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birth name | Crispin Hellion Glover |
birth date | April 20, 1964 |
birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
occupation | Actor/Author |
years active | 1977–present |
spouse | }} |
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American film actor, director and screenwriter, recording artist, publisher and author. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen such as George McFly in ''Back to the Future'', Layne in ''River's Edge'', unfriendly recluse Rubin Farr in ''Rubin and Ed'', the "Creepy Thin Man" in the big screen adaptation of ''Charlie's Angels'' and its sequel, Willard Stiles in the ''Willard'' remake, The Knave of Hearts in ''Alice in Wonderland'', and as Phil in ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (and effectively as a self-parody in ''Epic Movie'').
In the late 1980s Glover started his company, Volcanic Eruptions, which publishes his books and also serves as the production company for Glover's films, ''What Is It?'' and ''It is Fine. Everything is Fine!'' Glover tours with his movies and plans to create more films at the property he owns in the Czech Republic.
His breakout role was as George McFly in Robert Zemeckis's ''Back to the Future'', an international box office success following its release in 1985. Glover did not, however, come to an agreement with the producers to appear in the sequels. Zemeckis used some previously filmed footage of Glover from the first movie and inter-spliced new footage of Jeffrey Weissman, who was introduced using prosthetics (including a false chin, nose and cheekbones) and various obfuscating methods (background, sunglasses, rear shot, even upside down) to play the role of George McFly in the sequels. Displeased that the producers had not only put another actor in make-up to make that actor look like him, but also had used footage of him from the first film without his permission and without paying him, Glover then sued the producers (including Steven Spielberg) on the grounds that the producers did not own Glover's likeness. Because of Glover's lawsuit, there are now clauses in The Screen Actors Guild (TV/Film performer labor union) collective bargaining agreements to the effect that producers and actors are not able to do such things. The case was settled out of court and became one of the most important factors in SAG rule history.
He has continued to play exceedingly eccentric types, e.g., playing Andy Warhol in Oliver Stone's ''The Doors'' in 1991, as well as the title characters in ''Bartleby'' (2001) and ''Willard'' (2003). He received mainstream attention as the "Thin Man" in the ''Charlie's Angels'' films; the character had initially been cast as a speaking role, but Glover, noting that the lines as written were exposition, convinced the producers to eliminate the lines to create a darker image for the character.
Glover was a co-interlocutor with Norm Hill and Werner Herzog for the special feature commentary for the DVD of Werner Herzog's ''Even Dwarfs Started Small'' and ''Fata Morgana''.
Glover starred in the 2007 film ''Beowulf'' as the monster Grendel, playing the part via performance capture technology. The film was Glover's first collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis since the original ''Back to the Future'' film.
Glover plays the voice of 6 in the movie ''9'' directed by Shane Acker, and produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov.
Glover appeared in the 2010 Tim Burton film ''Alice in Wonderland'' as the Knave of Hearts, alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. Glover also appeared in the 2010 film ''Hot Tub Time Machine''.
The subsequent confusion and controversy surrounding his appearance was compounded by the fact that ''Rubin and Ed'' was not actually released until 1991; however, the movie had been in development since before ''Back to the Future'' — Crispin had actually already devised Rubin's "look" by 1985. Almost no-one, apparently including Letterman, understood what Glover was doing and the interview became the hallmark of the "weird" TV guest.
Glover returned to the Letterman show twice after that, the first nearly a month later, and then again almost 3 years after where he participated in a more nearly standard interview, but made it questionable whether he was ever on the show before and used a variety of delay tactics explaining the incident; he did say something about it being "an interesting thing." Glover then appeared two years later promoting a record album. When again asked about his first appearance, Glover launched into a long story, mentioning meeting a fellow resembling himself named Rubin, and needing to appear on ''The Tonight Show'' with Johnny Carson simultaneous to his appearance with Letterman. Here Letterman cut him off to talk about the album Glover was promoting, as the time allotted for the interview was more than halfway over. Glover has subsequently refused to go into detail about the reasons for his behavior on the show, other than to mention that he's flattered that fans are still speculating on the performance more than 20 years later. Glover has also mentioned that he prefers there to be an "air of mystery" about the appearance.
