Name	Bravehearts
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Queensbridge, New York, U.S.
Genre	Hip hop
Years active	1998–present
Label	The Jones Experience, Def Jam
Current members	JungleNashawnHorse
Past members	Wiz

Bravehearts are an East Coast hip-hop group from the Queensbridge housing projects in New York City. The group's roster originally included Jungle (son of jazz trumpeter Olu Dara and younger brother of hip hop star Nas) (born Jabari Jones), Wiz (born Mike Epps), and Horse (born E. Gray). Horse left the group in 2002, and Jungle and Wiz carried on as a duo. However, it has been mentioned in one of Jungle's songs that Wiz has also left the group and has been replaced with Nashawn (Cousin of Nas and Jungle).

Biography

Signed to Columbia Records as part of Nas' Ill Will Records imprint, Bravehearts first emerged in 1998, with a track on the soundtrack to the Hype Williams film Belly. From there, the Nas protégés moved on to the QB's Finest compilation album, and saw their track "Oochie Wally" go gold. Jungle and Wiz then began working on their full-length debut for Columbia. In the meantime, they appeared on 50 Cent's mixtape-style Guess Who's Back?, supporting 50 and Nas (prior to their beef), on the track "Who U Rep With."

The debut full-length album Bravehearted was released in December 2003. The album featured guest appearances from Nas, Nashawn, Lil Jon, Jully Black and Teedra Moses, and the group scored a hit single with the Lil Jon-produced track "Quick to Back Down". There also may have been a slight diss on 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) on track 5 called "Bravehearted" on their album, Jungle also takes a shot at Jay-Z. Jungle states in his verse. "Jungle will live by the morals of the street not like snitch C.J. or bitch Jay-Z." Recently Jungle was featured on a recent diss track on G-Unit and Dipset with rapper Q-Butta called "Gun On Me." In 2009 Nashawn appeared twice on Memphis rapper C-Rock's album "Tha Weight Is Over". He was featured on the track "Street Niggaz", which is a diss to Juelz Santana/Jim Jones, and on the track "We Dons".

In 2008 they released their second album, Bravehearted 2.

Discography

;Studio albums

2003: Bravehearted

2008: Bravehearted 2

;Collaboration albums

2000: Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest

References

External links

Bravehearts at MTV

Category:Rappers from New York City Category:People from Queens Category:East Coast hip hop groups Category:2000s music groups Category:African American rappers

Name	Twiggy
Alias	Twiggy Lawson
Birthname	Lesley Hornby
Birthdate	September 19, 1949
Birth place	Neasden, London, England
Occupation	Model (person), actress, singer
Height
Haircolour	Blonde
Eyecolour	Blue
Dress size	UK 12 - US 10 - EU 40
Agency	Models 1
Spouse	Michael Witney (1977 – 1983)Leigh Lawson (1988–present)

Twiggy (born Lesley Hornby; 19 September 1949) is an English model, actress, and singer, now also known by her married name of Twiggy Lawson. At 16, she became the first prominent teenage model. She was known for her androgynous looks, large eyes, long eyelashes, and thin build. In 1966, she was named “The Face of 1966” by the Daily Express and voted British Woman of the Year. By 1967, Twiggy had modelled in France, Japan, and the U.S., and landed on the covers of Vogue and The Tatler. Her fame had spread worldwide.

Personal life

Twiggy Lawson was brought up in the northwest London suburb of Neasden, the daughter of Helen (Nellie) Lydia Hornby (née Reeman), a factory worker for a printing firm, and William Norman Hornby, a master carpenter and joiner. Twiggy’s mother taught her to sew from a young age, and she used this talent to make her own clothing. She attended the Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in Salusbury Road, Kilburn. Twiggy is the youngest of three sisters. Shirley is 15 years older, and Vivien is seven years older. Her greatest influence is Jean Shrimpton, whom Twiggy considers to be the world's first supermodel. In January 1966, young Lesley Hornby had her hair colored and cut short in Mayfair at The House of Leonard, owned by celebrity hairdresser Leonard. The hair stylist was looking for models on whom to try out his new crop haircut and he styled her hair in preparation for a few test head shots. A professional photographer Barry Lategan took several photos for Leonard, which the hairdresser hung in his salon. Deidre McSharry, a fashion journalist from the Daily Express, saw the images and asked to meet the young girl. McSharry arranged to have more photos taken. A few weeks later the publication featured an article and images of Hornby, declaring her “The Face of ’66.” In it, the copy read: "The Cockney Kid with a face to launch a thousand shapes ... and she's only 16! - The Daily Express, 23 February 1966.

Lesley's career quickly took off. Her hairdresser boyfriend, Nigel Davies, became her manager, changed his name to Justin de Villeneuve, and persuaded her to change her name to Twiggy (from “Twigs”, her childhood nickname). De Villeneuve credits himself for Twiggy’s discovery and her modelling success, and his version of events is often quoted in other biographies. Ten years her senior, he managed her lucrative career for seven years, overseeing her finances and enterprises during her heyday as a model.

