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In 1992, Sharon Stone attained international fame - even notoriety - thanks to her role as a deadly seductress in Basic Instinct. The film was Hollywood's biggest box-office hit in years, and it was her breakthrough as an actress, a career she had been diligently persuing for ten years. Born in 1958, chosen as 'Miss Pennsylvania' at the age of seventeen, and shortly thereafter on the covers of Vogue and Elle, Sharon Stone first stood before a movie camera in 1980. It was a short, silent part: the dream girl floating by in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories. Following a long dry spell of supporting roles of varying importance, she achieved overnight success alongside Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct, becoming both a star and the new sex symbol of the nineties. Although her image made her famous and rich, it didn't necessarily make her happy, for it proved to be just as tough and obstinate as she herself is reported to be. Nevertheless, the woman with the highest IQ in HoIlywood won't be pigeonholed. She subsequently played 'serious' roles, appearing with Richard Gere in Intersection (1994), among others; and she was awarded a Golden Globe in 1995 for her acting in Martin Scorsese's Casino. Her metamorphosis from a sexy, blonde HoIlywood cliche to an impeccable leading lady seems destined to succeed.
Tom Kummer was born in 1963 and began his career as a reporter for the German scene-magazine Tempo. He has lived in Los Angeles since 1993 where he works as a freelance journalist correspondent, and star-interviewer for numerous European and American periodicals and magazines such as Stern, Speigel and the Suddeutsche Zeitung.
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