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Demi Moore, Nia Vardalos lead help to suicidal teen

San Jose Mercury News - Found 8 hours ago
Moore with more than 2.5 million followers and husband Ashton Kutcher are both active on the social network.
Moore And Vardalos Help Save Suicidal Twitter Blogger - MaleFirst Mens Magazine
Star tweets help prevent suicide - Canada.com
2 actresses tweet teen's suicide threat - Philadelphia Inquirer
Nia Vardalos aids suicidal Twitter user - Digital Spy
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KRXI-TV Reno

Posted on March 20, 2010, 10:13 am

ShoWest 2010: Katherine Heigl On Her Makeover, Parenthood & Killers ...

Access Hollywood - Found 13 hours ago
Katherine Heigl,Showest,Parenthood,Ashton Kutcher Katherine Heigl talks with Access' Billy Bush about why she chose to change her hair from blond to
ShoWest 2010: Sam Worthington Talks Plans For Avatar 2 Avatars Sam ... - Access Hollywood
All Access: ShoWest 2010 Awards Access Billy Bush, once again, ... - Access Hollywood
Heigl's Safety Pin Dress Saviour - MaleFirst Mens Magazine
Katherine Heigl busts out on stage - New York Post
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Monsters and Critics

Posted on March 20, 2010, 4:26 am

Demi Moore's Twitter Account Part of Suicide Help

ABC News - Found Mar. 19, 2010
Moore with 2.5 million followers and husband Ashton Kutcher are both active on the social network.
Moore and Vardalos help save suicidal Twitter blogger - Hollywood
Demi Moore Continues Her Hero Work, Saves Another Life Via Twitter - EOnline.com
Hollywood stars help prevent suicide after Twitter alert - Canada.com
Stars' Twitter accounts play part in suicide help - New York Post
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Globe and Mail

Posted on March 19, 2010, 7:27 am

Oops! Katherine Heigl's Wardrobe Malfunction

E! Online - Found Mar. 19, 2010
Make sure to come back here to find out what it was like for her to kiss Ashton Kutcher in their new movie Killers.
Heigl Nearly Loses Top! - FOXNews.com
Oops! Katherine Heigl's Wardrobe Malfunction - E! Online
Katherine Heigl Ready to Be 'More of a Mom' - People
Heigl's dress disaster during awards speech - Hollywood
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New York Post

Posted on March 19, 2010, 8:45 am

Demi Moore Was Left Speechless When She First Met Ashton Kutcher

Entertainment Wise - Found Mar. 18, 2010
Demi Moore has revealed that she was often left speechless when she first met up with Ashton Kutcher.
Demi Moore Knew Ashton Was 'special' - MaleFirst Mens Magazine
Moore And Kutcher Fell in Love At First Sight - MaleFirst Mens Magazine
Demi's special Kutcher - IAfrica.com
Demi left speechless by Ashton - Evesham Journal
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MaleFirst Mens Magazine

Posted on March 18, 2010, 7:31 am

Demi Moore Knew Ashton Kutcher Was Special 'Right Away'

People - Found Mar. 17, 2010
Courtesy Harper's Bazaar Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher fell for each other so intensely at first that they didn't know what to say ? or how to say ...
Demi Moore Knew Ashton Kutcher Was Special 'Right Away' - People
Moore & Kutcher fell in love at first sight - Hollywood
Demi Moore: call me a puma - CNN
Demi Moore knew 'right away' Kutcher was special - USA Today
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People

Posted on March 17, 2010, 7:08 am

Reitman to direct Kutcher, Portman

Variety - Found Mar. 17, 2010
... and director Ivan Reitman will get back behind the camera in May to direct Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in an untitled romantic comedy...
How clueless is Variety's Hollywood coverage? - Los Angeles Times
Reitman to be axed from 'Ghostbusters 3'? - Digital Spy
Ivan Reitman And Sony Not Seeing Eye To Eye On 'Ghostbusters 3' - MTV
Ivan Reitman is too directing Ghostbusters III - Examiner.com
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Digital Spy

Posted on March 17, 2010, 9:35 am

Twitter CEO Launches @Anywhere to Tepid Audience Reaction

Wired - Found Mar. 15, 2010
And as for who is who: Would you, for example, necessarily know that @plusk is really Ashton Kutcher?
At SXSWi, Twitter may finally have met its match - CNET
The Trouble With Twitter's @anywhere Service - NetworkWorld
Twitter's @Anywhere ID registered in late '07 - CNET News.com
Twitter Spreads Its Wings With '@anywhere' Platform - FOXNews.com
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BBC

Posted on March 15, 2010, 7:20 am

What's in the Stars for Your Wedding Date?

