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Kristanna Sommer Loken born October 8, 1979 is an American actress known for her work in both film and television, and as a fashion model.
Kristanna Loken began her modeling career at the early age of 15. Encouraged by her mother, Rande who was a model prior to her daughter's birth, Kristanna's modeling career, as well as her aspirations in acting brought her to New York where she now resides. The glamorous actress/ model, seems to have stayed true to her roots: her father, Chris, owns an apple farm in upstate New York where he writes novels and screenplays. Aside from establishing herself as a supermodel with an Elite contract, Kristanna has made numerous television appearances as well as what could be her breakthrough film role in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, released in 2003.

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Gabriel Macht Born in January 22, 1972 is an American actor. Macht is best known for playing The Spirit in the film of the same name.Though a preternaturally gifted actor by any standard, Gabriel Macht endured years of underutilization by Hollywood. He officially debuted as a child actor at the age of 8 with a small role in director Larry_Peerce's critically maligned, family-friendly romance Why_Would_I_Lie? (1980), but remained offscreen until his late twenties, when he reemerged as a film star with supporting roles in the romantic comedies The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998) and 101 Ways (The Things a Girl Will Do to Keep Her Volvo) (2000), and a regular turn as Mark Gabriel on television's psychological thriller series The_Others (2000). Macht then bided his time for several years in action yarns unworthy of his abilities, including Joel_Schumacher's Bad_Company (2002) and Roger_Donaldson's The_Recruit (2003). The course of Macht's career, however, changed with 2004's John_Travolta alcoholism drama A Love Song for Bobby Long, which afforded the thespian third billing after Travolta and Scarlett_Johansson. In it, Macht delivered a searing portrayal of Lawson Pines, an alcoholic writer in the American south. He followed it up with a key supporting role in Robert de Niro's critically acclaimed historical saga The_Good_Shepherd (2006), and tackled the lead in director Frank_Miller's The_Spirit (2008), a supernaturally charged action saga about a masked crime fighter. Nathan Southern, Rovi

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Susanna "Mini" Andén born 7 June 1978 is a Swedish model, actress, occasional host, and producer.

She was born in Stockholm and began modeling at the age of ten, joining Elite Model Management when she was fifteen. She has been on the cover of many fashion magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and ELLE. She's been in fashion campaigns for the likes of Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, BCBG, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss and Gucci. Anden has also been in the Victoria's Secret catalog many times. She is currently seen as the face for Giorgio Armani's new perfume Armani Code for women edP. When videogame company Eidos Interactive were looking for a new live version of Lara Croft for the upcoming game Tomb Raider: Legend she auditioned for the role but the role was given to model Karima Adebibe.

She was a judge in the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2001. She was the host of the Swedish section of Scandinavia's Next Top Model which premiered February 16, 2005. Anden has appeared in a handful of films and even produced 2003's Buffoon. She appeared in MyNetworkTV's Fashion House in which she plays a self-destructive model named Tania Ford. She married model Taber Shroeder in 2001, and they live together in Los Angeles.

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Christian Charles Philip Bale born 30 January 1974 is an English actor. In addition to starring in big budget Hollywood films, he has played in films produced by independent producers and art houses.
Bale first caught the public eye at the age of 13, when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun. He played an English boy who is separated from his parents and subsequently finds himself lost in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. He has received critical acclaim for his performance in The Fighter, earning him several awards including the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for portraying Bruce Wayne in the Batman films Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, as well as yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.

The 10th Anniversary issue of "Entertainment Weekly" crowned Christian Bale as one of the "Top 8 Most Powerful Cult Figures" of the past decade, citing his incredible and legendary cult status on the Internet. EW also calls Bale one of the "Most Creative People in Entertainment" after his brilliant turn as the psychopathic yuppie serial killer in American Psycho (2000). And "Premiere" lauded him as one of the "Hottest Leading Men Under 30". Christian Bale has garnered a huge international audience ever since he wowed critics with his devastating performance in Steven Spielberg's WWII epic Empire of the Sun (1987).

