Kim Kardashian |
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Kimberly Noel Kardashian (born October
21, 1980) is an American
stylist, apparel
retailer
[1] and television
personality. She is best known for her social life,
sex tape, and her
appearances on reality show
Keeping
Up with the Kardashians. |
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Biography |
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Of Armenian,
German and
Irish
descent,[2]
Kardashian was born in Los
Angeles, California, the
daughter of
attorney
Robert
Kardashian and Kris Jenner (née
Houghton). Robert Kardashian, best known for being O. J. Simpson’s
lawyer during his
murder trial, died on September 30,
2003.[3]
Her mother, Kris, divorced Robert in
1989, and married former
Olympian Bruce Jenner in
1991.[4]
While attending an all-girls Catholic high
school in Los Angeles, Kardashian worked at her father's
music marketing firm, Movie Tunes.
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Kardashian has two sisters, Kourtney and
Khloe, and one
brother, Robert. She also has stepbrothers Burton Jenner; Brandon
Jenner; and reality TV star Brody Jenner;
stepsister Casey Jenner; and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie
Jenner.[5] |
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In 2000 Kim married music producer Damon Thomas, their
relationship ended in divorce in 2004. Currently she is dating NFL
player Reggie
Bush.[6] |
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Kardashian at a January 2007
fashion show | |
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Sex
tape |
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Kardashian was little known outside gossip circles
until her pornographic
home video she had made with then-boyfriend, rapper
Ray
J, was leaked. Vivid
Entertainment was the distribution company against which
Kardashian had pursued legal action for the ownership of the
tape.[7]
Kardashian later dropped the suit and settled with Vivid
Entertainment for five million dollars.[8] |
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Selected
filmography |
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- Deep in the Valley (Post-production,
2008)
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