Source #1

(THS Database)

"Leonardo DiCaprio." Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale, 1997. Biography in Context. Web. 14 May 2014. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=taho179&currPage=&disableHighlighting=true&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=BIC1&action=e&catId=GALE%7CAAA000193077&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1618001461

Source #2

(THS Database)

Milicia, Joseph. "DiCaprio, Leonardo." International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 4th ed. Vol. 3: Actors and Actresses. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 359-361. U.S. History in Context. Web. 14 May 2014. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=UHIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3406801678&source=Bookmark&u=taho179&jsid=806caa6f4fb3592af2c08ff10e2f1969

Source #3

"Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 14 May 2014. http://www.biography.com/people/leonardo-dicaprio-9273992#video-gallery&awesm=~oEgiN65rDNkrnL

Background

Source #1

DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California on November 11, 1974 and his parents separated when he was an infant but remained on good terms.

Background

Source #1

He grew up in a rundown neighborhood in Hollywood, California with his mother

Early Career

Source #1

Leo's "showbusiness" career started when he was about 10. He would go and audition for a bunch of commercials and eventually appeared in dozens.

Early Career

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He was inspired by his stepbrother, who appeared in a spot for Golden Grahams cereal and earned $50,000

Acting Career

Source #1

Leo landed a role in Growing Pains while he was still in eleventh grade and that was when he left regular school but finished with homeschooling.

Acting Career 

Source #1

in 1993, DiCaprio got nominated for his first oscar for his performance on What's Eating Gilbert Grape as a mentally disturbed teenager.

Acting Career

Source #1

With the $150 million motion picture, Titanic, DiCaprio moved into mega-budget pictures.

Acting Career

Source #1

Leo worked with Scorsese on multiple motion pictures including The Aviator, The Departed, and Shutter Island. 

Background 

Source #2

Son of comic book artist George DiCaprio

Early Career

Source #2

First began making comercials and acting in 1988

Acting Career

Source #2

Leo was in TV shows such as Santa Barbra and Parenthood in 1990 and also Growing Pains and Whats Eating Gilbert Grape in 1993.

Acting Career 

Source #2

"National Board of Review, Best Supporting Actor, forWhat's Eating Gilbert Grape, 1993; Berlin International Film Festival, Best Actor, for Romeo + Juliet, 1997"

Background

Source #2

Suddenly in 1993, Leo recieved major recognition for a few TV shows and small appearances in two films made that year.

Acting Career

Source #2

DiCaprio's early success led him to starring roles in 1995 that were daring choices but in some respects beyond his scope and vocal skills. 

Acting Career 

Source #2

He was able to play roles as teenagers while he was in his early 20's because of how boyish he looked when he was that age.

Acting Career

Source #2

Many believed that DiCaprio was not well suited for the role in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet but the camera immediately fell in love with his face. (and so did Juliet)

Background

Source #3

Despite Leo's parents divorce, he remained closest with his father through it all.

Early Career

Source #3

Leo had a hard time getting an agent in the beginning. One agency had even told him to change his name to Lenny Williams to improve his appearance.

Background 

Source #3

Leo and Tobey Maguire have remained good friends through all these years by meeting eachother on the TV series they both stared in as kids named Parenthood.

Acting Career

Source #3

DiCaprio really proved himself as a good actor later in his career when he landed the role in This Boys Life.

Acting Career

Source #3

Leo earned his first academy award nomination in 1993 from his role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape starring Johnny Depp.

Acting Career

Source #3

Titanic took honors for best picture and director nominations and got 14 Academy Award Nominations.

Acting Career

Source #3

The success of Titanic showed that DiCaprion could hold traditional leading roles in films.

Acting Career?

Source #3

In 1997 and 1998 he got put on the list of "50 Most Beautiful People" in People Magazine from the help of his role in Titanic.

FAME

Acting Career

Source #3

In two films that he had roles in both were very big dissapointments (Man in the Iron Mask(1998) and The Beach(2000))

Acting Career

Source #3

After those two critically dissapointing films Leo bounced back with Catch Me if You Can and Gangs of New York.

