Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Birthday: July 30, 1947
Age: 64
Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Thal, Austria
Hometown: Pacific Palisades, CA
Big Break: The Terminator
Biography

Arnold Schwarzenegger was born on July 30, 1947 in Thal, Austria. He started his career as a bodybuilder. At the age of 23, he became the youngest Mr. Olympia ever. Schwarzenegger became an action movie star, appearing in films like The Terminator, Predator, Running Man, True Lies and Total Recall.

Arnold married Maria Shriver in 1986. As a staunch Republican, Arnold decided to focus on politics in 2003. He became governor of California in October 2003 in a special recall election. He was reelected in 2006 and is currently serving his second term as governor.

Did you know…
  • He grew up in a house with no toilet, no phone and no fridge
  • His dad was a Nazi
  • His wife is the niece of JFK and RFK
  • He was the first private citizen in the US to own a Humvee
  • He was named Mr. Universe in 1968
  • He broke his leg skiing in 2006
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After hanging out over the holidays, Maria Shriver is reportedly having second thoughts about divorcing Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Couple sips of eggnog and you don't even remember that your husband fathered your maid's child.

According to OK!, a family friend says that Maria, who publicly announced she was leaving Arnold after discovering he fathered a child with the family's housekeeper Mildred "Patty" Baena, is rethinking things and might give their marriage another shot.
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And Arnold Schwarzenegger is teaching Ashton Kutcher how to be faithful.

Lindsay Lohan obviously needs help with, you know, not being a complete drunken mess all the time. And I'm glad she's getting help, I really am. But Courtney Love? I'm not sure she's the best mentor.

Then again, if anyone knows about drug problems, it's Courtney Love. So maybe it is a good idea. Either way, Courtney Love is helping Lindsay Lohan overcome her drug additions.

Love says: "I've taken up Lohan because nobody else will. [She's] further down the line than I was, because there was no [gossip websites like] TMZ then."
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Just because you play a President in a movie, does not make you one. But because this is Hollywood and weirder things have happened, and by that I mean Arnold Schwarzenegger becoming Governor, anything can happen.

Because George Clooney plays the president in the movie, “The Ides of March” his dad thinks he would make a great actual president.

Now this isn’t your typical dad who is proud of his son, George’s dad Nick Clooney ran for a seat in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District in 2004.

Speaking on the “John Muray Show” in Ireland’s RTE Radio One, Nick said, “I don’t know whether [George] will even run for president.”
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So many questionable things are happening in our world. 1) The town of Thal in Austria has a museum dedicated to Arnold Schwarzenegger's life 2) Arnold commissioned the creation of a larger-than-life bronze statue of himself and 3) I’m sorry, Arnold commissioned 7, SEVEN larger-than-life bronze statues of himself.

Tim Parks, the owner of TW Bronze, a company that makes things out of bronze, has stated that they are working on several over-sized bronze statues of Arnold in his body building prime.

The 8-foot, 580-pound monsters cost around $100,000 each and depict Schwarzenegger “flexing in a classic body-builder pose that flaunts his football-sized biceps, chiseled abs and granite quads...
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Well, he's certainly got plenty of material. He was governor for eight years, he's paid his dues in the entertainment industry, and he made a career out of bodybuilding. Oh right, and he had sex with his maid, impregnated her and then hid it from his wife for thirteen years.

Simon and Schuster will be publishing Arnold Schwarzenegger's memoir, a book tentatively titled: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. If we're gonna go with cheesy movie titles, why not choose something even more appropriate? Like Predator. Or True Lies.

Arnold's spokesman, Adam Mendelsohn, told PEOPLE:

"He has been keeping notes and working on the book for over a year. He didn't want to write his autobiography while he was governor."
Having been on medical leave most of the year, Steve Jobs has officially resigned as Apple's CEO. I just don't know if it's going to be the same without him. When I think of Apple, I think of Steve Jobs and his black turtleneck, telling me why my life would be better if I buy this iWhatever.

He will stay on as the Chairman of Apple's Board of Directors, and he's named Tim Cook as the new CEO.

In a letter, Jobs wrote: "I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come."

Celebs were among those who immediately took to Twitter to express their thoughts.

Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted: "Steve Jobs is one of California’s greatest innovators. Very few achieved his impact over the last 50 years and probably the next 100 years.”
It's no wonder celebs like to stay hush-hush about their relationships, because every once in a while a high profile hook-up surfaces that I'm sure nobody wanted anyone to find out about.

The are the most regrettable hook-ups:

Megan Fox and Shia Labeouf: These two apparently hooked-up during the filming of "Transformers", according to Shia who blabbed to media that yes, he had hit that. Besides the fact that Megan Fox wins in a hotness fight against Shia Labeouf every time, I'm pretty sure Megan Fox was under the impression that their hook-up is one of those "let's never speak of it again" type-arrangements. So now that Fox is happily married, it's safe to assume she never wanted anyone to know she banged a hobbit.
Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger may be publicly battling in their bitter divorce, and Arnold kept a love-child hidden for 14 years, but these two have been keeping another secret from us...

...Their son Patrick Schwarzenegger is super hot, like Abercrombie-model teen heart-throb hot!

Patrick may be following in his dad's Hollywood footsteps as he's now being seen modeling for the brand Hudson Jeans in a smoldering Billboard ad posted above Sunset Boulevard in LA. His sizzling shirtless photo makes Zac Efron look like Justin Bieber.
Yes, and apparently that reason had to do with a housekeeper and Arnold's insatiable sexual appetite.

But of course, that's not true. Arnold and Maria's divorce happened for more divine reasons. Like anything else, it happened because God wanted it that way. Katherine Schwarzenegger, the 21 year-old daughter of Arnold and Maria Shriver, says:

"I really do believe everything happens for a reason. A lot of the time, it's hard to understand in the moment why things are happening, but I really do think that. I also like to think God doesn't really give you anything you can't handle."
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Ashamed of your middle name? Well, don’t feel too bad, it could be Columcille. Yep, that’s Mel Gibson’s middle name. No wonder the guy is so angry all the time. He sounds like he’s been named after a cough medicine.

Sometimes celebs change their names, and with these bizarre monikers, who can blame them? Check out these celebrity middle names, and see whether they’re myth or fact!

Matt Paige Damon: Fact! It was his mother’s middle name, but I doubt childhood bullies cared.

Justin Marie Bieber: Myth! Bieber’s middle name is actually Drew. His girlfriend Selena Gomez’s middle name is Marie, however.

Star Bourbon Jones: Myth! But that’d be an awesome middle name, right? Star’s name is actually Starlet Marie Jones. She was born to be a diva.

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