The back cover of the album is a collage of figures relating to each track on the album, with an inscription: "All words and lyrics point to THE BIG PROBLEM. The solution lay within the title; LET IT BE. Crispin Hellion Glover wants to know what you think these nine things all have in common." He included a telephone number on the back the album, encouraging listeners to phone when they had figured out the element that all pieces had in common. He has said the telephone number was a pre-internet way of letting people know about the books. As for the "Nine things in common" Glover has said "It is really just the theme of the album." Glover later commented that he was surprised how many people realized what it was.
In 2003, he recorded a version of the Michael Jackson song "Ben" to coincide with the release of the film ''Willard''. In the eccentric music video for the song, which is included on the ''Willard'' DVD, he sings to a rat named Ben.
A number of songs using Glover's name as the title have been recorded by various artists, including Shoegaze/Gothic Rock band Scarling. and Chicago outsider musician Wesley Willis.
! Year† | ! Title |
1982 | ''Billow and the Rock''‡ |
1988 | ''Rat-Catching'' |
1989 | ''Oak-Mot'' |
1990 | ''Concrete Inspection''* |
1992 | ''What it is, and How it is Done''• |
†The publishing years listed above may not represent first edition publication dates, but may include subsequent available editions.
‡Not published.
•Out of Print.
! Year !! Film !! Character | ||
''Best of Times '' | Crispin | |
1982 | Cadet #1 | |
rowspan="5" | ''The Kid with the 200 I.Q.'' | |
''My Tutor'' | Jack | |
''High School U.S.A.'' | Archie Feld | |
''Happy Days'' | Roach | |
''Hill Street Blues'' | Space Cadet | |
''Family Ties'' | Doug | |
''Racing with the Moon'' | Gatsby Boy | |
''Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter'' | Jimbo Anderson | |
Danny | ||
''The Orkly Kid'' | Larry | |
''Back to the Future'' | George McFly | |
''At Close Range'' | Lucas | |
''River's Edge'' | Layne | |
1989 | Howdy | |
Lionel | ||
Dell | ||
''Rubin and Ed'' | Rubin Farr | |
''Little Noises'' | Joey | |
''Ferdydurke'' | Mintus | |
Andy Warhol | ||
''Hotel Room'' | Danny | |
Howard Barth | ||
''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' | Bobby McBurney | |
1994 | ''Chasers'' | Howard Finster |
1995 | ''Dead Man'' | Train Fireman |
1996 | ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'' | Arlo |
''Nurse Betty'' | Roy Ostery | |
Creepy Thin Man | ||
Bartleby | ||
''Fast Sofa'' | Jules Langdon | |
Raskolnikov | ||
''Like Mike'' | Stan Bittleman | |
Willard Stiles | ||
''Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' | Creepy Thin Man | |
2004 | ''Incident at Loch Ness'' | Party Guest |
''What Is It?'' | Dueling Demi-God Auteur and The young man's inner psyche | |
''Drop Dead Sexy'' | Eddie | |
2006 | Simon/Stanley | |
''Epic Movie'' | Willy | |
Montag the Magnificent | ||
''It is Fine. Everything is Fine!'' | (director) | |
Grendel'' | ||
''Open Season 2'' | Fifi (voice only) | |
''Freezer Burn:The Invasion of Laxdale'' | Viergacht | |
William Foster | ||
6 (voice only) | ||
''Hot Tub Time Machine'' | Phil | |
''Open Season 3'' | Fifi (voice only) | |
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name | Andrew Dice Clay |
pseudonym | "Dice," "Diceman" |
birth name | Andrew Clay Silverstein |
birth date | September 29, 1957 |
birth place | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
religious beliefs | Jewish |
medium | Stand-up, television, film |
nationality | United States |
active | 1978 – present |
genre | Character comedy, black comedy, satire, insult comedy |
subjects | human sexuality, sexism, Racism| |
spouse | Kathleen Swanson (1984–1986) (divorced)Kathleen Monica (1992–2002) (divorced) 2 childrenValerie Vasquez (2010–present) |
notable work | ''The Day the Laughter Died''Ford Fairlane in ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' |
website | andrewdiceclay.com |
{{infobox comedian awards |child | yes | awardtitle1 Razzie Award | award1 Worst Actor1991 "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" }} |
Clay is known for playing the lead role in the film ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane''.
