Happy Birthday Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She first achieved international recognition for her performance in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct.
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In 1977 she left Meadville, moving in with an aunt in New Jersey. And within four days of her arrival, she was signed by Ford Modeling Agency in New York. After that she spent a few years modeling and appeared in TV commercials for Burger King, Clairol and Maybelline.
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Next came Irreconcilable Differences (1984), starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and a young Drew Barrymore. Sharon played a starlet who breaks up the marriage of a successful director and his screenwriter wife. The highlight of Stone's performance was when her cocaine-addict character plays Scarlett O'Hara in a musical pitched as a remake of Gone with the Wind.
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Her appearance in Total Recall (1990) with Arnold Schwarzenegger gave Stone's career a jolt. To coincide with the movie's release, she posed nude for Playboy, showing off the muscles she developed in preparation for the movie (she lifted weights and learned Tae Kwon Do).
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In November 1995, Sharon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6925 Hollywood Blvd. That same year, Empire chose her as one of the 100 sexiest stars in film history. In October 1997, she was ranked among the top 100 movie stars of all time by Empire.
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After years of litigation, Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction was released on March 31, 2006. A reason for a long delay in releasing the film was reportedly Stone's dispute with the filmmakers over the nudity in the movie; she wanted more, while they wanted less.
