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Welcome:
AKA:
William Bradley Pitt
Birthplace:
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Brangelina Conquers Cannes
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were the big stars of Cannes this week. Jolie, pregnant with twins, was radiant in a parrot green gown and ready to premiere Kung Fu Panda.
Glamor Girls
We offer you these ladies as proof that old Hollywood style glamor lives on.
Despite his pretty boy looks and movie star charisma, actor Brad Pitt spent most of his career trying to avoid bloated box office leads, in favor of riskier, lower profile roles. After achieving heartthrob status with revealing performances showing off his “six-pack abs” in “Thelma and Louise” (1991) and “Legends of the Fall” (1994), Pitt actively subverted his hunky blond image by taking on ugly and often crazed characters – most notably in “12 Monkeys” (1995), “Fight Club” (1999) and “Snatch” (2001). While en route to becoming one of the top box office draws of his generation, Pitt
Grew up in Springfield, Missouri
1986
Moved to Los Angeles claiming to his parents that he was attending the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena
Worked at odd jobs including as a chaffeur to Strip-O-Gram strippers, delivering refrigerators to college students and dressing up in a chicken costume outside the El Pollo Loco restaurant
1987
Did extra work in the film "Less Than Zero"
1987
Had small role on the NBC soap opera "Another World"
1987
Primetime TV debut in a guest role in an episode of the ABC sitcom "Growing Pains"
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