Twiggy was soon seen in all the leading fashion magazines, commanding fees of £80 an hour, bringing out her own line of clothes called “Twiggy Dresses” in 1967, and taking the fashion world by storm. “I hated what I looked like,” she said once, “so I thought everyone had gone stark raving mad.” Describing how she obtained her prominent eyelashes, now known as Twiggys, she said, “Back then I was layering three pairs of false eyelashes over my own and would paint extra ‘twigs’ on my skin underneath.”

One month after the Daily Express article, Twiggy posed for her first shoot for Vogue. A year later, she had appeared in 13 separate fashion shoots in international Vogue editions. Twiggy arrived in New York in March 1967 at JFK airport, an event covered by the press. The New Yorker, Life and Newsweek reported on the Twiggy "phenomenon" in 1967, with the New Yorker devoting nearly 100 pages to the subject." the cover of US Vogue three times, in April, July and November, and the cover of British Vogue in October. Twiggy has been photographed by such noted photographers as Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Melvin Sokolsky, Ronald Traeger, Bert Stern, Norman Parkinson, Annie Leibovitz and Steven Meisel. "Twiggy came along at a time when teen-age spending power was never greater," said Su Dalgleish, fashion correspondent for the London Daily Mail. "With that underdeveloped, boyish figure, she is an idol to the 14- and 15-year-old kids. She makes virtue of all the terrible things of gawky, miserable, adolescence." At the height of her fame, Mark Cohen, president of Leeds women's shop had an even harsher view: "Her legs remind me of two painted worms." Yet Twiggy had her supporters. Diana Vreeland of Vogue stated, "She's no flash in the pan. She is the mini-girl in the min-era. She's delicious looking."

On 10 December 1969, despite only being 20 years old, she was selected as the special guest for one of the first editions of This Is Your Life.

Stage, film, television and singing career

;1970–1979

After four years of modelling, Twiggy retired in 1970, claiming "You can't be a clothes hanger for your entire life!" She also sang. She broke off with Justin de Villeneuve, who had been overseeing her business affairs since 1966, and released him from his duties as her manager, claiming in later years that "her career had more to do with that famous picture of her with those funny painted eyelashes, which appeared in the Daily Express under the headline 'The Face of 66'" than with his promotional efforts. In 1976, Twiggy signed to Mercury records and released the albums Twiggy and Please Get My Name Right, discs that contained both pop and country tunes. Twiggy sold very well, peaking on the UK charts at no.33, and gave Twiggy a silver disc for good sales. The album contains Twiggy's top twenty hit single, "Here I Go Again". "Please Get My Name Right" made it to no.35 in 1977.

;1980–1989

In 1980 Twiggy made a cameo appearance in The Blues Brothers. She starred as Eliza Doolittle in 1981 opposite Robert Powell in the Yorkshire TV production of Pygmalion and in 1983, she made her Broadway debut in the musical, My One and Only, starring and co-staged by Tommy Tune, for which she earned a Tony nomination. In 1986 She played opposite to Robin Williams In the comedy "Club Paradise". In 1987, she played a vaudeville performer in the British television special The Little Match Girl and in 1988, she appeared in a supporting role in Madame Sousatzka opposite second husband Leigh Lawson. In 1989, she was cast as Hannah Chaplin, mother to Charles, in the British television movie Young Charlie Chaplin; aired in the United States on PBS' Wonderworks.

;1990–1999

In 1991, she co-starred in her first American television series, the short-lived CBS sitcom Princesses. Of eight episodes completed, only five aired. In 1997, Twiggy acted in the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. A year later, she played Gertrude Lawrence in the biographical stage revue Noel and Gertie at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, Long Island. In 1999, she returned to the New York stage in an off-Broadway production If Love Were All, a revised version of Noel and Gertie, written and directed by Leigh Lawson; what set this edition apart were its tap numbers in period style. She starred as Gertrude Lawrence opposite Harry Groener's Noel Coward.

;2000–2009

In 2001, Twiggy co-hosted the British magazine programme This Morning. In 2003, she released another album, Midnight Blue. Seventeen of the CD's 20 tracks had previously unreleased material from 1982–1990, including a duet with Leo Sayer, 'Save The Last Dance For Me' & a cover of the Stones' 'Ruby Tuesday'. Feel Emotion and Diamond have both been released onto CD format since. In 2005, she joined the cast of the television show America's Next Top Model for Cycles 5-9 as one of four judges, and a year later, she appeared on the cover of the Icons issue of SWINDLE magazine. She also returned to modeling, fronting a major television, press and billboard campaign for Marks & Spencer, the British department store chain. Her involvement in the advertising campaign has been credited for reviving Marks and Spencer's fortunes. In 2006, she portrayed herself as a nineteen-year-old in the radio play Elevenses with Twiggy for BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Play series. She did not return to America's Next Top Model in its tenth season due to scheduling conflicts. Her replacement was model Paulina Porizkova.

