Intimate Photos of Madonna and Tony Ward During Their Dating Days

Tony Ward was Madonna’s boyfriend in the beginning of the 1990s and he appeared in some of her music videos as well as the controversial SEX book in 1992. Tony is also a painter and photographer.

According to People on April 15, 1991, “Madonna and male model Tony Ward, 27, her last boyfriend of record and one of the objects of her desire in the “Justify” video, are no longer an item. It may be a coincidence, but he seems to have dropped from her arm at about the same time tabloids revealed that he had married an old flame, Greek-Australian photographer Amalia Papadimos, 23, in a quickie ceremony in Las Vegas on Aug. 21, 1990—after he had begun dating Madonna.”

These intimate photos captured moments of Madonna and Tony Ward together during their dating days in the early 1990s.

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Mr. Bean When He Was Young

Rowan Atkinson, you most likely know him as Mr. Bean, was born on January 6, 1955, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Atkinson studied at Newcastle University and Oxford University and earned a master's degree in electrical engineering. He got his start performing sketches while studying at Oxford, first appearing in Oxford revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Soon, he was entertaining at theater clubs and on comedy shows for BBC Radio 3.

In 1979, Atkinson wrote for and starred in the BBC’s Not the Nine O’clock News. In 1981, Atkinson became the youngest performer to star in a one-man show in the West End.

Atkinson later appeared in theatrical productions like The Nerd (1984), The New Revue (1986) and The Sneeze (1988). He then landed parts on such television shows as Not the Nine O’Clock News (1979-1982), Blackadder (1983-1989) and The Thin Blue Line (1995-1996). The success of Blackadder spurred the creation of the TV specials Blackadder’s Christmas Carol and Blackadder: The Cavalier Years—both of which aired in 1988.

In 1990, Atkinson starred as his originally developed character Mr. Bean on the TV series of the same name. The successful comedy series was adapted for film in 1997. Atkinson reprised his famous Mr. Bean character in a comedy sketch at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Atkinson’s other film credits include Bean: the Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997), Johnny English (2003) and Keeping Mum (2005).

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30 Photographs of a Young and Hot Mel Gibson in the 1980s and Early 1990s

Mel Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic action series Mad Max and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop film series Lethal Weapon.

Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old. He studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where he starred opposite Judy Davis in a production of Romeo and Juliet. During the 1980s, he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company, which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called “an alternative to the studio system.” Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the World War I drama Gallipoli (1981), which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute, as well as a reputation as a serious, versatile actor.

In 1995, Gibson produced, directed, and starred in Braveheart, a historical epic, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Director, and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He later directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a biblical drama that was both financially successful and highly controversial.

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Life of Cuba in the Mid-1990s Through Fascinating Photos

The Special Period in Time of Peace in Cuba was an extended period of economic crisis that began in 1991 primarily due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, by extension, the Comecon. The economic depression of the Special Period was at its most severe in the early to mid-1990s.

It was defined primarily by extreme reductions of rationed foods at state-subsidized prices, the severe shortages of hydrocarbon energy resources in the form of gasoline, diesel, and other petroleum derivatives that occurred upon the implosion of economic agreements between the petroleum-rich Soviet Union and Cuba, and the shrinking of an economy overdependent on Soviet imports.

The period radically transformed Cuban society and the economy, as it necessitated the introduction of organic agriculture, decreased use of automobiles, and overhauled industry, health, and diet countrywide. People were forced to live without many goods and services that had been available since the beginning of the 20th century.

These fascinating photos were taken by Michael G Spafford that show street scenes of Cuba, mostly Havana in 1994.

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Anthony Hopkins Testing Different Masks for Hannibal Lecter in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (1991)

In The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Anthony Hopkins delivers a stellar performance as the convicted serial killer Hannibal Lecter. His performance is in fact so good that it earned him an Oscar for Best Actor despite appearing on screen for only 16 minutes, the smallest screen time ever needed to win that award.

Hopkins’ acting was superb and well deserving of the win, but it would not have been possible if it weren’t for the immense anticipation and aura built around the character Hannibal while Lecter is off screen.

Of course, to make his role as the psychotic cannibal convincing, it was going to take a bit more than simply memorizing the lines and putting on a slightly creepy voice. As soon as Hopkins read the script he had a vague idea in his head as to how the doctor would act, what he’d look like, how he should speak, and what he should wear.