Acting Career 

Source #3

DiCaprio recieved anothing Academy Award Nomination for his portrayal of the eccentric and later reclusive Howard Hughes.

Quotes

Source #3

He states "I do love playing historical figures simply because there's so much incredibly diverse interesting information about a character when you can research their life. A lot of the stuff you'd never be able to make up as a writer,"

Acting Career

Source #3

Today Leo works with top notch directors to tackle the best story lines out there for films made today.

Personal Life 

Source #3

"Off-screen and away from the attention of the paparazzi, DiCaprio has demonstrated his passion for environmental issues. In 2000 he hosted an Earth Day celebration as well interviewed President Bill Clinton for a television segment about global warming"

Personal Life

Source #3

"He's also served on the boards of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Global Green USA. In 2007 a documentary about the environment, which DiCaprio wrote and narrated, debuted."

Source #4

 "Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation." Leonardo DiCaprio. N.p., 2006. Web. <http://leonardodicaprio.com/~birkleo/index.php?option=com_webcontent&view=article&layout=item&cid=3&Itemid=138>

Source #5

(THS Database)

"Green Movement." Environmental Science: In Context. Ed. Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 375-382. In Context Series.Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 21 May 2014. http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?failOverType=&query=&prodId=OVIC&windowstate=normal&contentModules=&mode=view&displayGroupName=Reference&limiter=&u=taho179&currPage=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&source=&search_within_results=&p=OVIC&action=e&catId=&activityType=&scanId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3233900113

Source #6

"OCEANA ANNOUNCES $3 MILLION GRANT FROM LEONARDO DICAPRIO FOUNDATION."Oceana. Oceana, 20 Feb. 2014. Web. 28 May 2014. <http://oceana.org/en/news-media/press-center/press-releases/oceana-announces-3-million-grant-from-leonardo-dicaprio-foundation?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OceanaNorthAmericaPressReleases+(Oceana+North+America%3A+Press+Releases)>.

Enviromental

Source #5

Leo is an enviromentalist and is big with saving the enviroment and being green.

Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation

Source #4

The Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation was founded in 1993.

LDF

 Source #4

"Areas of focus include; wildlife and habitat preservation, healthy oceans, water access, climate change and disaster relief"

LDF

Source #4

This foundation works with trusted nonprofits and provides grants to them, including collaborative initiatives and result-driven conservation projects.

LDF

Source #4

"Protecting Tigers from Extinction: a conservation effort in Nepal to protect critical tiger habitat led by World Wildlife Fund in collaboration with local communities, and the Nepali government "

LDF

Source #4

"Saving the Last Rainforests: a collaborative effort with WWF, Frankfort Zoological Society, the Australian Orangutan Project, Kehati and Eyes on the Forest to save the largest remaining block of rainforest in Sumatra, home to wild tigers, orangutans, elephants and two indigenous tribes"

LDF

Source #4

"Protecting Our Oceans: an international funders collaborative called “Oceans 5” dedicated to stopping overfishing and establishing marine reserves, the two highest ecological priorities identified by scientists"

LDF

Source #4

"Saving Sharks: a successful effort of six organizations from five different countries to secure international trade restrictions for five species of threatened sharks at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)"

LDF

Source #4

 "Protecting Antarctica: a grant for the Antarctic Ocean Alliance, a coalition of over a dozen organizations working on five continents to secure the largest network of marine reserves on the planet " 

LDF

Source #4

"Providing Access to Clean Water: a grant to Concern Worldwide, providing 430,000 people in Tanzania, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Darfur with sustainable access to clean water"

LDF

Source #4

"Leonardo currently serves on the board of the World Wildlife Fund, TheNatural Resources Defense Council, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Global Green USA."

LDF

Source #4

"The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is a component fund at the California Community Foundation."

