~ Kevin & Whitney's Biodatas ~


Full name: Kevin Michael Costner
Born: January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, USA
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Occupation: Actor, director, producer and singer

Kevin was born in Lynwood, California, on January 18, 1955, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner. He has 2 older brothers (middle brother died at birth) and was raised Baptist. Costner was not academically inclined. Rather, he enjoyed sports, took piano lessons, wrote poetry and sang in the First Baptist Choir. He has stated that a viewing of the film How the West Was Won at the age of seven had "formed" his childhood. At 18, he built his own canoe and paddled his way down the rivers that Lewis & Clark followed to the Pacific. Despite his present height, he was only 5'2" when he graduated high school. Nonetheless, he still managed to be a basketball, football and baseball star. In 1973, he enrolled at California State University at Fullerton, where he majored in business. (more info at IMDB.com)

Movies famous for: Dances with Wolves, Untouchables, Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves), Waterworld, The Bodyguard

Notable awards won: 2 Academy Awards (Best director and Best Picture for Dances with Wolves), 1 Golden Globe, Berlin Silver Bear


Full Name: Whitney Elizabeth Houston
Born: August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: February 11, 2012 (age 48) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nickname: Nippy, The Voice, The Prom Queen of Soul
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Occupation: Singer, actress, producer and model

Whitney Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston and ex-army serviceman John Houston. Her cousin is singing star Dionne Warwick. She has 2 older brothers. Whitney began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, as a young child and by the age of 15 was singing backing vocals professionally with her mother on Chaka Khan's 1978 hit, 'I'm Every Woman'. She went on to provide backing vocals for Lou Rawls, Jermaine Jackson and her own mother and worked briefly as a model, appearing on the cover of 'Seventeen' magazine in 1981.

Her debut album, 'Whitney Houston', was released in 1985 and became the biggest-selling album by a debut artist. Several hit singles, including 'Saving All My Love For You', 'How Will I Know', 'You Give Good Love', and 'The Greatest Love of All', were released from the album, setting her up for a Beatles-beating seven consecutive US number ones. The album itself sold 3 million copies in its first year in the US and went on to sell 25 million worldwide, winning her the first of her six Grammies. (more info at IMDB.com)

Movies famous for: The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale, The Preacher's Wife

Notable awards won: 6 Grammy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, 22 American Music Awards among others

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