{"id":4271,"date":"2020-10-10T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T13:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2020-10-10T16:08:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T15:08:58","slug":"bilingual-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/bilingual-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingual celebrities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p>10\/10\/2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<h1>Bilingual celebrities<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On 6 October 2020, many people mourned the passing of rock icon and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, from the popular 80s band Van Halen, whose albums include <i>Van Halen<\/i>, <i>Diver Down<\/i>, and <i>1984<\/i>. Here&rsquo;s a little known fact about Eddie Van Halen: he was born in Amsterdam to Dutch parents and moved to the US when he was 8. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Here&rsquo;s a video interview of Eddie Van Halen with his brother and fellow band member, Alex Van Halen, speaking Dutch: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-video-obj\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vg9WFskPV4Y?wmode=opaque\" class=\" mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Wow, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">We&rsquo;ve compiled a small list of other bilingual celebrities and looked at how they came to be bilingual.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<h1>Jodie Foster&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Actress and multiple Academy, Golden Globe and BAFTA award winner Jodie Foster has an impressive film repertoire that includes <i>Taxi Driver<\/i>, <i>The Silence of the Lambs<\/i>, and <i>Nell<\/i>. Foster, who is American, attended a <em>lyc&eacute;e fran&ccedil;ais<\/em>, a French high school, resulting in her becoming fluent in French. She has acted in French films and often dubs herself in French-language versions of her English-language films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Check out Jodie Foster speaking French in an interview:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-video-obj\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7e15lzOvMds?wmode=opaque\" class=\" mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Impressive, huh?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<h1>Natalie Portman<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Actress, producer and director Natalie Portman, who starred in <i>L&eacute;on<\/i>, <i>V for Vendetta<\/i> and <i>Black Swan<\/i>, grew up in the US to Jewish parents and learned Hebrew in school. She has dual US-Israeli citizenship and in addition to speaking fluent English and Hebrew, speaks conversational French, Japanese, German and Arabic. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Watch Natalie Portman speak Hebrew during an interview:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-video-obj\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n-PDArBZrz8?wmode=opaque\" class=\" mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Mind-blowing!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<h1>Sandra Bullock<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Actress Sandra Bullock, who starred in many notable films including <i>Speed<\/i>, <i>The Blind Side<\/i>, and <i>Gravity<\/i>,&nbsp;<\/span>spent 12 years living in Germany and Austria, where she became fluent in German. Her mother, Helga Meyer, was a German opera singer.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Listen to Sandra Bullock accepting an award in German:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-video-obj\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s10x38SMb-g?wmode=opaque\" class=\" mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Isn&rsquo;t she incredible?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<h1>Diane Kruger<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">German actress Diane Kruger, who starred in <i>Inglorious Basterds<\/i>, <i>Fringe <\/i>and <i>Sky<\/i>, speaks fluent English and French in addition to her native German. She lived and modelled in France during her teenage years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Watch Diane Kruger speaking 3 languages here:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-video-obj\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/01568DTU-ak?wmode=opaque\" class=\" mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Amazing!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<h1>&nbsp;Viggo Mortensen<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Actor Viggo Mortensen, who starred in numerous notable films including <i>28 Days<\/i>, <i>The Lord of the Rings<\/i> trilogy, and <i>Green Book<\/i>, grew up in Denmark, Argentina and the US. Not only is he fluent in Danish, Spanish and English, he also speaks conversational French, Italian, Catalan and Arabic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Yu Mincho'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Watch Viggo Mortensen speaking 7 languages:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-video-obj\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IxtGp4R9Kw4?wmode=opaque\" class=\" mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right mpce-dsbl-margin-top mpce-dsbl-margin-bottom\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p>Seven languages, folks! We are officially impressed!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mp-row-fluid motopress-row mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-clmn mp-span12  mpce-dsbl-margin-left mpce-dsbl-margin-right\">\n<div class=\"motopress-text-obj\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Learning languages from parents and family or from living in a foreign country whilst growing up seems to be the best way to achieve fluency in a foreign language. Study and schooling are also great ways to learn foreign languages, especially at a young age. Many polyglots speak other languages conversationally in addition to multiple native languages. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Coming soon: an article on tips and tricks to learning foreign languages. Stay tuned!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"10\/10\/2020 Bilingual celebrities On 6 October 2020, many people mourned the passing of rock icon and guitarist Eddie Van Halen, from the popular 80s band Van Halen, whose albums include Van Halen, Diver Down, and 1984. Here&rsquo;s a little known fact about Eddie Van Halen: he was born in Amsterdam to Dutch parents and moved to the US when he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/bilingual-celebrities\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4293,"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions\/4293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vo-vf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}