Clay has been in several movies and has put out many stand-up albums, including the triple-album ''Filth''. He is the only comedian in history to sell out Madison Square Garden two nights in a row, a feat he accomplished in 1990. The performance was later released on the album and concert film ''Dice Rules''.
Clay is currently guest-starring on the HBO comedy-drama series Entourage as himself.
He had a regular role on ''Crime Story'' from 1986 – 1988. He eventually turned from acting to pursue a career in stand-up comedy, focusing on the character "Dice" from ''Making the Grade''. His big break came in 1988 when he did a seven-minute set at Dangerfield's during the Rodney Dangerfield special "Nothing Goes Right." It was there that he met his agent Dennis Arfa and later got his first HBO special.
In 1998, Clay released the triple-live album "Filth" via the Internet. Soon afterward, Clay aligned himself with New York City-based talk program ''The Opie and Anthony Show''.
To coincide with the release of 2000's "Face Down, Ass Up," Opie and Anthony teamed up with Clay to allow him to perform at Madison Square Garden.
In 2005, Clay signed a deal with Sirius to produce and broadcast his own show, ''Out of the Cage''.
In 2007, he attempted a comeback with the reality TV series ''Dice: Undisputed'' on VH1, which lasted seven episodes.
He appeared as a part of NBC's ''The Celebrity Apprentice 2'' and was the first celebrity to be fired, after he openly entertained the idea of quitting while in Donald Trump's presence. On ''The Howard Stern Show'', Clay stated that the show was edited to exclude situations where Trump treated Clay poorly based on his comic treatment of women rather than his accomplishments. Throughout the season, each celebrity was raising money for a charity of their choice; Clay had selected StandUp For Kids.
In July 2011, Clay was featured in the eighth and final season of Entourage as Johnny Drama's co-star in the fictional program "Johnny's Bananas".
Clay is known for a style of comedy that has sparked controversy and much media coverage. He is loved by some and reviled by others, who feel that his act is crude, misogynistic, racist, homophobic and degrading. Clay has been widely opposed by women's rights groups and he has been banned from many radio and television shows for his explicit language and socially and politically charged humor. MTV banned him for life in 1989 for reciting what he called "adult nursery rhymes" during the annual Video Music Awards ceremony (September 6, 1989). The next year, when he was invited to guest host the weekly comedy TV show, Saturday Night Live, cast member Nora Dunn declared her refusal to ever appear on the same broadcast as Clay and did not participate in the episode of his guest appearance (May 12). Invited musical guest Sinéad O'Connor also boycotted Clay's appearance.
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name | Gary Moore |
background | solo_singer |
birth name | Robert William Gary Moore |
born | April 04, 1952Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
died | February 06, 2011Estepona, Malaga Province, Spain |
instrument | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, harmonica |
genre | Blues-rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz fusion |
occupation | Musician, songwriter, producer |
years active | 1969–2011 |
label | Virgin, Eagle |
associated acts | Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II, Phil Lynott, Greg Lake, BBM |
website | |
notable instruments | Gary Moore Signature Les PaulFender Stratocaster }} |
Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011), better known simply as Gary Moore, was a British musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer.
