Jhon Travolta

Jhon Travolta was born in 1954 in Englewood, New Jersey. He was the youngest of six children. He wanted to become an actor. In 1975, he played in a TV program called Welcome Back Kotter a high school teacher and his students. The program was very popular and Travolta became famous. Then he started making movies and starred in several succesful films. They included Saturday Night Fever and Grease. Audiences liked his acting and dancing.

In 1977, things suddenly went wrong. His mother and his girlfriend died. Travolta said it was the worst time of his life. He made several unsuccessful films, and thought about giving up as an actor. He is a pilot and has three plances, so he considered becoming a full time pilot.

But then, when he was working on a movie called The Experts in 1987, he met Kelly Preston. The film didn't do well, but Jhon and Kelly fell in love. The got married and they now heve a son. They named him Jett because Travolta loves jet planes. Before Jett was born, Jhon and Kelly used to work or go out on weekends, but the prefer to stay home now. The only problem is deciding which home. They have four homes-in California, Florida, Maine, and Hawaii.

In the mid-nineties, Jhon Travolta's luck as an actor changed for the better. He made some very popular films, including Pulp Fictim, Get Shorty, and Mad City. For the second time in his career, he became successful.

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Joan Chen

Jhoan Chen is famous both in China, where she grew up, and in the United States, where she now lives. How did Joan become a famous actress in two countres? It's an interesting story.

Jhoan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from a film studio cam to her school and chose her to study at the studio. She was happy about this chance, but mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, hewever, she discovered thet she really liked acting. At ae 18, she won the gorlden Rooster, China's top film award.

In the late 1970s, Joan's parents, who were doctors, moved to the United States. Joan joined them when she was 20 and went to college there. Her parents hoped she sould study medicine. Instead, she majored in film and later looked for work as an actrees. To work in the United States, Joan had to start all over again. She told Hollywood agents that she was an actress in china, but she only got some small parts in TV shows.

One day Joan went to speak to a director who was making a movie called Tai-Pan. The interview didn't go well. As she walked away, a man in a car noticed her. The man was Dino De Laurentiis, the film's producer. He immediately offfered her a leading part. A year later, she stared in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor and was on her way to worldwide fame.

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