Also in 2007, Sepia Records released a previously shelved album that Twiggy recorded in 1979, produced by Donna Summer and Juergen Koppers. Heaven In My Eyes ["Discotheque"] contains the eight original tracks due to be released, plus four remixes by . The album was also made available on iTunes. She is signed to London agency Models 1. In 2008, she supported the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign in support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, alongside fellow celebrities — comedian Alan Carr, singer Natalie Imbruglia, actress Anna Friel and DJ & presenter Edith Bowman.

In the Summer of 2009, beauty company Olay debuted its "Definity Eye Cream" campaign depicting Twiggy. Accusations of airbrushing created a stir with the media and public. A website campaign set up by Jo Swinson, the Scottish Liberal Democrat MP, attracted 700 individual complaints. Procter & Gamble admitted to minor retouching and replaced the image. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) announced that the ad gave a “misleading” impression, but that no further action was required because the image had already been withdrawn. Their announcement said: “However, we considered that the post-production re-touching of this ad, specifically in the eye area, could give consumers a misleading impression of the effect the product could achieve. We considered that the combination of references to ‘younger looking eyes’, including the claim ‘reduces the look of wrinkles and dark circles for brighter, younger looking eyes’, and post-production re-touching of Twiggy’s image around the eye area, was likely to mislead”.

Filmography

The Boy Friend (1971)

W (1974)

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1976)

There Goes The Bride (1979)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Pygmalion (1981)

The Doctor And The Devils (1985)

Club Paradise (1986)

The Little Match Girl (1986)

Madame Sousatzka (1988)

The Diamond Trap (1988)

Sun Child (1988)

Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)

Istanbul (Keep Your Eyes Open) (1990)

Body Bags (1993)

Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1997)

Edge of Seventeen (1998)

Brand New World (based on the Jeff Noon play Woundings) (1998)

Stage

Cinderella, Casino Theatre, London, (1974)

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, The Royal Albert Hall, London (1975)

Eliza Doolittle, Pygmalion, (1981)

Captain Beaky And His Musical Christmas (pantomime), Apollo Victoria Theatre, London (1981)

My One and Only, St. James Theatre, New York, (1983–1984)

Blithe Spirit, Chichester Festival Theatre, (1997)

Noel and Gertie, Bay Street Theatre, Long Island, NY, (1998)

If Love Were All, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York (1999)

Blithe Spirit, Bay Street Theatre, Long Island, NY (2002)

Mrs Warren's Profession, On Tour, England, (2003)

Television

Twiggs (1974)

Twiggy (1975)

The Muppet Show (1976) (1 episode)

Victorian Scandals (1976)

The Donna Summer Special (1980)

A Gift of Music (1981)

Princesses (1991) (2 episodes)

Tales from the Crypt (1992) (1 episode)

The Nanny (1994) (1 episode)

Heartbeat (1994) (1 episode)

Absolutely Fabulous (2000–2001)

This Morning (presenter in 2001)

Take Time With Twiggy (host 2001)

America's Next Top Model, ANTM (judge, Cycles 5–9) (2005–2007)

ShakespeaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew (2005)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (Guest) (2008)

Twiggy's frock exchange (2008)

"Alan titchmarch walks of fame Twiggy" (2010)

Recordings

The Boy Friend (1971)

Twiggy And The Girlfriends (1972)

Cole Porter In Paris (1973)

Twiggy (1976)

Please Get My Name Right (1977)

Captain Beaky And His Band (1977)

Pieces Of April (1978)

My One And Only (1983)

The Doctor And The Devils (1985)

Technocolor Featuring Twiggy - Unchained Melody (1989)

The Boy Friend & Highlights From Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1990)

Twiggy And The Silver Screen Syncopaters (1995)

London Pride - Songs From The London Stage (1996)

Beautiful Dreams (1997)

Dead Man On Campus (1998)

The Best Of Twiggy (1998)

If Love Were All (1999)

Peter Pan (2000)

Midnight Blue (2003)

Twiggy (2004)

Twiggy & Linda Thorson - A Snapshot Of Swinging London (2005)

Gotta Sing Gotta Dance (2009)

Books and exhibits

Twiggy: An autobiography, Twiggy (1975) ISBN 978-0246108951

Twiggy's Guide to Looking Good, Twiggy (1986) ISBN 9780006366720

Twiggy in Black and White, Twiggy (1998) ISBN 978-0671516451

London Swings Again With Ossie Clark Show at the V&A;: Photograph of Twiggy (2003)

Twiggy: Please Get My Name Right, Word Power Books, (2004) ISBN #: 9784939102578

Bill Gibb: Fashion and Fantasy, Iain R Webb and Twiggy (foreword) (2008) ISBN 978-1851775484