“I read the script, and boom! I knew intuitively how to play him,” he said. “I knew how he looked and how he sounded.”

   

30 Beautiful Portrait Photos of a Young Marisa Tomei

Born 1964 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, American actress Marisa Tomei had her film debut in the 1984 comedy film The Flamingo Kid, in which she played Mandy, a waitress, and made her stage debut in 1987 in the off-Broadway play Daughters, playing Cetta. The role earned her rave reviews and the Theatre World Award for outstanding debut on stage.

Following her work on the television series As the World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a cast member on The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin Vinny, for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received two additional Academy Award nominations for In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).

Tomei has appeared in a number of other successful movies. She has also worked in theater. She was formerly involved with the Naked Angels Theater Company and appeared in plays, such as Daughters (1986), Wait Until Dark (1998), Top Girls (2008), for which she received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, and The Realistic Joneses (2014), for which she received a special award at the Drama Desk Awards.

Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of a young Marisa Tomei in the 1980s and 1990s.

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40 Gorgeous Portrait Photos of Carla Bruni as a Fashion Model in the 1980s and ’90s

Born 1967 in Turin, Italy and moved to France at the age of seven, Carla Bruni was a model from 1987 to 1997 before taking up a career in music. She wrote several songs for Julien Clerc that were featured on his 2000 album, Si j'étais elle.

Bruni released her first album, Quelqu'un m'a dit, in 2002, which eventually spent thirty-four weeks in the top 10 of the French Albums Chart. She won the Victoire Award for Female Artist of the Year at the 2004 Victoires de la Musique. The same year, she released her second album, No Promises, then the following year she released her third album, Comme si de rien n'était.

In 2013, Bruni released her fourth album, Little French Songs. In 2017, she released her fifth album, French Touch. She has sold 5 million albums during her career.

In 2008, Bruni married Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France. In 2009, she created the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation to promote access to culture and knowledge for all.

Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see glamorous beauty of a young Carla Bruni as a fashion model in the 1980s and 1990s.

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22 Beautiful Photos of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger With Their Children in the 1980s and ’90s

Jerry Hall started dating musician Bryan Ferry in 1975, leaving him for Mick Jagger in 1977. Jagger and Hall held a marriage ceremony on November 21, 1990, in Bali, Indonesia. The putative marriage was later declared null by the High Court of England and Wales, which ruled in London in 1999 that the marriage was not legal according to Indonesian or English law.

The couple have four children together: Elizabeth Scarlett (born 1984), James Leroy (born 1985), Georgia May (born 1992), and Gabriel Luke (born 1997). The couple lived together at Downe House, Richmond Hill, in Greater London, which Jagger purchased in the early 1990s. 

During his relationship with Hall, Jagger had an affair with Italian singer/model Carla Bruni, from 1991 to 1994. Jagger’s relationship with Hall ended after it was discovered that he had had an affair with Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez Morad.

These vintage photos captured beautiful moments of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger with their children in the 1980s and 1990s.

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50 Fascinating Photos Capture Street Scenes of Slovakia in the 1990s

In 1989, the Velvet Revolution ended the Communist rule in Czechoslovakia peacefully. Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, sometimes known as the Velvet Divorce.

Slovakia in the 1990s

Slovakia is a developed country with an advanced, high-income economy, a very high Human Development Index, a very high standard of living and performs favourably in measurements of civil liberties, press freedom, internet freedom, democratic governance and peacefulness.

The country maintains a combination of a market economy with a comprehensive social security system. Citizens are provided with universal health care, free education and one of the longest paid parental leaves in the OECD.

Slovakia is also the world's largest per-capita car producer and the 5th largest car producer in the European Union, representing 43% of Slovakia’s total industrial output.

These fascinating photos were taken by Sludge G that show street scenes of Slovakia in the 1990s.

Banská Bystrica

Banská Štiavnica. A nice clean Skoda 100S without badges, and bearing the pre-1997 registration ZH for Žiar nad Hronom,which is the next district north from here (registration letters BS)

Banská Štiavnica. Post Office

Banská Štiavnica. Skoda 15tR trolleybus Nr. 1525

Banská Štiavnica. Synagogue

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