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Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle brother died at birth in 1953. His father's job required him to move regularly, which caused Kevin to feel like an Army kid, always the new kid at school, which led to him being a daydreamer. As a teen, he sang in the Baptist church choir, wrote poetry, and took writing classes. At 18, he built his own canoe and paddled his way down the rivers that Lewis & Clark followed to the Pacific. Despite his present height, he was only 5'2" when he graduated high school. Nonetheless, he still managed to be a basketball, football and baseball star. In 1973, he enrolled at California State University at Fullerton, where he majored in business. During that period, Kevin decided to take acting lessons five nights a week. He graduated with a business degree in 1978 and married his college sweetheart, Cindy Costner. He initially took a marketing job in Orange County. Everything changed when he accidentally met Richard Burton on a flight from Mexico. Burton advised him to go completely after acting if that is what he wanted. He quit his job and moved to Hollywood soon after. He drove a truck, worked on a deep sea fishing boat, and gave bus tours to stars' homes before finally making his own way into the films. After making one soft core sex film, he vowed to not work again if that was the only work he could do. He didn't work for nearly six years, while he waited for a proper break. That break came with The Big Chill (1983), even though his scenes ended up on the cutting room floor -- he was remembered by director Lawrence Kasdan when he decided to make Silverado (1985). Costner's career took off after that.

Lynne Marie Stewart was born on 14 December 1946 in Lynwood, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Running Man (1987), American Graffiti (1973) and Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985). She died on 21 February 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Cristine Rose was born on 31 January 1951 in Lynwood, California, USA. She is an actress, known for What Women Want (2000), Heroes (2006) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).

At first glance, Jesse James is the consummate biker rebel. Tattoos, knives, goatee, black t-shirts and skulls all around him and his world help create that image. That image, in turn, reflects a mere fraction of the man that is West Coast Choppers. The rest of his life reflects his passion as an artist, his love for his children, and the success that naturally flows from a love of custom motorcycles, hard work and a job done well.

Originally from Long Beach, California, Jesse grew up around his father's antiques business. His dad's small shop was quartered in a shared warehouse with a large after market parts manufacturer for Harley-Davidson's and sport bikes. Those childhood influences set the stage for his path in life.

Jesse got his first mini-bike at age 7, and, with that thrill, his passion for two-wheeled machines was kindled. He made his first crude motorcycle exhaust system during his freshman year of high school in his mother's garage. His perfectionist attitude, however, prevented him from keeping it; he threw it away before anyone saw it.

He played college football, but a knee injury ended his athletic career early. The injury forced him to find a new job that would allow him to establish himself. He trained intensely to become a bodyguard and worked for years protecting such notable bands as Soundgarden, Danzig and Slayer, touring the world with them. During this period of his life, he met his former wife, with whom he has two children: 5-year-old (as of Feb. 2003) son, Jesse Jr., and 7-year-old daughter, Chandler. Another career-threatening injury, on the job at a concert, forced him to again reevaluate his professional life. It was then he decided to make a career out of his number one passion: custom motorcycles. Learning his trade from legendary custom hot rodder Boyd Coddington, Jesse immersed himself in the world of hand-crafting bikes.

West Coast Choppers was born in the early 1990s, and quickly established its, and his, reputation as a celebrity motorcycle manufacturing facility. He started the shop in a small dusty corner in a friend's garage, with no loan, no partners, and only a glimmer of the future. Slowly, painstakingly, and with great sacrifice, Jesse built his future empire, and continues to build his bikes the same way. By hand, from the ground up. West Coast Choppers now employs over 50 people, and builds bikes ranging from $50,000-$150,000, for such clients as Shaquille O'Neal and Kid Rock. In 2002, Monster Garage (2002) debuted on The Discovery Channel, bringing Jesse squarely to the forefront of reality television. With him as the host and team leader of the show that features custom hot-rodding at its absolute most bizarre, Jesse's West Coast Choppers has become an integral part of the program, as the Monster Garage team often utilizes Jesse's shop and machinery to help them meet the challenges of the weekly show. Conveniently, the warehouse that serves as Monster Garage's set is located mere blocks from West Coast Choppers' Long Beach location.