A Guide to Looking and Feeling Fabulous Over Forty, Twiggy (2008) ISBN 978-0718154042

The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, May-August, 2009

Twiggy: A Life in Photographs, Terence Pepper, Robin Muir, and Melvin Sokolsky (2009) ISBN 978-1855144149

Twiggy: A Life in Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, (2009–2010)

References

External links

Twiggy - Official Website

1967 Newsweek Cover and Twiggy Article

Images of Twiggy: National Portrait Gallery

My Best Shot: Twiggy by Barry Lategan

Twiggy at Internet Off-Broadway Database

TWIGGY Interview in SWINDLE Magazine

Twiggy: You Ask the Questions

Twiggy: Fashion Icon - slideshow by Life magazine

Category:Reality television judges Category:Best Musical or Comedy Actress Golden Globe (film) winners Category:English female singers Category:English female models Category:English film actors Category:People from London Category:1949 births Category:Living people

Name	Super Dragon
Names	Super Dragon
Height	He had his first match in 1997 against Tiger Joe. Super Dragon became friends with Blitzkrieg, who during a tour of Mexico caught the eye of local wrestlers, such as Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera, who were also performing for World Championship Wrestling (WCW). During this time Dragon, along with other Rev Pro stars were featured on a few Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW) shows. On October 25, 2002, at Pride of the Mask II, Super Dragon and Shogun defeated TARO and El Gallinero Tres in a tag team match, with the stipulation being that the two winners would later face each other in a Mask vs. Mask match. Super Dragon beat Shogun and claimed his mask. Throughout his Revolution Pro Wrestling run, Dragon changed his wrestling style from high flying to brawling and his attire from various bright colors to darker colors. His feud with TARO was especially a heated one. After nearly a five year battle in both Revolution Pro and All Pro Wrestling the feud culminated in a Mask vs. Mask match at Revolution Pro Wrestling's fourth anniversary show on November 11, 2003. Dragon defeated TARO, who after the match unmasked, announced his retirement and embraced Super Dragon. On May 12, 2004, at Revolution Pro's final show, Super Dragon was defeated by Mr. Excitement.
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Name	Super Dragon
Alternative names	Lyon, Daniel
Short description	Professional wrestler
Date of birth	1975-05-23
Place of birth	Orange County, California

Category:1975 births Category:American professional wrestlers Category:Living people Category:People from Orange County, California

Playername	Carles Puyol
Fullname	Carles Puyol i Saforcada
Dateofbirth	April 13, 1978
Cityofbirth	La Pobla de Segur
Countryofbirth	Spain
Height
Currentclub	Barcelona
Clubnumber	5
Position	Defender
Youthyears1	1993–1995
Youthyears2	1995–1997
Youthclubs1	Pobla de Segur
Youthclubs2	Barcelona
Years1	1997–2000
Years2	1999–
Clubs1	Barcelona B
Clubs2	Barcelona
Caps1	89
Caps2	345
Goals1	6
Goals2	7
Nationalyears1	1995
Nationalyears2	2000
Nationalyears3	2000
Nationalyears4	2000–
Nationalyears5	2001–
Nationalteam1	Spain U18
Nationalteam2	Spain U21
Nationalteam3	Spain U23
Nationalteam4	Spain
Nationalteam5	Catalonia
Nationalcaps1	3
Nationalcaps2	4
Nationalcaps3	5
Nationalcaps4	94
Nationalcaps5	5
Nationalgoals1	0
Nationalgoals2	0
Nationalgoals3	0
Nationalgoals4	3
Nationalgoals5	0
Medaltemplates	}}

| pcupdate = 8 January 2011 | ntupdate = 21 December 2010 }} Carles Puyol i Saforcada (; born 13 April 1978) is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

Mainly a central defender, he can also appear on either flanks, especially as a right back. He also serves as a longtime team captain for his only club FC Barcelona after taking over from Luis Enrique in August 2004.

Club career

Early years

Born in La Pobla de Segur, Lleida, Catalonia, Puyol started playing football for his hometown club, as a goalkeeper. However, after injury problems with his shoulder, he switched to striker. Puyol has said that in his youth, "My parents were skeptical about me becoming a footballer and encouraged me to study." but no move ever materialized; two years later, the player extended his contract for a further five seasons. Puyol was named club captain at the end of the 2003–04 season, after the retirement of Luis Enrique.He continued to be a defensive cornerstone for Barça, being awarded the "Best European right back" award by UEFA in 2002 and "Best European centre back" in 2005, 2006 and 2008, as well as receiving the "UEFA Club Best Defender" trophy in 2006. Puyol helped the Catalans win an impressive two consecutive league titles in the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons. In 2005-2006, Puyol helped Barça win its second Champions League title, 14 years after the first.