CBS News - Found Mar. 15, 2010
COUPLE: Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, September 24, 2005 IDEAL GIFT: Delicate and Romantic Glass or Ceramic Vases "Early Show" News Anchor...

Posted on March 15, 2010, 4:00 am

Ashton Kutcher Biography

Ashton Kutcher
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Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher, September 2008
Born Christopher Ashton Kutcher
February 7, 1978 (1978-02-07) (age 32)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation Actor/Producer
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s) Demi Moore (2005-present)

Christopher Ashton Kutcher (pronounced /ˈkʊtʃər/; born February 7, 1978), best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American film actor, television actor, producer and former fashion model, best-known for playing Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. He created, produced and hosted Punk'd. He played lead roles in such films as Dude, Where's My Car?, Just Married, The Butterfly Effect, The Guardian and What Happens in Vegas.

He is also the producer and co-creator of the supernatural TV show Room 401. and the reality TV show Beauty and the Geek. He is married to actress Demi Moore. As of April 2009, Kutcher is the most followed user on the social-networking site Twitter.1

Contents

Early life

Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Larry Kutcher, a worker at a General Mills factory, and Diane (née Finnegan), a Procter & Gamble worker.234 He is of part Irish ancestry on his mother's side.3 Kutcher has an older sister, Tausha, and a fraternal twin, Michael, who had a heart transplant when the brothers were young children. Kutcher attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids for his freshman year, before his family moved to Tiffin, Iowa, where he attended Clear Creek-Amana High School. In high school he played on the football team as a wide receiver and appeared in school plays.5 However, his brother suffering from cardiomyopathy caused his home life to become increasingly stressful. He has stated that "I didn't want to come home and find more bad news about my brother" and "kept myself so busy that I didn't allow myself to feel".6 Kutcher admitted that during adolescence, he contemplated committing suicide. At thirteen, he attempted to jump from a Cedar Rapids hospital balcony, with his father intervening in the incident.7 Kutcher's home life worsened as his parents divorced when he was sixteen. During his senior year, he broke into his high school at midnight with his cousin in an attempt to steal money; he was arrested leaving the scene. Kutcher was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to three years' probation and 180 hours of community service. Kutcher stated that although the experience "straightened him out", he lost his girlfriend and anticipated college scholarships, and he was ostracized at school and in his community.5

Kutcher enrolled at the University of Iowa in August 1996, where he majored in biochemical engineering, motivated by the desire to find a cure for his brother's heart ailment.4 At college, Kutcher was kicked out of his apartment for being too "noisy" and "wild".8 Kutcher stated, "I thought I knew everything but I didn't have a clue. I was partying, and I woke up many mornings not knowing what I had done the night before. I played way too hard. I am amazed I am not dead."9 He is a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. To earn money for his tuition, Kutcher worked as a college summer hire in the cereal department for the General Mills plant in Cedar Rapids, and sometimes donated blood for money.10 During his time at UI he was approached by a scout at a bar called "The Airliner" in Iowa City and was recruited to enter the "Fresh Faces of Iowa" modeling competition. After placing first, he dropped out of college and won a trip to New York City to the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Convention. Following his stay in New York City Ashton returned to Cedar Rapids before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.8

Career

After participating as a modeling contestant in an IMTA competition (losing to Josh Duhamel) in 1998, Kutcher signed with the Next modeling agency in New York, appeared in ads for Calvin Klein, modeled in Paris and Milan, and appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial.citation needed

After some success in modeling, Kutcher moved to Los Angeles and, after his first audition, was cast as Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show, which debuted in 1998 and ended in 2006. Kutcher was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001),11 he starred in several comedy films, including Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003), and Guess Who (2005). He briefly appeared in the 2004 family film, Cheaper By The Dozen, playing a self-obsessed actor. His 2004 film The Butterfly Effect was an unusually dramatic role for Kutcher, playing a conflicted young man who fell in love with a girl called Kayleigh; the film received mixed to negative reviews, but was a box-office success.5

