In Tinsel Town, the saying goes; you're only as good as your last film. An actor or actress can open a film to $100 million dollars in tickets sold, but if their next film doesn't perform as well, they can suddenly find themselves as yesterday's news. The experts agree on one thing: lasting power is the key. It's not how an actor does with one film, but how they do with an entire body of work that makes a name great. So with the current crop of actresses. Katie Holmes and Kate Hudson may be the new millennium starlets, but will anyone remember their names ten years or 15 years from now?

Hollywood builds up stars and pits them out so fast; it's hard to keep track of who's considered "hot" and who's considered "not". Add to the fact that today's movies are almost more reliant on special effects than on actual talent, so the question is who is the real star? A handful of actors and actresses have risen above the quagmire to be considered new millennium stars, and of this group, Colin Farrell and Orlando Bloom seem to be at the apex of their careers.

We've seen them on the silver screen for years - forever fighting the good fight and protecting the world from evil. Stars like Clint Eastwood, The Rock and Sylvester Stallone are bigger than reality. They are ingrained in our subconscious and are a reflection of who we want to be. When Sylvester Stallone mows down twenty bad guys we share his victory. When the Rock body slams an opponent we cheer his every move. But these days, are these tough guys really tough enough?

They are sensuous and sleek, as likely to cuddle up for a kiss as they are to slit your throat. With all the right curves in all the right places, they are making the hearts of men all over the world go pitter-patter. They are the tough girls of the silver screen. Angelina Jolie and Jennifer garner are two of the most well known, but are they really as tough in real life as they are in the characters they play?

Classic Hollywood actors like Will Rodgers and James Stewart have something magical in their appearances and their imagines. Why have fair and sensitive ladies of three or more generations been falling in love with them for more than 50 years already? Are they really so close to perfection? And why aren't there such gentlemen now in Hollywood who could make all women from 80 to 14 spend sleepless night dreaming of them?

The Eagles have played all over the world and have sold out stadiums within minutes of tickets going on sale. Their special brand of rock and roll is ageless. The Eagles were formed in the USA in 1971. It became famous very quickly. Of course, the most popular song was "Hotel California". Almost everybody knows it. This group sometimes changed its structure. Even nowadays the songs of the "Eagles" are very popular and they have many fans allover the world. It is easy to find information about the Eagles and the Eagles albums.

Are they the band you love to hate, or the band you hate to love? Whatever your position is, the fact remains that ABBA is Sweden's biggest export. They made their millions during the height of the disco craze of the mid-to-late 70's and ever since the group or it's individual members have been mining ABBA gold ever since. Love them or hate them, let's take a look at the ABBA history and ABBA discography.

Female Turkish pop musicians rank right up there with female pop stars from Pakistan: you know they're out there, but you've never heard of them! Well, believe it or not, there ARE female Turkish pop musicians in the world. Some of them are Ajda Pekkan, Sertab Erener. They took part in "Eurovision". And for example Sertab Erener was the first on Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Sertab Erener was the first from female Turkish pop musicians who sang the song in English in "Eurovision".

They were perhaps the first "corporate" rock band in history. Individual members of some of rock and rolls biggest groups, joining together to write great music and sell millions of albums. Members of Asia band is from Great Britain. It is still one of the most popular and successful European supergroups. There are many Asia albums and singles which are rather famous. They are: "Asia", "Alpha", "Astra", "Aqua", "Aria", "Arena" and "Aura". Nowadays it is not a problem to find information about Asia history and cultural references.

What more could possibly be written about pop legend Frank Sinatra? Superbly talented. Able to rebound from career lows to incredible career highs. Frank Sinatra is a one of the most famous American singers and actors whose creations remain popular in the United States and abroad even after his death. Frank Sinatra biography is rather unusual - he was able to eclipse his popularity even in old age! Frank Sinatra albums are loved by the people from over the world.

More often than not, mention the name Phillip Glass and what is recalled is his extensive composer's filmography. But the film work of Phillip Glass represents only a small part of this composer's biography. He has produced an enormous body of work. In particular - the trilogy of Godfri Regio. The first part of the trilogy took seven years of work of the director and the composer - from 1975 for 1982. This work became the central of composer's biography.

The actresses and real names in life of Hollywood don't mean that much. The stars are known by the names and images Hollywood has created. Everything depends on situations, so someone changes their given name while someone else does not. We can see that on the example of two actresses, both are famous and well known. They are Demi Moore and Jodie Foster. Therefore, what can their names us?