2008-present

On 16 September 2008, Puyol made his 400th appearance in all competitions for Barça's first team in the Champions League match against Sporting Clube de Portugal. In the league season, the Barça captain dealt with some injury problems, but still contributed to the team by appearing in 28 matches and helped to win another league title, his only goal coming in El Clásico at Real Madrid on 2 May 2009, which finished with a resounding 6–2 away win; from 2008–10 combined, other than the two league titles, he was essential in conquering the 2009 UEFA Super Cup, the 2009 Champions League and the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, appearing in nearly 100 official matches. Puyol describes Barça as "the team who every Catalan child wants to play for... I am living the dream playing football for Barça and it is my dream to retire playing here."). He scored the only goal in the semifinal against Germany with a powerful header from a corner taken by Barcelona teammate Xavi, sending the national team through to their first World Cup final, and scoring his third international goal in 89 matches. In the final, he played the full 120 minutes, as Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0.

On 1 August 2010, Puyol announced that he would continue to play for the national team for at least another two years.

Playing style

Puyol is known for his intense commitment and ruggedness as a defender. According to Barcelona's head doctor, Puyol is "the strongest, who has the quickest reactions, and who has the most explosive strength." Club fans refer to him as "The Wall". He is also known by some fans in the UK as "Sir Charles" as he seems to be like a Knight due to experience, authority and defending prowess. Miguel Ángel Nadal, who played with him for a short period of time, said, "Carles plays with maturity, has great positional sense, and above all, has pride in his shirt." He said in 2010, "I don't have Romário's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is not as clever, but revises for his exams and does OK in the end." Another former team mate said, "Even four goals down he thinks we can still win."

International statistics

|- |2000||1||0 |- |2001||4||0 |- |2002||10||1 |- |2003||8||0 |- |2004||10||0 |- |2005||10||0 |- |2006||10||0 |- |2007||5||0 |- |2008||14||1 |- |2009||8||0 |- |2010||11||1 |- !Total||91||3 |}

International goals

|- | 1. || April 17, 2002 || Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland || || 4–0 || 5-0 || Friendly |- | 2. || October 11, 2008 || A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia || || 0–3 || 0-3 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | 3. || July 9, 2010 || Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa || || 1–0 || 1-0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup |}

Honours

Barcelona

Spanish League (4): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10

Spanish Cup (1): 2008–09

Spanish Supercup (4): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010

UEFA Champions League (2): 2005–06, 2008–09

UEFA Super Cup (1): 2009

FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2009

Nation

FIFA World Cup: 2010

UEFA European Football Championship: 2008

Summer Olympics: Silver medal 2000

FIFA Confederations Cup: Third-place 2009

Individual

Don Balón Award – Breakthrough player of the year: 2001

ESM Team of the Year: 2001-02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06

UEFA Team of the Year: 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

UEFA Club Best Defender: 2006

FIFPro World XI: 2007, 2008, 2010

UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament

FIFA Team of the Year: 2008

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010

Personal life

In 2006, Puyol said that when not working, he leads "a very quiet life... I've not been to a nightclub in Barcelona for years either. When I go out, I stay in a restaurant with my friends." He practices yoga and Pilates, and according to a friend is highly interested in Tibetan Buddhism and culture. Puyol met the Dalai Lama in 2007.

His father, Josep Puyol, died in a farming accident in 2006 while Carles was on his way to play a match against Deportivo de La Coruña. He was informed by coach Frank Rijkaard upon landing ". He has said that this combined with an injury led to a dark period. Spanish National Team physio, Raúl Martínez, came to Barcelona and in Carles' words "gave me a great telling off. He made me react, and I began to try to be more cheerful, and not overwhelmed by it all."

In 2009, Puyol told Goal.com: "I do not like to go out much, although it is good to disconnect and I like to read." His musical tastes include the band Napalm Death.

Puyol's long shaggy hair has been a distinctive feature throughout his career. Louis van Gaal, who at the time was the FC Barcelona coach, suggested he get it cut when Puyol was 19, Van Gaal had already made clear his feelings about Puyol when, after his first training session with the senior players, he called the defender, then 19, into his office. "What's your problem, can't you afford the money for a haircut?" Van Gaal asked him. "I said nothing," Puyol remembered, "and to this day have kept my hair as it is.".

He's been in a relationship with Spanish model Malena Costa since September 2010. They were first seen together in an Alejandro Sanz concert in Barcelona, a month later Puyol confirmed the relationship on October 16, 2010 at Camp Nou dedicating his winning header against Valencia CF (2-1), by making a heart symbol with both hands. “I dedicate the goal to my girlfriend,” said Puyol after the game. On November 5 they made their first public appearance at the Cirque du Soleil’s show ‘Varekai’ in Barcelona.

