Today’s Date Famous birthday celebrities for 18th February include;
1. Dr.
Dre
Andre Romelle
Young, professionally known as Dr. Dre; who turns 55 today, is an American
Rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, song writer, record executive, audio
engineer and actor.
The professional
rapper who’s got a lot going for himself is also the founder and CEO of
Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics and was co-owner of Death Row
Records until 1996.
Dre’s two
studio albums – The Chronic and Dr. Dre 2001 – have sold 5.8 million and 7.9
million respectively.
He has
produced albums for and supervised the careers of many renowned artistes such
as Eminem, 50 Cent, The Game, Snoop Dogg, 2Pac, Kendrick Lamar, etc.
Fun Fact: Dr.
Dre fathered his first son when he was 16, but he didn’t meet him for 20 years.
And for an
extra fact, Dr. Dre didn’t know that Eminem was white when he agreed to work
with him.
2. Molly
Ringwald
Born on the
18th of February, 1968, Molly Katherine Ringwald is an American
actress, singer and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in
the NBC sitcom ‘The Facts of Life’ after a casting director saw her playing an
orphan in a stage production of the musical ‘Annie’.
Molly has
written two books – “When It Happens To You” and “Getting the Pretty Back”.
She was
casted in Vince Marcello’s ‘Kissing Booth’ as ‘Mrs. Flynn’.
Fun Fact: Molly
Ringwald isn’t a redhead! She’s a natural brunette!! But she died her hair auburn
throughout the 1980s.
Shocking right??
3. Yoko
Ono
Yoko Ono
Lennon is a Japanese multimedia artiste, song writer, singer and peace
activist. Her work also covers performance act, which she does in both English
and Japanese, and filmmaking.
The singer
who turns 87 years today was married to English singer-songwriter, John Lennon
of ‘Beatles’ from 1969 until his murder in 1980.
The aged, yet
beautiful Japanese artist has a net worth of $600 million.
Fun Fact:
Yoko Ono was the first woman ever admitted into the philosophy program at
Gakushuin University.
Matthew
Raymond Dillon is an American actor and film director. He made his feature film
debut in Over the Edge and established himself as a teen idol by starring in
the films My Bodyguard, Little Darlings, Tex, Rumble Fish, The Outsiders and
The Flamingo Kid.
The New York
based actor, who has a net worth of $40 million dollars is 56 today.
Fun Fact: In
1978, Jane Bernstein and a friend were helping director Jonathan Kaplan cast
the violent teen drama ‘Over the Edge’ when they found Dillon cutting class at
Hommocks Middle School in Larchmont.
5. John
Travolta
John Joseph
Travolta is an American actor, singer and dancer. Travolta rose to fame during
the 1970s, appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring
in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease.
The 66 year
old actor whose father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish
ancestry; was enrolled by his mother, who’s an actress and dancer, enrolled him
in a drama school in New York, where he studied voice, dancing and acting. He
decided to combine all three of these skills and become a musical comedy
performer.
Fun Fact: The
2009 animated movie ‘Bolt’ had a song on the soundtrack called “I Thought I
Lost You,” featuring none other than Mr. John Travolta himself alongside country
and pop sensation, Miley Cyrus.
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