In 2003, Kutcher produced and starred in his own series on MTV's Punk'd as the host. The series involved various hidden camera tricks performed on celebrities. Kutcher is also an executive producer of the reality television shows Beauty and the Geek, Adventures in Hollyhood (based around the rap group Three 6 Mafia), and The Real Wedding Crashers and the game show Opportunity Knocks. Many of his production credits, including Punk'd, come through Katalyst Films, a production company he runs with partner Jason Goldberg.12

Because of scheduling conflicts with the filming of The Guardian, Ashton was forced not to renew his contract for the eighth and final season of That 70s Show, although he did appear in the first four episodes of it (credited as a special guest star) and returned for the show's series finale.5

Kutcher was part of the management team for Ooma, a tech start-up launched in September 2007. Ooma is in the Voice over Internet Protocol business and Ashton's role was as Creative Director. He was spearheading a marketing campaign and producing viral videos to promote this service. Kutcher has also created an interactive arm of Katalyst called Katalyst Media with his partner from Katalyst Films, Jason Goldberg. Their first site is the animated cartoon Blah Girls. Ooma revamped its sales and marketing strategy with a new management team in the summer of 2008, replacing Ashton Kutcher as their creative director. Rich Buchanan, from Sling Media, became Ooma's Chief Marketing Officer.

Kutcher is due to produce and star in the action comedy, Five Killers, in which he will play a hitman.13

Personal life

Kutcher and Moore, September 2008

Kutcher dated actresses January Jones (from 1998 to 2001), Ashley Scott (from 2001 to 2002), Monet Mazur (2002), and Brittany Murphy (from 2002 to 2003). Following his break-up with Murphy in early 2003, Kutcher began dating Demi Moore. Moore and Kutcher married on September 24, 2005 in a private ceremony conducted by a rabbi of the Kabbalah Centre; the wedding was attended by about 100 close friends and family of the couple, including Bruce Willis, Moore's ex-husband.14

Kutcher has invested in an Italian restaurant, Dolce5 (other owners include Masterson and Valderrama) and a Japanese-themed restaurant named Geisha House located in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Kutcher is a Chelsea F.C. fan.15

Kutcher is a self described fiscal conservative and social liberal.16

In September 2008, Kutcher was named the assistant coach for the freshman football team at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. However, he was unable to return in 2009 because he was filming Spread.1718

Ashley Ellerin

Kutcher's former girlfriend, Ashley Ellerin, a 22-year-old fashion model, was found stabbed to death in her Hollywood Hills apartment in February 2001.19 Hours before she was found dead, Kutcher visited her home to pick her up for the 43rd Grammy Awards, but no one answered the door. Kutcher looked inside her apartment through a back window and saw what he thought were red wine stains on the carpet, then left. Ellerin's body was found later in the day by her roommate, and after hearing of the news, Kutcher went to the police to offer any help in the investigation. In August 2008, police announced that they had traced Ellerin's murder to suspected serial killer Michael Gargiulo, a Santa Monica resident who is charged in the stabbing deaths of at least three women.19

Twitter presence

On April 16, 2009, Kutcher ("aplusk") became the first user of Twitter to have more than 1,000,000 followers,1 beating out CNN in the "Million followers contest".202122 Kutcher announced via Twitter that he would be donating $100,000 to a charity to fight malaria. However, there have been several reports that Twitter manipulated the contest's results by preventing users from "unfollowing" Kutcher or CNN.23

Filmography

Actor

Year Film Role Notes
1998–2006 That '70s Show Michael Kelso 180 episodes
1999 Coming Soon Louie
2000 Down to You Jim Morrison
Reindeer Games College Kid
Dude, Where's My Car? Jesse Montgomery III
2001 Just Shoot Me! Dean Cassidy 1 episode
Texas Rangers George Durham
2002 Grounded for Life Cousin Scott 1 episode
2003–2007 Punk'd Himself/Host
2003 Just Married Tom Leezak
My Boss's Daughter Tom Stansfield
Cheaper by the Dozen Hank Supporting
2004 The Butterfly Effect Evan Treborn Main Role
2005 Guess Who Simon Green
A Lot Like Love Oliver Martin
Robot Chicken various voices
2006 Bobby Fisher
The Guardian Jake Fischer
Open Season Elliot Voice
2008 Miss Guided Beaux 1 episode
What Happens in Vegas... Jack Fuller lead role
2009 Spread Nikki Harper
Personal Effects Walter Simmons main role
2010 Valentine's Day Reed Bennet
Killers Sam Finnegan