References

External links

Official website Carles Puyol On Twitter

FC Barcelona profile

2010 FIFA World Cup profile

BDFutbol profile

National team data

FootballDatabase profile and statistics

Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:People from Pallars Jussà Category:Spanish footballers Category:Catalan footballers Category:Association football defenders Category:La Liga footballers Category:FC Barcelona Atlètic footballers Category:FC Barcelona footballers Category:Spain under-21 international footballers Category:Spain international footballers Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players Category:UEFA Euro 2004 players Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players Category:UEFA Euro 2008 players Category:2009 FIFA Confederations Cup players Category:2010 FIFA World Cup players Category:UEFA European Football Championship-winning players Category:Olympic footballers of Spain Category:Olympic silver medalists for Spain Category:Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:FIFA World Cup-winning players

Name	Bob Newhart
Caption	September 1987
Birth name	George Robert Newhart
Birth date	September 5, 1929 (age 81)
Birth place	Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up, film, television,Books
Nationality	American
Active	1958–present
Genre	Sketch comedy, Satire
Subject	American culture
Influences	Jack Benny, Robert Benchley, H. Allen Smith, James Thurber, Max Shulman
Influenced	Ellen DeGeneres, Lewis Black, Norm Macdonald, David Steinberg, Ray Romano, Tom Rhodes, Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno
Spouse	Virginia Quinn (January 1963 - present) (4 children)
Notable work	The Button-Down Mind of Bob NewhartMajor Major Major Major in Catch-22Dr. Robert Hartley in The Bob Newhart ShowDick Loudon in Newhart
Website	www.bobnewhart.com

}} George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929), known professionally as Bob Newhart, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached #1 on the Billboard pop music charts -- it remains the 20th best-selling album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Again! was also a massive success, and both albums held the Billboard #1 and #2 spots simultaneously, a feat unequaled until the 1991 release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II by hard rock band Guns N' Roses.

Comedy albums

]] In 1958, Newhart became an advertising copywriter for Fred A. Niles, a major independent film and television producer in Chicago. It was at the company that he and a coworker would entertain each other in long telephone calls which they would record then send to a radio station as audition tapes. When his coworker ended his participation, Newhart continued the recordings alone, developing the shtick which was to serve him well for decades. In addition to his various standup bits, he incorporated that shtick into his television series at appropriate times. The auditions led to his break-through recording contract. A disc jockey at the radio station — Dan Sorkin, who later became the announcer-sidekick on his NBC series—introduced Newhart to the head of talent at Warner Bros. Records, which signed him in 1959 — only a year after the label was formed — based solely on those recordings. He expanded his material into a stand-up routine which he began to perform at nightclubs. Button Down Mind received the 1961 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Newhart also won Best New Artist, and his quickly-released follow-on album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back, won Best Comedy Performance - Spoken Word that same year. Subsequent comedy albums include Behind the Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (1961), The Button-Down Mind on TV (1962), Bob Newhart Faces Bob Newhart (1964), The Windmills Are Weakening (1965), This Is It (1967), Best of Bob Newhart (1971), and Very Funny Bob Newhart (1973). Years later he released Bob Newhart Off the Record (1992), The Button-Down Concert (1997) and Something Like This (2001), an anthology of his 1960s Warner Bros. albums.

Television

Newhart's success in stand-up led to his own NBC variety show in 1961, The Bob Newhart Show. The show lasted only a single season but earned Newhart an Emmy Award nomination and a Peabody Award. The Peabody Board cited him as:

In the mid-1960s, Newhart appeared on The Dean Martin Show 24 times, and The Ed Sullivan Show eight times.

Newhart's wife gave birth to their daughter Jenny late in the year, which caused him to miss several episodes. Newhart finally pulled the plug on his own sitcom in 1978 after six seasons and 142 episodes.

