Michael Hawke bio

Michael Hawke, 35, was born and raised in New York City. Glenda and Roger Hawke had given up on having children, so Glenda's pregnancy had been a delightful surprise, and his parents celebrated his birth in the hospital with family and friends.

As Michael grew up, he loved acting out the movies and TV programs he saw, and everyone knew he would become a performer. Michael was an average student, not really caring too much about his grades, but he always got a part in any play his school staged.

After high school, he was accepted to the Juilliard School of Performing Arts. Michael was thrilled because he knew that training would help him achieve his destiny of being a great film actor in Hollywood.

A prominent producer saw Michael perform in a Julliard production and invited him to audition for a movie he was producing. Michael won the role and left school for Hollywood. The rest is history. Michael became a superstar. Men and women alike loved him, and he's now considered one of the top box office draws in the world.

When he met Samantha Richardson, an up-and-coming actress who'd already made a name for herself on the small screen, they fell madly in love. Their wedding ceremony was attended by a Who's Who of Hollywood and Broadway, not to mention dogged by dozens of paparazzi. Together, they became known as "Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood" in the entertainment press and "Sammich" on the gossip blogs.

Michael and Samantha run in the higher circles of the entertainment business and sometimes make appearances at nightclubs and the parties of other stars. However, in general, they don't care for the so-called "Hollywood lifestyle." Recently, the couple's agent persuaded them to write a memoir about all they had seen and heard in their careers, the people they'd worked with, and the productions they'd been in.

While searching for a book agent, they heard about Victor Jennings, who was described as excellent at what he did. They hired him, and the three of them developed a close relationship while working together. As the book was being compiled, Victor learned a lot of inside information about many of the big names in Hollywood, including the Hawkes themselves.

According to court records, Victor Jennings was accused of blackmailing the Hawkes for an enormous amount of money to keep his mouth shut about certain details the couple didn't want to include in the book.