Entertainment on Parade

Heath Ledger won Western Australia’s junior chess championship at the age of 10.

At her high school, Bettie Page was elected as the secretary/treasurer of the student council, served as the coeditor of the newspaper and yearbook, voted “Most Likely to Succeed,” and named the class Salutatorian. 

Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight vampire series has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide and been translated into 37 different languages.

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s first album “Autobiography” debuted at #1 in July 2004 and sold 398,000 copies the first week.

Hugh Jackman was born the youngest of five children in Pymble, Sydney, New South Wales.

Michael Jackson was only 11 years old when he began performing with his brothers as part of the
Jackson 5.

Oprah Winfrey got her first media job at Nashville’s WLAC-TV, where she was not only the youngest news anchor, but also the first black female news anchor.

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Paula Abdul’s first album, Forever Your Girl, produced the hits “Straight Up,” “Forever Your Girl,” “Cold Hearted,” “(It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me,” and “Opposites Attract.”

Jennifer Aniston’s first sitcom was the shortlived “Molloy” in 1990.  It only lasted two episodes.

Jennifer Hudson’s appearance in the 2006 film Dreamgirls won her thirty different acting awards including a Golden Globe, a BAFTA (the British equivalent to the Oscar), a SAG award, and an Academy Award.

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