiesTAN.com. And in the meantime, check out the story about Britney Spears, her fellow from The Mickey Mouse Club. At that time Britney was her best friend, but later their relationship became complicated, varying from good friends to eternal rivals. You can also try to guess other famous celebrities from our older issues of Celebrity X category. Good luck!!

Celebrity X No. 12

You have probably noticed that in the last few days interval between publishing of new posts is greater than usual. The reason is that we are trying our best to migrate the website to more secure dedicated server, which is really time consuming. In next week or two everything should be done, so please be patient a little bit more. When we finish, site should be more interactive and useful for every visitor. I hope that you liked the article about Jennifer Aniston´s life and gallery with her rare childhood pictures. When we turn to Wordpress, we are planning to upload larger number of interesting celebrity pictures in separated galleries, because we are not going to be limited with space any more. I am glad that CelebritiesTAN.com is slowly becoming central place for all of you interested in famous celebrities when they were young, and their way to fame. We are going to continue improving this site to be the most comprehensive and accurate base containing mentioned information and pictures of celebrities on the Internet. I would just like to hear a little bit more feedback from you. Don´t be a shamed and feel free to comment articles or tell us everything what is on your mind.

We have another famous celebrity featured in today Celebrity X issue. It shouldn´t be hard to guess who is the person from the picture. I could say one single fact which would instantly reveal who she is, but I am not going to make it so easy. Lets just say that she is a singer, that she comes from Michigan, and that today she is in her golden middle ages. Through the years, you have heard her numerous hits for thousands of times, so it´s the time to remember her name now. Be sure to double-click on the “+/- Show Answer” link right below this text to reveal the answer. You have be inside the post

If I mentioned that she is the most famous and succesfull pop icon of all time, or that her nickname is “Queen of pop”, I presume that you would instantly think about Madonna Louise Ciccone. Even the Guinness Book of World Records confirms that statement with listing her as the world’s most successful female recording artist of all time and the top-earning female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of unbelievable amount of US$490 million, having sold over 200 million records worldwide. There is so much things to say about Madonna, from her childhood days in Rochester Hills, Michigan, through her beginnings to most interesting moments of her excellent career. Maybe you learned until now that all these themes are usually covered in our Celebrities Then And Now category, so check back soon to read her issue, and until then shorten the waiting with our selection of other famous celebrities from same category. Enjoy!

Celebrity X No. 11

Before moving on to a new Celebrity X issue, I want to apologize because I didn`t publish new posts in the past two days. Last week I announced some brand new categories that are yet to come and other interesting stuff which are scheduled to appear on CelebritiesTAN.com throughout this week. We are considering migrating site to Wordpress platform because it is more flexible and gives us much more room to play with some new and exciting features. In that way we could make the site even more interactive and playful so you would have more stuff to enjoy on CelebritiesTAN.com. Because of this transfer we are spending a lot of time researching what is the best way to export data and migrate the design to have better look and feel for you as our number one priority. Given that, please have some patience for the next month or so. We’ll keep you posted about our progress.

Today I prepared a little bit harder Celebrity X issue. This picture is really rare, and there is no way to know who it is, unless you are his loyal fan. But don`t worry, I`ll give you few hints. The person on the picture was born in Los Angeles, but his mother moved from Germany to the U.S. during her childhood, while his father is half of Italian and half German descent. His parents gave him name after one worldwide famous artist, but soon they divorced, when he was just one year old. He firstly appeared in a TV show as a five years old boy. In relatively short period of time he managed to progress into top category of Hollywood superstars, with his extraordinary sense for acting. He has amazing list of roles in numerous blockbusters in his successful acting history, but his claim to fame was role in which he acted as Toby in This Boy’s Life in 1993. I hope this helps you enough to realize who could it be. Continue reading and find out is your answer the right one. Be sure to double-click on the “+/- Show Answer” link right below to reveal the answer.


Maybe the most important fact was that little boy on the picture was named after one famous artist(or to be more precise precise, after famous painter). That painter is the greatest genius of Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci. The story says that his pregnant mother was standing in front of a da Vinci painting at a museum in Italy when Leo first kicked. Ok, it`s obvious now that today Celebrity X is Leonardo Di Caprio. I hope that it wasn`t too hard to guess this celebrity, and if you want to read more about Leo, then visit his Celebrity Then And Now article, where you`ll find everything about his childhood and way to fame, as well as unique collection of rare pictures from his younger days. Enjoy!

Celebrity X No. 10

I returned from my trip to Venice, but now I wish that I could stay at least few days longer. You should go there if you still haven`t seen it, because Venice looks really wonderful, much better than on TV. The only problem is that the crowds are extremely annoying. When you are standing on the main square, Piazza San Marco, it almost feels like you are on a football match on some overcrowded stadium. But it is definitely worth to see such a great cultural attraction for a little bit of elbow pushing.

We are moving on with a new Celebrity X issue, which is in front of you. This one shouldn`t be hard to guess, because we have another Hollywood celebrity who became so popular today that you just can`t avoid hearing some gossip about her. Or gossip about her husband, equally famous actor, who is sixteen years older than her, or even their three year old daughter. Our Celebrity X began a highly publicized relationship with the mentioned actor in early 2005, and in November 2006 they got married in Italy. She first achieved worldwide fame for her role in one successful television teen drama (shown from 1998 to 2003). With these few hints, you should already know enough to guess who could it be. Follow the link below to find out if you are right, and to see few more interesting facts from her younger days. Check out the answer by double-clicking the “+/- Show Answer” link right below this text.


Okay, you could presume that we are talking about Kate Noelle Holmes, better known as Katie Holmes, and her husband Tom Cruise. You must still remember her role as Joey Potter from Dawson`s Creek, although it`s been for a while from then. Also you probably know everything about their daughter Suri, because she is one of the most exposed famous couples children in Hollywood. Katie was born in Toledo, Ohio, as the youngest child in a family of five children. She attended all-female Notre Dame Academy high school, where she was a very good student. Back at that time she appeared in school musicals at St. John’s Jesuit, a nearby all-male high school. If you want to know more about Katie`s childhood and how she became famous, you will soon be able to read everything about her in her Celebrities Then And Now category, when I finish it. Until then you can choose some other celebrity from the same category, or using Next Random Celebrity button on upper right corner of the site.