Bale made his professional debut opposite British comedian Rowan Atkinson on the London West End stage. He auditioned with 4000 other kids for the coveted role of James Graham in Spielberg's Empire of the Sun (1987). Bale received a special citation for Best Performance by a Juvenile Actor from the National Board of Review -- an award specially created for his performance in "Empire". In the following decade, Welsh-born Bale has appeared in Shakespeare, dramas and comedies demonstrating a versatility, depth and range that has made him one of the best reviewed actors today and one of the most popular actors on the Internet. Bale is the youngest in a family of 3 older sisters (Erin, Sharon, and Louise Bale).

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Keith Lionel Urban born 26 October 1967 is a New Zealand-born Australian country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban began his career in Brisbane having moved to Caboolture, Australia at an early age. In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in Australia before moving to the United States in 1992. Eventually, Urban found work as a session guitarist before starting a band known as The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on Capitol Records and charted two singles on the Billboard country charts. Still signed to Capitol, he made his solo American debut in 1999 with the album Keith Urban. Certified platinum in the U.S., it also produced his first American Number One in "But for the Grace of God". His breakthrough hit was the Number One "Somebody Like You", from his second Capitol album Golden Road (2002). This album also earned Urban his first Grammy Award win for "You'll Think of Me", its fourth single and the third Billboard Number One of his career. 2004's Be Here, his third American album, produced three more Number Ones, and became his highest-selling album, earning 4× Multi-Platinum certification. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing was released in 2006, producing the record-setting #17 country chart debut of "Once in a Lifetime", as well as Urban's second Grammy for the song "Stupid Boy", while a Greatest Hits package entitled Greatest Hits: 18 Kids followed in late 2007. This album was re-released a year later as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids with one track added: the number one "You Look Good in My Shirt", which he had previously recorded on Golden Road. Urban's latest work, Defying Gravity was released in March 2009. Urban has released a total of eight studio albums (one of which was released only in the United Kingdom), as well as one album in The Ranch. He has charted more than fifteen singles on the U.S. country charts, including ten Number Ones. Urban plays acoustic and electric guitar, as well as ganjo, bass guitar, mandolin, piano, and bouzouki.
Background: Keith Lionel Urban was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, which makes him a New Zealander, but he is of Polish descent (name at birth Richard Keith Urbanski) and lived with his parents in Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. By age six, Urban was already thinking about getting into the music business. He began learning the techniques at age seven and began winning young singing contests by age eight. A few years later he started getting regular appearances on the Reg Lindsay Country Homestead TV Program, Mike McClellands Music Program and various other TV Programs performing in duet with Jenny Wilson, local Brisbane girl with whom he won a golden guitar award at Tamworth. He also performed regularly on stage at the Northern Suburbs Country Music Club near Caboolture. In 1990, Urban signed with EMI in Australia and recorded his first solo album, which charted four No. 1 country hits in Australia, New Zealand, and Germany. In 1992, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he found work as a guitarist for Brooks & Dunn and can be seen backing Alan Jackson in his music video for "Mercury Blues". Later, Urban formed The Ranch, a three-piece group that released one album in 1997. Originally the front man for The Ranch, Urban disbanded the group to pursue a solo career in 1998. In 1999, Urban found "Vocal Coach to the Stars" Brett Manning, and worked with him up until 2001. In Nashville, Urban became a frequent user of cocaine. After reaching a personal nadir in 1998, he became determined to give up the habit and checked into Cumberland Heights, a treatment center in Nashville. After cleaning up, Urban released his self-titled American debut in 1999, which produced three top 5 hits and secured for him the Top New Male Vocalist Award at the 2001 Academy of Country Music Awards and the 2001 Country Music Association's Horizon Award. Widely regarded for his guitar skills, he has performed as a session musician on albums such as Garth Brooks' Double Live, Dixie Chicks' Fly, and Paul Brandt's This Time Around. Urban was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards. His contributions helped assist independent artists' careers across the globe.
Golden Road & Be Here: Urban released Golden Road in 2002, and the success of the single "Somebody Like You" sent his career into high gear. Touring as a supporting act for renowned country acts Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride and Kenny Chesney honed Urban's skills and stage-craft. Country video channel CMT signed on as the title sponsor of Urban's first headlining arena tour titled Keith Urban Be Here '04 with opening act Katrina Elam. Urban continued his meteoric rise to fame in 2005 with a very successful tour with Elam called Alive in '05. He performed in the Live 8 Philadelphia concert on 2 July 2005 and had been chosen by The Gap to appear alongside seven other musical stars in their "Favorites" campaign. He was named the 2005 CMA's Male Vocalist of the Year. He released a DVD in late September 2005 entitled Livin' Right Now, recorded in at the Wiltern Theater in California in December 2004.

