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17 unusual facts about Richard Gere


Buddhism in the West

He has attracted celebrity religious followers such as Richard Gere and Adam Yauch.

Dilgo Khyentse

Another film was "Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche", written and directed by Neten Chokling, and narrated by Richard Gere and Lou Reed.

Fake IPL Player

He said he was inspired by the popularity of a similar blog by Fake Steve Jobs, and the Richard Gere movie The Hoax.

Gravity boots

The system gained widespread fame after it was used by Richard Gere in the 1980 movie American Gigolo.

Gwen Sebastian

Gwen Sebastian sang the National Anthem for the New York Yankees' Spring Training game against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Florida on March 28, 2010, and received a congratulatory hug from actor Richard Gere who was in attendance.

King Sunny Adé

His music was featured in the 1983 film Breathless, starring Richard Gere, and the 1986 comedy One More Saturday Night, and he acted in Robert Altman's 1987 comedy O.C. and Stiggs.

Kolkata Knight Riders

He was inspired by the popularity of a similar blog by Fake Steve Jobs, and the Richard Gere movie The Hoax.

Mary S. Lovell

Amelia, a major movie starring Richard Gere and Hilary Swank, was based on her bestselling book The Sound of Wings - a biography of Amelia Earhart.

Milarepa's Cave

The cave and the Pelgye Ling temple have been the subject of Richard Gere's artistic photo work,

Miranda Grosvenor

As "Miranda," Walton engaged in late-night telephone conversations with such stars as Billy Joel, Warren Beatty, Bob Dylan, Buck Henry, Eric Clapton, Michael Apted, Bono, Mike Nichols, Vitas Gerulaitis, Ted Kennedy, Johnny Carson, Art Garfunkel, Peter Gabriel, Robert De Niro, Rush Limbaugh, and Richard Gere, telling them that she was a blonde Tulane University student, wealthy socialite, and international model.

Mrbrown

The show showcases guests from various quarters of Singapore, and parodies a wide variety of subjects, ranging from VISA's advertising campaign starring Richard Gere, to political satire.

Murray M. Silver, Jr.

While making the movie of his book, Silver was introduced to the XIVth Dalai Lama by mutual friend, Richard Gere.

Nina van Pallandt

The film starred Richard Gere, who appeared with Nina Van Pallandt in one of his earliest films, American Gigolo.

Rhapsody in August

Next, come her two children and their spouses, all of whom grew up in postwar Japan, as well as their Nisei cousin Clark (played by Richard Gere) who grew up in America.

Sal Lopes

Lopes has printed the work of: George Hoyningen-Huene, Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Mary Ellen Mark, Ruth Bernhard, Helen Levitt, Robert Rauschenberg, George Platt Lynes, Anderson and Low, James Fee, Linda Connor, Lisette Model, Lotte Jacobi, Peter Lindbergh, Richard Gere, Phil Trager, Greg Gorman, Mark Seliger, Keith Carter, Henry Horenstein, Philippe Halsman, Nadav Kander, Ralph Mecke, Jill Freedman, Louis Faurer, and others.

Telman Ismailov

Ismailov befriended plenty of other celebrities such as actresses like Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Monica Bellucci, Paris Hilton and numerous other performers just to appear at his lavish parties.

Vishal Kanoi

Toured the country with India’s first reality show all girls pop band VIVA for their debut album ‘Hum Naye Geet Sunaye’, performed ballet in Sahara TV’s epic show Ramayana, and to top it all performed at the World Aids Day in the presence of Hollywood great Richard Gere.


Ed Limato

Edward Frank "Ed" Limato (July 10, 1936 – July 3, 2010) was an American talent agent and a senior vice president at the William Morris Agency, representing clients such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicolas Cage, Mel Gibson, Steve Martin, Richard Gere, and Denzel Washington.

Flora Cross

Cross played the lead role of Eliza in the 2005 film Bee Season, opposite Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche and Max Minghella.

Jon Avnet

Avnet addressed political issues with his fourth film Red Corner in 1997, a movie about the Chinese legal system, starring Richard Gere and Bai Ling.

Kenneth Cole Productions

In 2005, Cole spearheaded the “We All Have AIDS” awareness campaign with advertisements photographed by Mark Seliger and featuring such luminaries as Nelson Mandela, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Elton John, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Elizabeth Taylor, Alicia Keys, Desmond Tutu, Natasha Richardson, Eric McCormack, Ashley Judd, Whoopi Goldberg, Harry Belafonte, Greg Louganis and Rosie O'Donnell.

L. M. Kit Carson

The two would team up again in 1983, sharing screenplay credits for the remake of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, which starred Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky and, in a bit part, brother David Lee Carson as Mister Maurice.

Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way

He is contacted by his acting agent, Barry, about a potential role in a Richard Gere/Renée Zellweger romantic comedy entitled Let's Make Love, written by Kevin Jarre, directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Robert Evans.

Mardan Palace

It was opened on 23 May 2009 and attended by Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Monica Bellucci, Paris Hilton, Seal, Tom Jones and the Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Michael Brandt

In 2011 Brandt made his directorial debut with his and Haas’s original screenplay The Double, starring Richard Gere, Topher Grace and Martin Sheen.

Project Happiness

During the filming, the students involved conducted interviews with scientists, celebrities, and world political and spiritual leaders including Richard Gere, Dr. Richard Davidson, Adam Yauch, the late Nirmala Deshpande, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, George Lucas, and Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.

Twink Caplan

Caplan has also played B. Lawney, a waitress with Richard Gere in The Flock, directed by Andrew Lau; Mary Benett, a hard-edged bus driver for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation; and a past-her-prime movie star desperate for a come-back in Secrets of a Hollywood Nurse.

Windsor Arms Hotel

The hotel has been known to be frequented by many celebrities such as Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Woody Allen, Richard Burton, and, more recently, Richard Gere, Britney Spears and Tina Turner.

Wisconsin Death Trip

In commentary on the two-disc DVD release of the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, director Todd Haynes said that much of the imagery for the town of Riddle in the Richard Gere segment of the film was inspired by Lesy's book.