Bob Newhart's friendship with Marcia Wallace began in the early 1960s when she was in college, then several years later, after an appearance on The Merv Griffin Show, the producers hired her as Newhart's TV receptionist. She said in a 2001 interview of A&E; Biography about her best friend's marriage to Ginny, that would last for over 45 years, "So Bob and Ginny got married, and her father was Bill Quinn, and he was a very well-known character actor. And there's a great story, supposedly, Tony Randall was at the wedding --- there were a lot of show folks at the wedding, and he turned to somebody and said 'Oh, look who they got for the father, which I think is adorable." While working on the set, Wallace also said of Newhart's repetitious trademark line and his personal feelings which didn't set neither her nor anybody else off, "He's very low key, and he didn't want to cause trouble. I had a dog that I used to bring to the set by the name of Maggie. And whenever there was a line that Bob didn't like --- he didn't want to complain too much --- so, he'd go over, get down on his hands and knees, and repeat the line to the dog, who invariably yawned; and he'd say, 'See, I told you it's not funny!'" Marcia also said about the show's never being nominated for Emmys, "People think we were nominated for many an Emmy, people presume we won Emmys, all of us, and certainly Bob, and certainly the show. Nope, never!" When Wallace wept so hard about The Bob Newhart Show being over after 140+ episodes, she said, "It was much crying and sobbing. It was so sad. We really did get along. We really had great times together." The last thing Wallace said about her ex-series' lead's attempt for another long-running sitcom of the 1980s was, "But some of the other great comedic talents who had a brilliant show, when they tried to do it twice, it didn't always work. And that's what... but like Bob, as far as I'm concerned, Bob is like the Fred Astaire of comics. He just makes it looks so easy, and he's not as in-your-face as some might be. As so, you just kind of take it for granted, how extraordinarily funny and how he wears well." After cancellation of The Bob Newhart Show, she remains on good terms with Newhart, along with several other co-stars, while having had, yet another successful career in becoming a panelist on celebrity game shows of the late 1970s and 1980s. She was also reunited with Newhart, a couple of times, to reprise her role as Carol Bondurant on Murphy Brown, in 1994 and on an episode of one of Bob's short-lived sitcom, George & Leo, in 1997. Bill's and Julia's (Bob's real-life father-in-law's and mother's) deaths, both in 1994, drew the relationship closer between Newhart and Wallace, as she was passing on her condolences to such a beloved comic, whose father was a character man. Quinn had guest-starred a few times on The Bob Newhart Show, as his father. Just the year after its 35 Year Anniversary Reunion Special, actress Pleshette had died, and both Newhart & Wallace, were each given a eulogy, a piece, to read at her memorial in 2008.

Newhart

In 1982, Newhart was interested in a new sitcom. After he had discussions with Barry Kemp and CBS, the show Newhart was created, in which Newhart played Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudin. Struggling actress Mary Frann was cast as his wife, Joanna Loudin, and another inexperienced actress (who had been a fan of Newhart's since she was 21), Julia Duffy joined the cast as Dick's spoiled rich girl and inn maid, Stephanie Vanderkeller. A familiar actor (who had been a fan of Newhart's since he was 17), Peter Scolari was also cast as Dick's manipulate TV producer, Michael Harris. Like The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart was an immediate hit, and like the show before that, it was also nominated for Emmys, but it didn't win any awards. During the time Newhart was working on this show, in 1985, his smoking habits finally caught up to him, and he was taken to the emergency room for polycythemia. The doctors ordered him to stop smoking.

Newhart himself "warmed up" the studio audience with a five-to-eight-minute routine before the filming of every episode.

In 1987, ratings began to drop. Newhart was canceled in 1990 after eight seasons and 182 episodes. The last episode ended with a scene in which Newhart wakes up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette, who had played Emily, his wife from The Bob Newhart Show. He realizes (in a satire of a famous plot element in the TV series Dallas a few years earlier) that the entire eight-year Newhart series had been a single nightmare of Dr. Bob Hartley's, provoked by "eating too much Japanese food before going to bed." Recalling Mary Frann's buxom figure, Bob closes the segment and the series by telling Emily, "You should really wear more sweaters" before the typical closing notes of the old Bob Newhart Show theme played over the fadeout. The twist ending was later chosen by TV Guide as the best finale in television history.

Julia Duffy, who played Stephanie Vanderkellen in almost every season, with the exception of the first one, said, "Well, he always had this hipness from not being him. I mean, during that time, when somewhat are overlooked, some frenzy for NBC's Thursday night shows, we were Letterman's favorite show. Talked about it all the time, Rolling Stone did a huge article on our show, unsolicited article, praising it. Time Magazine did as well, because they loved the timelessness of it, our jokes had absolutely nothing to do with anything current." The last thing Duffy said about the cancellation of Mr. Newhart's 2nd TV series of the decade when she was ready to move onto other projects was, "It was really good for me to see that it got to him, as much as it got to me." After the series' cancellation, Duffy remained friends with Newhart.

Peter Scolari, who played conniving, hyperactive TV producer, Michael Harris, for six of the eight seasons, said of his idol/future TV producer and friend, about looking for another woman who preceded Suzanne Pleshette (who died in 2008, a decade after Frann): "I think Bob was right to find a woman, who was, you know, a completely different kind of woman. I mean, I hate to say it, but demographically, you don't have this. You get the sense that Suzanne Pleshette, you know, had played some poker in her time, maybe knocked back a couple of cigarettes, in her life, and you'd be right to assume that Mary Frann did none of those things. Mary Frann was such a dedicated actor that this one, I don't think she missed a mark or screwed up a line in like 60 or 70 performances of her own, that were flawless." When Newhart's co-star had found out Newhart (himself) was trying to stop smoking was, "And the Pepsi was gone and the cigarettes were finally gone. And he did a great... you know, he would do a five- to eight-minute routine in front of our live audience, every single show night; every Friday night for eight years, he did excerpts and new material. And he did the smoking, and he would start playing the spotlight. The follow spot was on him. 'And I haven't had any of the problems that people usually talk about having with the... with the smoking --- impatience, outbursts of anger, appetite. I haven't really... look, put it on me or get it off me! Just make up your mind!' And he'd freaked out on the follow spot guy. So, he did this for about eight to ten weeks." The last thing Peter also said despite of Mr. Newhart's second show not winning any Emmys, it also gained recognition for the eight seasons that stayed on the air, "I think Julia Duffy and I (at the Emmys), lost Bob and Tom, I think in 8 years, would collectively lost 15 Emmys, lost by 4 cast members, and we just couldn't get arrested, no matter how great a year, we had, it's great to be nominated, to lose again." After the series' cancellation, Scolari is still good friends with Newhart, who also plays golf with him.