The Live 8 concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2005: In 2005 Urban played in front of European audiences for the first time. In May Urban supported Bryan Adams on his UK and Ireland tour, which included dates in Earls Court, London, SECC, Glasgow and The Point, Dublin. On 6 June a UK only album, Days Go By was released, this album contained songs from both Be Here and Golden Road. In October Urban returned for a headlining tour with Nerina Pallot and Richard Winsland as support acts. Urban has recently performed "Better Life" on the CMA Awards and "You'll Think of Me" on the American Music Awards. He also performed at the Grammys playing "You'll Think of Me" and "The Lucky One" with Faith Hill. At the 2006 ACM Awards Urban performed "Tonight I Wanna Cry" and played guitar for Brooks & Dunn's song "Believe."

Love, Pain, & The Whole Crazy Thing: On Monday 21 August 2006, Urban made history when his new single "Once in a Lifetime" debuted at #17, setting a new record for the highest-debuting country single in the 62-year history of Billboard's country charts. The record was formerly held by Garth Brooks' "Good Ride Cowboy" and Eddie Rabbitt's "Every Which Way But Loose", both of which debuted at #18. "Good Ride Cowboy" was the highest in the BDS era (1990-present). Urban is also a winner of numerous "Golden Guitars", which are presented annually during the Tamworth Country Music Festival at "The Country Music Association of Australia's Annual Awards" in Tamworth, Australia. He is also a former winner of the Toyota Starmaker Contest, which is held each year in conjunction with the CMAA Awards and the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Keith was named artist of the month for July 2007 on the television network GAC (Great American Country). He answered a question of the day every day that month, and did multiple interviews about love, life, his new album and his stay in rehab. On July 7, 2007, Keith performed with Alicia Keys at one of Al Gore's Live Earth concerts held around the world. The concerts were held to raise awareness of global warming. Keith performed at the concert held in New York City and said in an interview that global warming is not a political issue, and what he is doing to help the environment is running all bio-diesel buses in his Love, Pain and The Whole Crazy World Tour. Urban released his first greatest hits collection, Greatest Hits: 18 Kids, on 20 November 2007. The CD contains all of his top 10 hits, along with two new songs, "Romeo's Tune" and "Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)." In January 2008, Urban embarked on the Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride Tour with fellow country singer Carrie Underwood. In early May 2008, Urban debuted a new song at the Grand Ole Opry titled "A New Sunshine". And in late May 2008, Urban re-recorded a song from his sophomore CD, "You Look Good in My Shirt". The song was released on the radio at the end of May. "Over the years it ("You Look Good In My Shirt") has always played like a hit song," said Keith. "That, combined with numerous requests from both fans and radio about why it was never a single, inspired us to get back into the studio and re-record the song."(keithurban.net) The single was a pre-cursor to the "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy World Tour" concert DVD release in the Fall of '08. Urban's newest release "Defying Gravity" was released March 31, 2009. "You Look Good in My Shirt" was the first single from Keith Urban's re-recorded 2007 album, Greatest Hits: 18 Kids. The album was released under a different title, Greatest Hits: 19 Kids on 19 August 2008. Keith Urban was also featured on Brad Paisley's instrumental album titled Play, on a song called "Start a Band."

