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Brad Pitt, (born Dec. 18, 1963, Shawnee, Okla., U.S.), U.S. actor. After a series of minor roles, he garnered attention as a charming scoundrel in Thelma & Louise (1991). Pitt became a leading man with such movies as A River Runs Through It (1992) and Legends of the Fall (1994) but avoided being typecast by assuming unorthodox roles in 12 Monkeys (1995) and Fight Club (1999). His other notable films included Se7en (1995), the Ocean’s trilogy (2001, 2004, and 2007), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Moneyball (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and The Big Short (2015). In addition, he appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (2019; Academy Award). Pitt was active in various humanitarian causes.

Angelina Jolie Summary

Angelina Jolie American actress and director known for her sex appeal and edginess as well as for her humanitarian work. She won an Academy Award for her supporting role as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted (1999). Jolie, daughter of actor Jon Voight, spent much of her childhood in New York

Academy Award Summary

Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly

acting Summary

Acting, the performing art in which movement, gesture, and intonation are used to realize a fictional character for the stage, for motion pictures, or for television. (Read Lee Strasberg’s 1959 Britannica essay on acting.) Acting is generally agreed to be a matter less of mimicry, exhibitionism, or

film Summary

Film, series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, this gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous movement. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film