Would we still be so fascinated with actresses and actors and real names of theirs? Would we still rush to the box office if we knew our favorite star's first name was Cecil or Poopsi? But Hollywood is a dream factory, and one of its responsibilities is creating names with a 'star quality". Such is the case with two of Hollywood's most perennial stars - Kirk Douglas and Michael Caine.

The road to the top of Hollywood's highest paid female celebrities is full of twists and turns. For an actress, Hollywood fame doesn't depend on good looks. Hollywood is full of gorgeous females. It's not a matter of who has the largest breasts or tightest ass. Hollywood has more silicone-enhanced talent than most of the free world. No, to achieve the ranks of one of the highest paid female celebrities, an actress needs that certain "x-factor". A combination of talent, looks and luck. Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz have been fortunate on all three counts.

It's been said that the screen live of a typical actor or actress is only about 5 to 8 years. So the train of thought has always been to "get in and get out' with as much money as possible. Art is fine, but actors need to pay the bills and eat like everyone else. Some Hollywood talent is lucky; the highest paid male celebrities for example have found a role that endears them to audiences time and time again. Tom Cruise is great example. Love him or leave him, he continues to be one of the highest paid male celebrities.

It`s evident that actors are people playing roles or fictional characters in movies. Occasionally actors appear in films as themselves. Cinema experts indicate that only the most talented and creative actors are able to get used to any role and act better than anyone else. Top Hollywood actors are such people. They are gifted, assertive, confident and hardworking. Tom Welling and Jeremy Sumpter aren`t an exception.

Among a huge number of late night shows there are some which attract more attention than others. Such shows as the Late Show with David Letterman and the late show with Craig Ferguson are beyond comparison. Yet, there is nothing special on these shows, everything seems to be quite common. However, the choice of the audience is on their side. So, it is possible to conclude that much of the programs success depends on the host.

Top Hollywood actresses is a very general name for a rather large group, even a whole class of women who have left a considerable trace in the American cinematograph and who are still retaining popularity with large audiences. The list of actresses who have captured the imagination of movie-fans and are now top Hollywood actresses, is very long in fact.

It is most certain that the invention of cinematograph was a truly life-changing innovation for the whole world community. It would not be an exaggeration to claim that it was one of the major landmarks of the twentieth century in terms of the arts. Even though the first movies that appeared in the beginning of the century were nothing like their contemporary counterparts, they were silent. Nevertheless silent movie actresses and actors were able to gain an instant popularity.

Did you ever wonder what gives an actor a chance to become one of those godly creatures that are called teen male idols? It would be rather interesting to explore it. It seems rather obvious at first, but as we go deeper for analysis, we need to discover and define what it is that gives full rights to enter the privileged class of teen male idols.

It's an industry in and of itself: searching for Hollywood's biggest stars. They have to come out sometime. Even actors and actresses need to eat shop and get out for some exercise. You can find people selling celebrities homes maps on virtually every street corner in Hollywood. The celebrities themselves may say they are tired of the attention but they better! Their fans are the ones who buy the tickets to their films and thus provide the money to pay their huge salaries. Star homes photos and maps are a big industry and the people selling these items are laughing all the way to the bank.

If only we had access to our favorite celebrities addresses! We could stop by for coffee, maybe get a quick autograph or take a photo. Unfortunately, today's Hollywood stars value their privacy. It seems that celebrities live their own unknown and in a way magic lives. We think they live somewhere behind these bushes and like in a fairy tales the bushes are so thick that no one except the stars themselves can get into their homes.

Every generation has had its own teen musicals and dance classics. In the 40's and 50's these movies starred Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. In the 60's they starred the Beatles. In the 70's and 80's they starred John Travolta and in the 90's they starred Michael Jackson. Whether it was Dirty Dancing or Rock around the Clock, each generation has clung it's teen musicals and dance classics as a way of forgetting the harsh realities of the world around them.

He was a force to be reckoned with. The minute Bruce Lee stepped in front of the camera in his first movie "Fists of Death"; film audiences knew they were seeing someone and something out of the ordinary. He could do it all - act, perform his on stunts and choreograph his own fight scenes. Of all the legendary martial arts masters, only Bruce Lee took the entertainment world by storm. His films made mega-millions overseas in his native China as well as all over the world and catapulted him into the category of superstar.

They make it seem so simple: famous martial arts masters of the silver screen like Jackie Chan or Steven Seagal effortlessly take on all comers and can defeat dozens of combatants without even breaking a sweat. These epic fight scenes are choreographed down to the last second, leaving nothing to the imagination. But at the foundation of such action scenes lies tremendous skill and training on the part of the actors. And Jackie Chan and Steven Seagal are two of the most famous martial arts masters in Hollywood.