Defying Gravity: Urban recently announced that the lead single for his forthcoming 5th studio album will be titled "Sweet Thing". This song became the first #1 single off the album. The song was co-written with Monty Powell, who wrote some of Urban's past hits, and co-produced with his longtime producer Dann Huff. The album, Defying Gravity, was released on 31 March 2009, through Capitol Records. Its second single, "Kiss a Girl"., debuted in March 2009. Urban performed this song on American Idol, during the season 8 finale, as a duet with eventual winner Kris Allen. Its third single, "Only You Can Love Me This Way", is another chart-topping song, co-written by Steve McEwan and John Reid. Defying Gravity debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. This was Urban's first #1 CD. His past two albums debuted at #3. Keith Urban has received four nominations on the 2009 CMA Awards, including Entertainer Of The Year and Male Vocalist Of The Year for a fourth consecutive year in a row. He also earned a nomination for Album Of The Year for Defying Gravity and shares a nomination with Brad Paisley for Music Video Of The Year for "Start A Band". A video for "Hit The Ground Runnin'" will premiere October 2nd on CMT and CMT.com. Keith Urban is now on tour called Escape Together(2009). He has many big name opening acts including Taylor Swift, Sugarland, and Jason Aldean. On June 27 Keith filmed a video for his new song, "Only You Can Love Me This Way", at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

Personal life: Starting in 1992, Urban dated veterinary technician Laura Sigler for eight years. Urban proposed to Sigler in 2001 but the pair eventually split in 2002. Urban also was rumored to have been dating supermodel Niki Taylor on and off from 2002 to 2004. Urban met Australian actress Nicole Kidman at G'Day LA, a Hollywood event honoring Australians, in January 2005 but they didn't begin dating until 6 months later. They were emailing each other back and forth, addressing each other as Hank (Keith) and Evie (Nicole). Kidman and Urban were married on Sunday, June 25, 2006, at the Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in the grounds of St Patrick's Estate, Manly in Sydney. "Hank & Evie" is now on the tag on the back of the shirts Urban sells at his concerts. On Oct. 19, 2006, Urban checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in California. On Oct. 20, Urban issued a statement saying: "I deeply regret the hurt this has caused Nicole and the ones who love and support me. One can never let one's guard down on recovery, and I'm afraid that I have." On Jan. 18, 2007, Urban announced his completion of rehab and his plans to go on tour to promote his new album, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing.. On Feb. 2, 2007, Urban filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey painter by the same name, who has a web site http://www.keithurban.com. The singer wants to acquire the rights to the URL. Keith Urban the singer's URL is http://www.keithurban.net. The painter has countersued. On 1 October 2007, while headed to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Urban skid off of his motorbike when a paparazzo followed him near his home in Sydney; Urban was not hurt. In a statement released by his publicists, Urban says the incident was "the result of one person's desire to do his job and my desire to maintain my privacy." Urban says he tried to avoid an oncoming car and dropped his bike. He says the photographer came to his assistance without taking photos. On 7 January 2008, Nicole Kidman confirmed that she and Urban were expecting their first child together. Kidman's publicist said that "the couple are thrilled and cannot wait." A July due date was announced. Kidman gave birth to their first child, a daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, on July 7, 2008, in Nashville, Tennessee. She weighed 2.93 kg (6 lbs. 7.5 oz). On his website Keith stated, "Earlier this morning Nic gave birth to our beautiful baby girl, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban. We want to thank everybody that has kept us in their thoughts and prayers. We feel very blessed and grateful that we can share this joy with all of you today."