Producer

Year Title Episodes Notes
2003-2007 Punk'd 69 Episodes executive producer/host
2003 My Boss's Daughter co-producer
2004 The Butterfly Effect executive producer
You've Got a Friend 8 Episodes executive producer
2005-2008 Beauty and the Geek 48 Episodes executive producer
2007 Adventures in Hollyhood 8 Episodes executive producer
Miss Guided 7 Episodes executive producer
Game Show in My Head executive producer
The Real Wedding Crashers 7 Episodes executive producer
Room 401 8 Episodes executive producer
2008 Pop Fiction executive producer
2008-2009 Opportunity Knocks TV series (executive producer)
2009 True Beauty executive producer
Five Killers pre-production
The Beautiful Life 2 Episodes
Spread

Video games

  • Open Season Game as Elliot (Voice)

Awards

  • Kids' Choice Awards
    • 2004 - Favorite Movie Actor for Just Married, My Boss's Daughter and Cheaper by the Dozen - Nominated
    • 2005 - Favorite TV Actor for That '70s Show and Punk'd - Nominated
    • 2007 - Favorite Voice in a cartoon- Nominated
    • 2004 - Favorite Television Actor for That '70s Show and Punk'd - Winner
  • People's Choice Awards
    • 2010 - Favorite Web Celeb - Winner
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award
    • 2000 - Sierra Award Best Male Newcomer for Dude, Where's My Car? - Nominated
  • MTV Movie Awards
    • 2001 - Breakthrough Male Performance for Dude, Where's My Car? - Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "Inside Ashton Kutcher's world of Twitter". The Guardian. 2009-04-21. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/21/ashton-kutcher-celebrity-twitter. Retrieved 2009-04-22. 
  2. ^ "Ashton Kutcher Biography". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Ashton-Kutcher.html. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  3. ^ a b "DVD Interview: Ashton Kutcher". Movies.ie. http://www.movies.ie/html/article.aspx?articleid=2327. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  4. ^ a b "Interview With Ashton Kutcher - Part 2". America's Intelligence Wire. 2006-09-06. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18727013_ITM. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  5. ^ a b c d e "Ashton Kutcher: More than meets the eye?"
  6. ^ "USA Weekend". Profile: Ashton's great balancing act. http://www.usaweekend.com/05_issues/050410/050410ashton_kutcher.html. Retrieved September 23, 2006. 
  7. ^ "Hollywood.com". Profile: Ashton Kutcher Contemplate. Archived from the original on 2005-04-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20050414182642/http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/article/2439108. Retrieved October 6, 2007. 
  8. ^ a b Meers, Erik (2001). "Dude - He's a star." Papermag.com; accessed October 6, 2006
  9. ^ "Cosmopolitan". Profile: Ashton Kutcher on past party days and his rock-solid relationship. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11778752_ITM. Retrieved October 11, 2007. 
  10. ^ Weitzman, Elizabeth (March 2000). "Kutcher in the Rye". Interview. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_3_30/ai_60025371. Retrieved 2007-02-02. 
  11. ^ "Pearl Harbor (2001)". Imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213149/trivia. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
  12. ^ "Two New Producers, Lots of New Projects"
  13. ^ "Ashton Kutcher to Shoot 'Five Killers'"
  14. ^ "Changing of the 'Guardian'". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-26-kutcher-costner-chat_x.htm. Retrieved 2006-09-30. 
  15. ^ Daily Mail report
  16. ^ Real Time with Bill Maher. August 14, 2009.
  17. ^ L.A. Times report on Kutcher
  18. ^ L.A. Times blogsite
  19. ^ a b Hoag, Christina (2008-08-29). "Police: DNA links man to slaying of Kutcher's ex". Associated Press. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/29/state/n173158D27.DTL&feed=rss.business. Retrieved 2008-08-30. 
  20. ^ CNN report on Kutcher
  21. ^ Fox News report on Kutcher
  22. ^ MTV article on Kutcher
  23. ^ How to unfollow Ashton Kutcher

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