Zoey Luna is a Latina, transgender, Actress, Advocate, and personality. She's made appearances in films and tv shows such as "Dear Evan Hansen", "Pose", and had her first break at only 16 years old in Rosario Dawson's directorial debut "Boundless". Zoey cemented her position in this career by landing one of the four lead roles in Blumhouse & Sony's "The Craft Legacy". She's just wrapped filming on Parker Brennon's first feature "Hauntology"! More is definitely on the horizon for this starlet but until then you can check out interpretations of her childhood in documentaries Zoey participated in such as HBO's "15: A Quinceanera Story", "Raising Zoey", or "Laverne Cox presents: The T Word".

Venus Williams is an American professional tennis player. Williams has been ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks. She first reached the No. 1 ranking on February 25, 2002, the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era, and the second all time since Althea Gibson.

She has reached 16 Grand Slam finals, most recently at Wimbledon in 2017. She has also won 14 Grand Slam Women's doubles titles, all with Serena Williams; the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals. Williams also has two Mixed Doubles titles. Her five Wimbledon singles titles tie her with two other women for eighth place on the all-time list. From the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2001 US Open, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments in that span. At the 2020 Australian Open, Williams extended her record as the all-time leader, male or female, in Grand Slams played, with 85. With her run to the 2017 Wimbledon singles final, she broke the record for longest time between first and most recent grand slam singles finals appearances. Williams was twice the season prize money leader in 2001 and 2017.

Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in singles and three in women's doubles, along with a silver medal in mixed doubles, pulling even with Kathleen McKane Godfree for the most Olympic medals won by a male or female tennis player. She is the only tennis player to have won a medal at four Olympic Games. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Williams became only the second player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles at one Olympic Games, after Helen Wills Moody at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

With 49 singles titles, Williams trails only her sister Serena Williams among active players on the WTA Tour with most singles titles. Her 35-match winning streak from the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2000 Generali Ladies Linz tournament final is the longest since January 1, 2000. She is also one of only two active WTA players to have reached the finals of all four Grand Slams, along with sister Serena.

Leon Allen White (May 14, 1955 - June 18, 2018), better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or simply Vader, was an American professional wrestler and professional football player. Throughout his career, he performed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH) during the 1990s and 2000s. Widely regarded as one of the greatest super-heavyweight professional wrestlers of all time, he was a 13-time world champion.

Among other accolades in WCW and Japan, he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship three times each, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship twice, the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once, and won the battle royal main event of the 1993 Battlebowl pay-per-view (PPV). He headlined multiple PPV events for the WWF and WCW. Vader was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.

In 2022, Vader was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Ace Mask was born on 4 March 1948 in Lynwood, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Transylvania Twist (1989), Not of This Earth (1988) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).

Dave Stevens was born on 29 July 1955 in Lynwood, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Rocketeer (1991), The Rocketeer Animated: 20th anniversary FAN FILM (2011) and The Return of the Rocketeer. He was married to Brinke Stevens. He died on 10 March 2008 in Turlock, California, USA.

Larry Watson was born on 21 July 1938 in Lynwood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Sixth Sense (1972), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Mannix (1967). He died on 20 July 2010 in Merced, California, USA.

Mr. Emmy Collins was born in Lynwood, California, during the Watts riots. Emmy graduated from Hemet High School (Hemet, CA) in the 1980s. After attending numerous colleges (including Brigham Young University -- Hawaii Campus), he dropped out to start a Public Access television show (entitled "Flicks, Freaks and Fiends") in San Diego, CA. He then took the show to Albuquerque, New Mexico, with co-producer William Waters. In early 1993, he moved to Gainesville, Georgia, and began to work as a performer/writer on the weekly television sketch comedy, "Group Therapy" in Atlanta, GA. Around this time, Collins bought his first super-8mm motion picture camera and has since helmed three films, From Dogs Two Lepers (Richmond, VA 1994), Jack the Dipper (Memphis, TN, 1996) and HeadShot (1998) (Hollywood, CA, 1998). Collins has also served as associate producer/assistant director/second unit director on Memphis auteur John Michael McCarthy films, The Sore Losers (1997), Shine on Sweet Starlet (1998), Superstarlet A.D. (2000) and_Cigarette Girl (2010)_ Resides in Pearblossom, CA USA and works as an actor in film/television.