LDF

Source #4

LDF donated $1 million to help protect against Elephant pochers 

LDF

Source #4

"The Elephant Crisis Fund (ECF) directs 100% of donations to global anti-poaching, anti-trafficking and ivory demand reduction actions on the ground"

LDF

Source #4

"Tigers, elephants and rhinos in the Terai are losing habitat and falling victim to the illegal wildlife trade"

LDF

Source #4

"The grant represents the first funds awarded from the successful Christie’s 11th Hour Charity Auction in May, created by DiCaprio, which raised a record $38.8 million for conservation in a single night"

LDF

Source #4

"The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for a bold initiative to help Nepal double its wild tiger numbers by 2022"

LDF

Source #4

"Nepal is on target to become one of the first tiger range countries to achieve the 2010 Global Tiger Summit’s goal of doubling wild tigers by the next Year of the Tiger in 2022"

LDF

Source #4

"WWF and its partners will also use the grant to help local communities benefit from conservation by creating income-generating activities through tourism, handicrafts and organic vegetable production."

LDF

Source #4

"The grant will allow park rangers to use sophisticated monitoring tools in conjunction with community policing and intelligence-gathering to tackle poaching"

LDF

Source #4

"Leonardo joined IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) today in calling for the world community to step up efforts to save elephants from poaching and the illegal ivory trade, which have escalated dramatically in recent years" Oct. 1, 2012

 Oceana

Source #6

"Oceana is the largest international advocacy group to work on behalf of the world’s oceans"

Oceana

Source #6

The LDF granted $3 million to Oceana which is aimed at protecting threathened habitat 

Oceana

Source #6

"Spread over a three-year period, the $3 million from the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is the first marine conservation grant made following the foundation’s 11th Hour Charity Auction hosted at Christie’s last year. "

OCeana

Source #6

"The grant to Oceana will support the organization’s work, from the south of Chile to the north of Alaska, to preserve ecologically important ocean areas and Oceana’s campaigns, including the campaign to ban drift gillnets off California, in order to protect dolphins, whales, turtles and other marine animals from being caught and killed as “bycatch.”"

Oceana 

Source #6

"In response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Oceana recently received hundreds of photos of animals caught and killed by this destructive gear. "

LDF

Source #6

"The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation is dedicated to protecting Earth’s last wild places and fostering a harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world."

Oceana

Source #6

"Oceana is the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans."

 Green Movement

Source #5

"The green movement is a diverse movement that forwards the concerns of environmentalists, that is, persons who see the integrity of the non-human world as worthy of preservation both for its own sake and for the sake of human survival"

Green Movement

Source #5

"In the early twenty-first century, the green movement has evolved in different ways"

Green Movement

Source #5

"More people describe themselves as an environmentalist today than ever before, but most engage environmental issues through personal action like recycling, carpooling, traveling less, using less electricity, or eschewing the use of plastic grocery bags."

Source #7

 "Leonardo DiCaprio On Fame, Relationships And Living A Normal Life." Huffingtonpost.com. N.p., 16 Apr. 2014. Web. 29 May 2014. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/16/leonardo-dicaprio-on-fame-relationships_n_3093878.html>.

Self

Source #7

Leo has never let his career get to his head.

Self

Source #7

"The 38-year-old admits that fame didn't come easy for him, so he never lets an opportunity to portray a character or be a part of a film pass by."

Self

Source #7

“I always thought of myself as the underdog, because I didn’t have nice enough clothes or maybe my hair didn’t look good. And so you have to understand –- getting your foot in the door is like winning the lottery. It’s literally like winning the lottery if you get to have a career," Leo states

Self

Source #7

""Look, if you're not careful about it, it can develop into a social anxiety," DiCaprio continues. "It's like, what's going to happen, what photographer is going to jump out where, what kind of thing am I being set up for? You try to talk yourself out of it, but you're never used to it.""

Self

Source #7

"DiCaprio is still trying to figure out how to balance his success with his personal life, admitting that being in a relationship is much more difficult when you want to continue to make movies."

Self

Source #7

"Leo has dated some of the most beautiful women in the business, including models Gisele Bundchen, Bar Refaeli and Erin Heatherton, as well as actress Blake Lively."

Source #7

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