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Justin Randall Timberlake born January 31, 1981 is an American pop musician and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as two Emmy Awards. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez. Timberlake became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band 'N Sync, whose launch was financed by Lou Pearlman.
In 2002, he released his debut solo album, Justified, which sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. The album was a commercial success, spawning the hits "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body". Timberlake continued his success with his second solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and produced the US number-one hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around......Comes Around".
Timberlake's first two albums made him one of the most commercially successful singers in the world, each selling in excess of 7 million copies. Aside from music, he has also begun an acting career, while his other ventures include record label Tennman Records, fashion label William Rast, and the restaurants Destino[2] and Southern Hospitality

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After weeks of discussion, then begging, followed by good old fashioned graft and bribery, finally I get the chance to investigate one of the spunkiest men on this blue planet!

Better yet, he's an Aussie spunk, which just makes his spunk factor increase tenfold, meaning he has a spunk rating of just under 8000.

That's right, it's the guy men want to be like; the man girls want to be with. Meet the man of the moment, and God of designer stubble, Hugh Jackman.

Born on the 12th of October in 1968 in Sydney, NSW, Australia, Hugh was raised the youngest of five children of English-born Anglican parents. At the age of eight, his mother left the family unit and returned to England, while Hugh, a Libran, remained behind with his father (an accountant with a degree from Cambridge, no less).

Jackman attended Knox Grammar School, an all-boys school in Wahroonga (NSW) and showed early signs of his charm taking on the role of School Captain during his final year of high school (a school also attended by Australian actors Adam Garcia, Andrew Johnston, Reg Livermore, Hugo Weaving and radio host John Laws).

He quickly followed this impressive high schooling, graduating with a BA in Communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. However Jackman's introduction to acting was seemingly by accident, only taking drama class in order to meet the requirements for his university diploma. The fickle hand of fate nudging him in the desired direction, perhaps?

It wasn't long before his interest in the craft grew, and he used some money inherited from a relative to attend the WAAPA of Edith Cowan University in Perth, from which he graduated in 1994.

After turning down a role in the enormously popular Australian soap "Neighbours" (a breeding ground for terrible actors and pop stars), Jackman landed the role of the violent and manipulative inmate Kevin Jones in the ABC prison drama "Corelli". It was here Jackman would work along side his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness (they married in 1996), who starred as the titular criminal psychologist.

Several other Australian television jobs followed: he appeared as Detective Eric Ringer on the detective series "Halifax f.p." and "Blue Heelers". His relaxed and natural presence (not to mention gorgeous eyes and body!) led to a successful series of hosting jobs on the newly formed cable carrier Foxtel. Moving across from WA, Jackman learned the ropes as a presenter along with a young Rove McManus (now Australia's most popular Tonight Show host on "Rove [live]") on the series "In Fashion" in 1997.

Not to be held back, Hugh added another string to his bow - singer! Excuse me while I swoon...

Cast as the muscular villain Gaston in the Melbourne production of the musical "Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast", alongside Australian TV veteran Bert Newton, Hugh Jackman delighted in the role, and proved that his larynx was quite flexible too. However, it was his portrayal of hack screenwriter Joe Gillis in the Melbourne production of "Sunset Boulevard" that really cast Jackman into the limelight of Australia (it was the first time I ever heard my mum use the word "Spunk" while at a musical, and I've been using it ever since). The director was so impressed with Hugh's work that he invited him to audition at London's National Theatre, where he was cast as Curly in the acclaimed West End production of "Oklahoma!".

Jackman's strong and energetic performances earned him the MO Award (Australia’s Tony Award) for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in "Sunset Boulevard" and another MO Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Gaston in "Beauty and the Beast" putting him on the fast track to Broadway.