Other TV series

In 1992, Newhart returned to television with a series called Bob, about a cartoonist. An ensemble cast included a pre-Friends Lisa Kudrow, but the show did not develop a strong audience and was canceled shortly after the start of its second season, despite good critical reviews. In 1997, Newhart returned again with George and Leo on CBS with Judd Hirsch and Jason Bateman; the show was canceled during its first season.

Other TV appearances

In 2001, Newhart made an appearance on MADtv (Season 6), playing a psychiatrist who yells "Stop it!" in a skit. Other television work includes:

The Entertainers (regular performer in 1964)

Thursday's Game (1974) (made-for-TV film)

Marathon (1980)

Ladies and Gentlemen... Bob Newhart (1980)

Ladies and Gentlemen... Bob Newhart Part II (1981)

The Entertainers (1991)

The Sports Pages (2001) (made-for-TV film)

(2004)

(2006)

(2008)

In 1995, 64 year old Newhart was approached by the Showtime cable network to do his very first comedy special in his 35 year career. His special Off The Record consisted of him doing material from his first and second albums in front of a live audience in Pasedena, California. In 2003, Newhart guest-starred on three episodes of ER in a rare dramatic role that earned him an Emmy Award nomination, his first in nearly 20 years. In 2005, he began a recurring role in Desperate Housewives as Morty, the on-again/off-again boyfriend of Sophie (Lesley Ann Warren), Susan Mayer's (Teri Hatcher) mother. in 2009, He received another Emmy Award nomination for reprising his role as Judson in ''".

On the 2006 Emmy Awards, hosted by Conan O'Brien, Newhart was placed in an airtight glass prison that contained three hours of air. If the Emmys went over the time of three hours, he would die. This gag was an acknowledgment of the common frustration that award shows usually run on past their allotted time (which is usually three hours). Newhart "survived" his containment to help O'Brien present the Emmy Award for Best Comedy Series (which went to The Office.)

During an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Newhart made a comedic cameo with members of ABC's show Lost lampooning an alternate ending to the series finale.

Personal Comedic Style

Newhart is known for his deadpan delivery and a slight stammer which early on he incorporated into the persona around which he built a successful career.

Honors

In addition to his Peabody Award and several Emmy nominations, Newhart's recognitions include:

Three Grammy awards in 1961: Best New Artist, Best Comedy Performance (Spoken Word) and Album of the Year for The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart (the first comedy record to be honored as Album of the Year).

In 1993 Newhart was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

In 1998, Billboard magazine recognized Newhart's first album as #20 on their list of most popular albums of the past 40 years, and the only comedy album on the list.

On January 6, 1999 Newhart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 2002 he won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

In 2004, Newhart was #14 on Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.

On July 27, 2004, the American cable television network TV Land unveiled a statue of Newhart on the Magnificent Mile in his native Chicago, depicting Dr. Robert Hartley from The Bob Newhart Show. The statues depict Dr. Hartley sitting in his therapy practice chair with a pencil held between his hands, and a patients' sofa next to him. The bronze set is now located in the small park in front of the entrance of Navy Pier.

Personal life

Newhart was introduced by Buddy Hackett to Virginia "Ginnie" Quinn, the daughter of popular character actor Bill Quinn (who died in 1994). His son Rob (who portrayed his father in 1993's Heart & Souls, with Robert Downey Jr.) maintains his father's official website. Newhart was a good friend of comedian Don Rickles.

In 1985, Newhart was rushed to the emergency room, suffering with polycythemia, after years of heavy smoking. He made a recovery, several weeks after, and has since quit smoking.

Filmography

Hell Is for Heroes (1962) — a World War II drama with a comedic monologue by Newhart

Hot Millions (1968)

On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

Catch-22 (1970)

Cold Turkey (1971)

The Rescuers (1977) (voice)

Little Miss Marker (1980)

First Family (1980)

The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (voice)

(1998) (voice of Leonard the polar bear)

In & Out (1997)

(2003)

Elf (2003)

(2004)

"" (2005)

(2006)

(2008)

References

Further reading

External links

in 2001

Bob Newhart profile from American Masters

Archive of American Television Interview with Bob Newhart May 29, 2001 on Google Video

Bob:The Last Interview

Bob Newhart four-part interview with Horace J. Digby on A3Radio

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