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We face lots of celebrities in our life, from sportsmen to politicians, artists to actors. Nevertheless, there are persons who became legendary to spell their names with breathing. And their names are rather of public than personal value. So, when saying Bruce Lee while describing a person, we want to accentuate their physical abilities and merits. When a person is called a Schumacher, it refers to quick and perfect driving ability. When we say Disney, it causes all associations with cartoons on the whole and sometimes some people get surprised to know that a real person lived some time ago named Walter Elias Disney.

It is known that mass media is also called the forth branch of government emphasizing the influence affected by mass media, radio and TV to the public opinion, activity of particular parties and government authorities, including influence of Internet in the latest years. And William Hearst is one of key figures in the history of journalism to use the best endeavors to be the Godfather of mass media as it is nowadays.

We know there is a special stratum of actors in this world and we know the part of the high society with the evidenced genealogy to be aristocrats throughout centuries, really nobles not those who acquired titles of nobility in various «societies». As for actors who come from real aristocratic families with old history, there are some of them who we are aware of. Helena Bonham Carter is the actress who is in the group of this exceptional people who can boast with the noble blood. Her great grandfather, Lord Asquith, was titled the Prime-Minister for Great Britain who headed the government of His Majesty within 1908 and 1916, and her grandmother was the Baroness Bonham Carter.

Nicolas Cage is the person of wealth though he is aware that a millionaire is not that easy to be. Nicolas Cage is the member of the reputed Hollywood family Coppola along with his grandfather Carmine Coppola, the Uncle Francis Ford and the cousin Sophia Coppola. He is one of actors who won the greatest popularity of population and is highly appreciated by experts winning Golden Globe Award and Oscar and also nominated for these and other awards regularly. He is the actor who is wanted by producers to star in their projects and the movies Gone in 60 Seconds, Windtalkers and National Treasure add another 20 million USD to the moneybox of Nicolas Cage. When someone in Hollywood is suspected to be a financial insolvency, the name of Nicolas Cage will be the last in the list.

The annual Debutante Ball held at the ultra-chic Le Crillon hotel has been a major event on the international social scene for more than a century now. These days the ball brings together the great fashion houses, and the budding roses of the international social scene. The guest list, although dominated by the international aristocracy, also includes celebrities from the world of art and sport. Debutantes are introduced, accompanied by their brothers, boyfriends and emotional mothers before sitting down for a meal, then being swept off their feet on the dance floor.

Armand Hammer is one of the mysterious and conflicting figures among the American businessmen of the previous century. And the point is not the fact that during his live he gained profit of millions and after his death he left debts of millions, and there are many cases in the history of capitalism. Armand Hammer is one of American businessmen who proceeded to collaborate with the Soviet Russia. This is too curious and worth considering especially when it was the period known for the harsh ideological conflict between USSR-USA, so-called cold war.

A few people know that Julia Roberts was literally programmed for commercial success. This is probably wouldn't do justice to the acting talents of the Hollywood diva, but Roberts' name is hardly associated with the prestigious awards she received such as the Golden Globe and Oscar. Apart from her roles and dazzling smile, she is known as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world, topping the Hollywood Reporter's annual power list of top-earning female stars from 2002 to 2006, and the first Hollywood actress to be paid $20 million for a movie. However, as it turns out even one of her first movies, «Pretty Woman», which brought Roberts fame and recognition, was initially called «$ 3000». Say what you like, but money makes money.

It's not easy being a public person, with your every step, gesture and breath carefully watched and captured by dozens of cameras. That's the price you have to pay for success, wealth and fame. However, it's not the same if you have to pay with your own privacy for somebody else's success, when you have no choice but tolerate the public scrutiny knowing that it's not you everybody's interested in. Moreover, you get absolutely no credit for anything and your celebrity partner always steals the scene, and your every faux pas is noticed and cherished by the public for years to come and brought forward whenever your name comes up. Now you see the «perks» of being with somebody famous. That's the situation Kate Middleton, the girlfriend of Prince William of Wales, second in line to the British throne, has to face on the regular basis.

Considering the fact that the modern state of France is the republic of the fifth generation, so called Fifth Republic as it is called, we can forget the fact that France was a monarchy since the date of establishment and to the end of the century before last. Yet, the monarchy system was traditional and the phrase by one of the Kings of France «State is Me!» is accepted as the pearl of the absolutism genre. Thus, in spite of the rich practice of revolutions and riots by the French nation, it is quite reasonable to observe the troubled thoughts about restoration of monarchy. The thoughts occur among the particular layers of population and political parties. Definitely, within the modern conditions of enhancement for France and European Community on the whole such turn is unlikely to happen.

Little stars are treated with a tender care and delight and little stars are not those people tend to become celebrities but fail to do. Little stars refer to those kids who won the popularity in the early age, rather in the childhood. And Justin Timberlake was at the same age when he first was introduced to the wide public. It is proved in the West that the earlier the career is successful, the more chances and challenges are there to get more popular and achieve the social and professional acknowledgment. So, as the final goal there is higher chance to earn big money. Whatever the reasons are to promote little stars in the West the status of the super star that Justin can be proud of proves the fact that little celebrities are highly acknowledged there.

Jennifer Aniston is the perfect example of how a person achieves success and this phase of life determines the further encouraging development of the professional career of an actress. She is a highly demanded actress though Jennifer gained worldwide recognition in the 1990s featuring as Rachel Green in the TV sitcom Friends. By all means she must sometime immortalize the character she featured since this role was the cause to the world fame and financial wealth.

Russia is believed to be the place where the most beautiful women come. And beautiful women are found in the model business. They appear at the Fashion Week haute couture shows held in Milan, Paris, London and New York. They enter into contracts with fashion houses and appear as cover girls in the most prestigious magazines. Sasha Pivovarova is a model whose success is a real story to deem. Russian models differ from other models in the way she looks and the success story. When reading the stories of top models almost every other tells her story of hard and exhausting youth to achieve her goals to be noted. As for Russian top models, they entered the world of models accidentally, or so. As for the models from Russia, they were common girls who never guessed of becoming top models to the particular period of life.