But film is where Jackman would truly hit the big time. With one of the most moving performances yet put on Australian film Erskinville Kings in 1999 is definitely worth a viewing if you can find it on DVD, and then he starred in the fluffy romantic comedy Paperback Hero alongside "Love My Way's" Claudia Karvan, in which Jackman portrays an Australian outback trucker who writes sappy romance novels under the pseudonym of Ruby Vale.

But it wasn't until the year 2000, the second millennium (and the same year he and wife Deborra adopted a son - Oscar Maximillian), that the 6' 2½" jaw-droppingly handsome Jackman took the world by storm as the comic book hero Wolverine in the blockbuster film X-Men (which grossed over $150 million in the US alone). Luckily for Hugh, he was a last-minute addition to the X-Men cast. Dougray Scott was originally cast as Wolverine, but Mission: Impossible II required two extra months of shooting. I'm sure Dougray would be kicking himself repeatedly in the groin for giving that role up (since M:I:2, his most significant role was that of Moses in a biblical mini series).

Following the X-Men juggernaut, Hugh's celebrity status skyrocketed and Hollywood couldn't get enough of the dashingly tall and handsome Aussie, and he starred in a series of relatively average films - including Someone Like You, Swordfish, Kate & Leopold and Van Helsing - all of which have made rather significant losses (the combined losses of Swordfish and Van Helsing are in the vicinity of almost $80 million). But all was forgiven in 2003, as Hugh took a larger role as Wolverine in the X-Men sequel which pulled in almost $500 million worldwide.

And it's only getting better, with X3 likely to yet again break box office records, and the spin off Wolverine (expected to be produced by Jackman's company Seed Productions) likely to do similar business.

But it ain't over yet! Jackman's return to musical theatre was also an amazing success, with his role as Peter Allen in "The Boy From Oz" earning him Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) which he also hosted in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Not denying his roots, Jackman is bringing the show back Down Under with a series of arena shows (most of which sold out straight away).

There has been hushed speculation that Hugh Jackman is homosexual, despite being married for more than a decade and with two adopted children. Website Queerday.com alleges to have quoted Boy George as saying "Hugh Jackman is so gay. I just saw him at a benefit the night before the Tony's and I saw him holding hands and kissing his lover! The nerve to go onstage during the awards to say he is not."

The man with the million dollar smile also recently signed a deal with 20th Century Fox which enables Seed Productions to finance and distribute locally made films internationally - a deal which worked with great success in England with Working Title Productions (the film Calender Girls grossed over $110 million worldwide which would have otherwise not been shown outside of the UK).

This new film production venture puts Jackman in the shoes of producer on the upcoming Marvel Comics action film Wolverine, slated for a 2009 release. Jackman will also play Logan/Wolverine, in what is set to be the mother of all action movies.

And let's not forget that he's a bona fide Hollywood star who can play a homosexual musician on Broadway and still be respected as the epitome of the "angry cave man" as Wolverine. All this and yet still find time to live in Melbourne with his wife of almost 10 years. Are we all jealous yet? The couple also adopted their second child Ava Eliot Jackman in 2005.

More recently the man with the spunk rating of almost 8000 has been working with an all-star Aussie cast on new flick called Australia. Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the new flick will be in cinemas in 2008 and follows the main characters through outback Australia on a huge cattle drive, just before the Japanese bomb Darwin. It also stars Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, and Bryan Brown, and is expected to be quite the epic pre-war film.

To add yet another bow to his cap, Jackman delivered a stunning musical display as host of the 2009 Oscars - the first Australian in history to be given the job. Oh yeah, and blasting the box office in X-Men Origins : Wolverine.

The amazing thing is that this is simply scraping the surface of Jackman's short, yet astounding career to date. Let's face it, he's a marvel, a gentleman and an incredible ambassador for Australian culture. He's not the most talented actor on the planet, but neither am I.

A fantastic Aussie success story, which - just quietly - is making my partner just a little bit jealous.

Hugh Jackman: talented beyond belief. And a world-class spunk.