In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to membership with the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock luminaries as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, George Harrison, Greg Lake and Skid Row (not to be confused with the hard rock band of the same name), as well as having a successful solo career. He guested on a number of albums recorded by high profile musicians, including a cameo appearance playing the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from ''Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3''.
Moore died of a heart attack in his hotel room while on holiday in Estepona, Spain, in February 2011.
Moore's greatest influence in the early days was guitarist Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac who was a mentor to Moore when performing in Dublin. Green's continued influence on Moore was later repaid as a tribute to Green on his 1995 album ''Blues for Greeny'', an album consisting entirely of Green compositions. On this tribute album, Moore played Green's 1959 Les Paul Standard guitar which Green had lent to Moore after leaving Fleetwood Mac. Moore ultimately purchased the guitar, at Green's request, so that "it would have a good home".
While less popular in the US, Moore's work "brought substantial acclaim and commercial success in most other parts of the world – especially in Europe". Throughout his career, Moore was recognised as an influence by many notable guitarists including Vivian Campbell, Patrick Rondat, John Norum, Paul Gilbert , Gus G, Joe Bonamassa, Adrian Smith, Zakk Wylde, Randy Rhoads, John Sykes, John Norum and Kirk Hammett
He collaborated with a broad range of artists including George Harrison, Trilok Gurtu, Dr. Strangely Strange, Colosseum II, Travelling Wilburys, Albert Collins, Jimmy Nail, Mo Foster, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Jim Capaldi, B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Vicki Brown, Cozy Powell, Rod Argent, the Beach Boys, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Rodgers, Keith Emerson, Roger Daltrey, Albert King and together with Colosseum II with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the composer's ''Variations'' album in 1978. He experimented with many musical genres, including rock, jazz, blues, country, electric blues, hard rock and heavy metal.
In 1968, aged 16, Moore moved to Dublin to join the group Skid Row with Noel Bridgeman and Brendan "Brush" Shiels. It was with this group that he earned a reputation in the music industry, and his association with Phil Lynott began.
In 1987, he collaborated on the UK charity record "Let It Be", a cover of the Beatles track. He performed a guitar solo for inclusion on the recording, which was released under the group-name of 'Ferry Aid'. The record raised substantial funds for the survivors of the ''MS Herald of Free Enterprise'' disaster.
In 1993, he was included on a cassette called ''Rock Classics Vol. 1'' with "Run to Your Mama", and "Dark Side of the Moog". After a series of rock records, Moore returned to blues music with ''Still Got the Blues'', with contributions from Albert King, Albert Collins and George Harrison. The album was well received by fans. He stayed with the blues format until 1997, when he decided to experiment with modern dance beats on ''Dark Days in Paradise''; this left many fans, as well as the music press, confused. He also contributed guitar sections to Richard Blackwood's 2000 album, ''You'll Love to Hate This''.
With ''Back to the Blues'', Moore return to his tried and tested blues format in 2001: he continued with this style on ''Power of the Blues'' (2004), ''Old New Ballads Blues'' (2006), ''Close As You Get'' (2007) and ''Bad For You Baby'' (2008).
In January 2005, Moore joined the One World Project, which recorded a song for the 2004 Asian Tsunami relief effort. The group featured Russell Watson, Boy George, Steve Winwood, Barry Gibb, Brian Wilson, Cliff Richard, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Robin Gibb on vocals (in their order of appearance), and featured a guitar solo by Moore. The song, entitled "Grief Never Grows Old", was released in February 2005, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart.
In what has been described as "a brave and principled stand", Gary declared his support for the cultural boycott of Israel. At a press conference in Russia he announced that he would not visit the ‘criminal state’ of Israel ‘because of its racist policies against the Palestinian people’.
He also took part in a comedy skit entitled "The Easy Guitar Book Sketch" with comedian Rowland Rivron and fellow musicians Mark Knopfler, Lemmy from Motorhead, Mark King from Level 42, and David Gilmour.
