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Karolina Kurkova (Victoria Secret top model) at Vanity Fair Oscar's party

Karolina Kurkova short Bio

Kurková was born in Děčín, Czech Republic to a Czech father and Slovak mother. She had an early insight into what celebrity life would be like, since her father, Josef Kurka, was a star basketball player. As a child, her height made her relatively awkward and gangly, but that would all change with age. A close friend recognized her beauty and sent photos of Kurková to an agency in Prague. Kurková immediately landed a runway appearance, as well as a commercial and print ad. Still, being a model in the Czech Republic did not expose her to what fashion was really about, so Kurková took a chance and traveled to Milan to gain more experience.

There, Miuccia Prada, the designer behind the famous brand, Prada, signed her to a contract that proved to be the beginning of a stellar career. In September 1999, Kurková's dedication and hard work lead to a meeting with the Vogue editors in New York City. She impressed them immediately, and the executives began to slowly groom her for success. A permanent move to New York and an even more hectic work schedule ensued. It all paid off when, at seventeen years old, Kurková landed a spot as the cover girl of the February 2001 issue of Vogue. Kurková was now recognized at haute couture fashion shows, and lingerie brand Victoria's Secret chose her to be a part of that year's televised fashion show special. Prominent fashion houses such as Yves Saint-Laurent took note of her and signed Kurková to deals. Print campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, and others helped expose Kurková even more, while she headlined the second Victoria's Secret show the following year. The constant flow of work (she is said to have worked 23 weeks straight) was recognized by Vogue as they honored her with the "Model of the Year" title at the 2002 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.

Gwen Stefani, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise at Vanity's Oscar Party

Tom Cruise short Bio

Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer.

Counted as one of the most successful movie stars in Hollywood, he is the only actor to have six consecutive US$100 million plus blockbusters on his resume. His first leading role in a blockbuster movie was 1983's Risky Business.^[1] From then on, he starred in many top films, becoming an iconic celebrity of Hollywood.

Despite the recent scrutinizing media coverage of his personal life, mainly regarding his support of Scientology and his related criticism of psychiatry, he remains a star of worldwide renown.

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Katie Holmes short Bio

Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Her part on the show, only her second professional role, made Holmes a star. Her movie roles have ranged from art house films such as The Ice Storm to thrillers such as Abandon to blockbusters such as Batman Begins, but she has not found the same success in films as she did on television and admits most of her films have been "bombs".

Weeks after ending her engagement with actor Chris Klein, Holmes began in early 2005 a highly publicized relationship with actor Tom Cruise, sixteen years her senior. In June, two months after they first met, she became engaged to Cruise. Their relationship has made Holmes the subject of international media attention, much of it negative, the press speculating that the relationship was a publicity stunt to promote the couple's films. Many reports commented negatively about the interest of Holmes, raised Roman Catholic, in Cruise's religion, Scientology. The couple announced Holmes was pregnant in October 2005; on April 18, 2006, she gave birth to a baby girl, Suri Cruise. On November 18, 2006, she and Cruise were married in Italy.

79th Oscar's Academy Awards winners

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And the winners are:

Best Picture: 'The Departed'
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, 'The Departed'
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, 'Last King of Scotland'
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, 'The Queen'
Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker, 'The Departed'
Best Song: 'I Need to Wake Up', 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Best Original Screenplay: 'Little Miss Sunshine'
Best Original Score: 'Babel'
Best Documentary: 'An Inconvenient Truth'
Best Documentary Short: 'The Blood of Yingzhou District'
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, 'Dreamgirls'
Best Foreign-Language Film: 'The Lives of Others'
Best Visuals Effects: 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2'
Best Cinematography: 'Pan's Labyrinth'
Best Costume Design: 'Marie Antoinette'
Best Adapted Screenplay: 'The Departed'
Best Animated Feature: 'Happy Feet'
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, 'Little Miss Sunshine'
Best Sound Mixing: 'Dreamgirls'
Best Sound Editing: 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
Best Live Action Short: 'West Bank Story'
Best Animated Short: 'The Danish Poet'
Best Makeup: 'Pan's Labyrinth'
Best Art Direction: 'Pan's Labyrinth'

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