Russell Brand

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Birthday: June 4, 1975
Age: 36
Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Grays, Essex, England
Hometown: Hampstead, London, England
Big Break: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Biography

English comedian and actor Russell Brand was born on June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex, England. He made a name for himself as a stand-up comedian and presenter. Brand has also worked on the radio and literature. He has appeared in television series like Cruise of the Gods and Blessed.

Brand's big break came with his work in Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008. He will reprise his role as Aidous Snow in Get Him to the Greek, co-starring Jonah Hill. He recently hosted the MTV Music Awards and received mixed reviews because of his vulgarity and sexual innuendo. Brand essentially begged the audience and viewers to elect Barack Obama president.

Did you know…
  • His autobiography My Booky Work was a UK best-seller
  • He is an only child
  • Won best newcomer at the British Comedy Awards in 2006
  • He is an avid supporter of West Ham United Football Club
  • He has been arrested several times for public indecency
  • He used to be a postman
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The MTV movie Awards are shaping up to be quite an event. The eccentric Russell Brand is hosting, Wiz Khalifa is performing and there are five solid nominations for “Movie of the Year.”

One of the films up for the prestigious fan-chosen award is the iconic Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2.

The film arrived in theaters in the summer of 2011 to record breaking box office numbers. Deathly Hallows, Part 2 capped the eight-part film series based on the beloved novels of J.K. Rowling.
Katy Perry may have poured her heart into bitter break-up song “Part of Me”, but her estranged husband Russell Brand says he still “loves” Katy and finds her “beautiful.”

“I still love her as a human being,” Russell tells Ellen Degeneres in his Thursday appearance on her show, “But, sometimes when you’re in a relationship I suppose it doesn’t work out, does it? But that doesn’t mean I regret it or anything.”
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First British Parliament, now the MTV Movie Awards? Apparently the breakup with Katy Perry isn’t slowing him down.

Comedian Russell Brand is the confirmed face of the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. Hide the kids, the senior citizens, and the frail-hearted individuals. With Brand on board, this year’s ceremony promises to be crude, rude, and probably a little weird.

“MTV Movie Awards incorporates two of my favorite things. Movies and Awards. If somehow group sex could be involved it would be the greatest night of my life," Brand said in a statement.
Russell Brand was performing in New Jersey at the Borgato Hotel Casino & Spa this past Saturday night when his set was rudely interrupted by a couple of hecklers, one of them repeatedly shouting out “Katy Perry!!!”

Russell then tells the audience. “Who keeps shouting? Let's turn the lights on and have a look at them! Let us see how your mental illness looks like in the daylight!”

Brand then descends into the audience and reams the first culprit for a good four minutes. Here's a sampling of some of the “safe for work” moments that he yelled at the guy.
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With all the Katy Perry news, we’ve found ourselves googling Russell Brand to see what the comedian is up to. It turns out he’s in Parliament.

The comedian made an appearance Tuesday in front of the Home Affairs Committee of England’s legislative body, currently re-examining their drug policy.

“There needs to be love and compassion,” Brand told members of Parliament.

Brand was vibrant and passionate in a black tank top in a room full of suits.
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Along with the love for Radiohead and "Fauxpac" that fans were experiencing during take two of Coachella this past weekend, Katy Perry was also sharing her love for a new man.

The now purple-haired singer was seen throughout the weekend’s festivities showing her affection for British musician, Robert Ackroyd.

Photos taken at Coachella capture the couple in a series of “relationship” activities, including: kissing, hugging, whispering
I guess ‘perfect’ wasn’t good enough for Russell Brand.

Katy Perry is rumored to be dating model Baptiste Giabiconi, and while he’s shooting down rumors that they’re a couple, he’s not doing much else to convince us otherwise.

“I think the world of Katy,” Baptiste said. “Not only is she beautiful, but she's also extremely intelligent and super-talented. I have always had a big crush on Katy. She is an amazing girl. She is everything a man would want.”
Russell Brand must want this divorce to be final real bad, because he just gave Katy Perry all rights to their $6.5 million house. She gets everything!

She gets the 9 bathrooms, the Spanish-style entryways, the three stories and the backyard pool with concrete carved and painted to look like flat rocks!

Anyways, Russell and Katy didn’t have a pre-nup and Russell wants none of her money. The couple bought the house just 6 months
Russell Brand has spoken out about how he’s handling his divorce from Katy Perry and let’s just say he doesn’t have nice words to say. It’s safe to say their breakup was not like Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez’s.

He says he’s “doing well” and he didn’t really need to let go of anything because he didn’t have anything to let go of in the first place. Confused? I’ll let him explain.
Other than the ever-popular “irreconcilable differences”, not much is known over why Katy Perry and Russell Brand split up, but now, signs are pointing towards the fact that Russell Brand most likely, probably, reportedly, may have cheated on Katy Perry.

Here’s the dramz. Katy Perry has a best friend named Markus Molinari, who is a jewelry designer. He retweeted something that actor Jon Schaech (who is also friends with Katy Perry) wrote about cheating

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