Richard Gere
Humanitarian and actor, Richard Gere was born on August 31, 1949 in Philadelphia. He is considered one of the most handsome guys from the world. And he can act quite well.
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Who can forget the hilarious Gerbil incident involving Richard Gere! Well, I can for one. The reason being is that it is an urban legend. In fact, that incident has not ever happened with anyone and there is not one documented medical incident of this happening to someone. I thought this was the perfect place to clear up Richard Geres reputation. He is an excellent actor and doesn't deserve the disturbing stories about him.
Richard Gere getting in trouble in India for kissing on the cheek an Indian Actress, they were furious!
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New Delhi: Richard Gere's repeated kisses on the cheeks of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty in an event to promote Aids awareness sparked protests in India yesterday with demonstrators burning effigies of the actor. The Hollywood star had joined Shetty, the winner of the 'Celebrity Big Brother' reality TV show in Britain this year, in a safe sex campaign among truckers in India, the country with the world's largest number of people living with HIV. "No condom, no sex," an ebullient 58-year-old Gere shouted in Hindi to thousands of truck drivers who roared his words back in unison at a dusty fairground in New Delhi late on Sunday. They whooped with delight and whistled loudly as Gere swooped down on a visibly delighted Shetty to kiss her on her hand and a number of times on one side of her face. Against Indian culture But yesterday, groups of men shouting "Down with Richard Gere", burnt the Hollywood star's effigies and kicked the smoking remains in the northern Indian cities of Kanpur, Meerut and Varanasi as well as in the central city of Indore. The protesters said Gere's kissing of Shilpa was against Indian culture. Some burnt Shetty's posters, shouting "Death to Shilpa Shetty", and danced around the smouldering ashes, TV footage showed. The kissing scenes were repeatedly being run on TV news channels with viewers commenting on the Hollywood star's actions... |
GERE APOLOGIZES FOR CONTROVERSIAL BOLLYWOOD KISS
Richard Gere apologized on Friday for the brouhaha he inadvertently caused with his showy embrace of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, as Indian legal experts denounced the right-wing groups that have demonized the two actors this week.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2007/04...ology-kiss.html
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Actor Richard Gere was considered to play the role of John McClane in the movie Die Hard. Bruce Willis played the part instead