Aiming to become a musician he moved to Dublin at the age of 16 and joined Skid Row, a band that then included Phil Lynott. Moore would later join Lynott again in 1973 when he first joined Thin Lizzy, after the departure of founding member Eric Bell and again in 1977. He moved to England in 1970 and remained there, apart from two short periods in America. In 2002 he bought a five-bedroom detached Edwardian house in Hove, just west of Brighton, Sussex, to be near his sons, Jack and Gus, from his former marriage which had lasted from 1985 to 1993. Since 1997 he was living with his partner, an artist named Jo, and their daughter Lily (b. 1999) and Saoirse. His residence was reported to be on Vallance Gardens in Hove, East Sussex.
Fans have called for popular magazines such as ''Classic Rock'', ''Guitarist'' and ''Total Guitar'' to do tributes. Twitter was flooded with tributes from fans for several days after the news was revealed.
Tributes:
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name | Chris Isaak |
background | solo_singer |
birth name | Christopher Joseph Isaak |
born | June 26, 1956Stockton, California |
instrument | Vocals, guitar |
genre | Rock n' roll, roots rock, rockabilly, surf rock |
occupation | Singer-songwriter, musician, actor, talk show host |
years active | 1984–present |
label | Warner Bros. Records |
website | www.chrisisaak.com |
notable instruments | }} |
In 1999, Isaak's "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" was featured in Stanley Kubrick's final film, ''Eyes Wide Shut,'' starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The song is on his 1995 album ''Forever Blue''. The music video for the song is directed by Herb Ritts, it was shot in color, it starred Isaak and French supermodel Laetitia Casta in a motel room. This was Isaak's second collaboration with Ritts.
Isaak also composed a theme song for U.S. late-night television variety/talk show, ''The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn.'' In 2001, Isaak starred in his own television show, ''The Chris Isaak Show.'' It aired from March 2001 to March 2004 in the United States on the cable television network Showtime. This adult comedy show featured Chris Isaak and his band playing themselves and the episode plots were based on fictional accounts of the backstage world of Chris Isaak—the rock star next door. In 2004, his track "Life Will Go On" was featured on ''Chasing Liberty'''s soundtrack, which starred Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. His track "Two Hearts" was featured in the closing credits of the 1993 film ''True Romance'', directed by Tony Scott, written by Quentin Tarantino, and starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette.
Isaak's longtime producer, Erik Jacobsen, was instrumental in his sound for 15 years. Jacobsen is known for his production work with The Lovin' Spoonful, and solo albums from Spoonful's John Sebastian and Jerry Yester. Isaak ceased working with Jacobsen on his 2002 album, ''Always Got Tonight''. In 2007 Isaak opened for Stevie Nicks on her Crystal Visions Tour during the first leg of the tour.
Isaak was ranked #68 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
Isaak collaborated with John Shanks for his 2009 album ''Mr. Lucky''.
Isaak has recently contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" for the upcoming tribute album, ''Listen to Me: Buddy Holly'' to be released on September 6th, 2011.
Isaak starred in ''The Chris Isaak Show'' (2001–2004) playing himself and featuring actual members of his band along with numerous celebrity guests. He also guest-starred on the "The One After the Superbowl, Part One", the Super Bowl XXX edition of the television sitcom ''Friends''; and on the HBO miniseries, ''From the Earth to the Moon'', as astronaut Ed White, the first American astronaut to leave the confines of his spacecraft who later died in the Apollo 1 fire.
The Biography Channel aired ''The Chris Isaak Hour'', a one-hour music interview and performance show in 2009. The series premiere will feature Trisha Yearwood, and will include the first ever performance of "Breaking Apart", a duet from Isaak's new album, ''Mr. Lucky''. Additional guests include Stevie Nicks, Smashing Pumpkins, Chicago, Glen Campbell, Michael Bublé, Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), and Jewel.
On April 22, 2010, Isaak was the special guest during Conan O'Brien's The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour performance at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco, California.
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