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Heritage son sets up his own legacy - in Hollywood

January 5 -11, 2011
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They look so much alike in Oscar-hopeful film The Social Network, they could be one man, and in fact, they are. But what the Winklevoss twins share with the actor who plays them has less to do with looks and more with their privileged background.

Actor Armie Hammer, 24, is the greatgrandson of oil tycoon and philanthropist Armand. He is blessed with good looks and a prominent family tree, like the Winklevoss. But the similarities seem to stop there. While the Winkelvoss twins, as portrayed in the movie, stuck to family traditions, attended Harvard University and became Olympic rowers, Hammer quit school, said hello to Hollywood and angered his family - if only temporarily. Now, he is better known in Hollywood for Social Network than his family's name. He married TV journalist Elizabeth Chambers this year.







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