Jim Ladd was born on 17 January 1948 in Lynwood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Say Anything (1989), Tequila Sunrise (1988) and Defendor (2009). He was married to Helene Hodge. He died on 17 December 2023 in Sacramento, California, USA.

Ed Harris was born on 30 November 1944 in Lynwood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013). He died on 27 January 2012 in San Jose, California, USA.

After growing up on the back of a horse and hoping for a career in baseball, Kevin Bash received his Masters Degree in Acting from the respected actor training program at UC San Diego in 1980.

Following his graduation, he appeared in dozens of theatre productions across the United States and as far away as Australia before settling in Los Angeles in 1983.

Kevin was an inaugural acting member of the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1986 and later founder of the award winning Theatre of Gravity. Along the way, he appeared in well over 100 commercials and not a few television guest spots.

Aikido has been a passion for almost thirty years and has been the chief instructor at UC Riverside since 1998.

Together with his wife, Kevin started a successful documentary and educational film company in 1999.

Kevin in 2006 began a campaign to save the once magnificent Norconian Resort and produced several events and documentaries to bring attention to this National Historic Landmark. In 2007, his wife and Kevin collaborated on a book detailing the history of this endangered historical resource.

A relentless campaigner for various candidates and environmental causes, Kevin has been awarded multiple honors and served on several community commissions and task force committees.

Steven Castaneda was born on 9 November 1952 in Lynwood, California, USA. He is known for Underclassman (2005), Insecure (2016) and NFL on FOX (1994).

A Compton, California native, Klatann is a veteran of the US Army (Special Operations). He's participated in a range of conflicts and deployments across the globe. He often finds his roles expanded as directors and writers take a liking to his authenticity and approach toward the character and the work. Klatann's "look", range and quality training have allowed him to "get in the skin" of character leads and supporting players who are seen as rough-edged, intelligent rebels, who possess infectious charm and own them.

Daryl Carstensen was born on 23 September 1956 in Lynwood, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Iron Giant (1999), Osmosis Jones (2001) and The Secret of NIMH (1982).

This actor and former professional athlete, was born in L.A.'s tough inner-city. He fell in love with Shakespeare and Japanese poetry as a child and seemed destined for a life in the arts, however, his precocious athletic ability soon took center stage.

Raised to be a pro baseball player by his dad, and although the major league spotlight beckoned, Jeff was taken by the game of football. So it was that he won a dream scholarship at UCLA to play sports, and played football, basketball and baseball. His UCLA Football teams amazingly won three Rose Bowl championships in four years, an NCAA record. While at the university Jeff earned two degrees and thought about becoming a doctor. Upon graduating, he was scooped up by professional sports and after a cup of coffee in the NFL, Jeff was discovered by UCLA professor, Tom Orth at the age of 24 and dove into acting head first. After taking classes at his alma mater in their graduate program of Fine Arts and a summer in Europe studying theater, Jeff began making his way in Hollywood.

Keno K. Deary was born on 21 January 1972 in Lynwood, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Friday (1995), Sprung (1997) and Mind Games (2003).

Janine M. Clark was born on 23 November 1967 in Lynwood, California, USA. She was a production manager and producer, known for Dark Descent (2002), Daybreak (2000) and Antibody (2002). She died on 11 September 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Allison Sgroi was born on 26 December 1951 in Lynwood, California, USA. She is known for The Iron Giant (1999), Space Jam (1996) and Quest for Camelot (1998). She died on 17 December 1997.

Anthony Brooklier was born on 7 April 1946 in Lynwood, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Untitled Brooklier Project, Bimini Code (1983) and Legalese (1998). He was married to Pat Lalama, Dena Tencate and Nancy Lee Robson. He died on 15 November 2016 in Century City, California, USA.

Tayllor Jon'a was born on 24 December 1995 in Lynwood, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Enterprise Theatre Presents: The Horror (2021) and Morray: Broken Vows (2022).

Dean Jeffries was born on 25 February 1933 in Lynwood, California, USA. He is known for The Fugitive (1993), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and Death Race 2000 (1975). He was married to Rosalee Berman and Judy Darlene Maxson. He died on 5 May 2013 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

Steve Smith Sr. was born on 12 May 1979 in Lynwood, California, USA. He is married to Angie. They have four children.