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Archie McLeod

Archibald "Archie" McLeod was a Scottish footballer who played in the forward position.

In the 1934–35 Irish League season, he was the top goal-scorer for Derry City, netting 57 times, a record that still stands today. He also played at Partick Thistle.

He is the maternal grandfather of David Tennant, best known for playing the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who.

References

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The Wrens

NameThe Wrens
Backgroundgroup_or_band
OriginNew Jersey
GenreIndie rock
Years active1989 – present
LabelLO-MAXWind-Up Records/Grass RecordsDrive Thru RecordsSaddle CreekTen 23Absolutely Kosher
UrlOfficial website
Current membersCharles BissellGreg WhelanKevin WhelanJerry MacDonald
The Wrens are an indie rock band that formed in the late 1980s in New Jersey. The group consists of Charles Bissell, Greg Whelan, Kevin Whelan, and Jerry MacDonald. Their debut album Silver was released in 1994. The band was plagued by label problems throughout the 1990s, leaving them unable to release an album for many years after 1996's Secaucus. The band's third offering, The Meadowlands, finally surfaced in late 2003. Following a gig at University of London Union in London in March 2006, The Guardian declared: "On this form the Wrens are surely one of the best live bands in the world." and praise from critic Robert Christgau. The album was described by The New York Times as a "nearly universally acclaimed disc of bright literate pop".

In late 2006, Wind-Up records reissued the band's first two albums.

Also in 2006, The Wrens recorded a cover of the song "They'll Need A Crane" for Hello Radio, a tribute album to They Might Be Giants.

The Wrens are currently working on a follow-up album to The Meadowlands.

Discography

Albums

  • Silver (1994)
  • Secaucus (1996)
  • The Meadowlands (2003)
  • Singles/EPs

  • Low (7") (1993)
  • Napiers (7") (1994)
  • Life Stories From The Union 7" (1995)
  • Split w/ Park Ave. (7") (1995)
  • Rest Your Head (7") (1996)
  • Abbott 1135 (1997)
  • Overnight Success (1998)
  • Split w/ The Five Mod Four (2002)
  • Notes and references

    External links

  • Official Site
  • Myspace
  • LO-MAX Records
  • Personal account of The Wrens live, with pictures
  • Lazy-i Interview: March 2004
  • Interview and performance on Corporate Country Sucks TV show.
  • Category:1980s music groups Category:1990s music groups Category:2000s music groups Category:2010s music groups Category:American indie rock groups Category:Musical groups from New Jersey

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    Ray Sefo

    NameRay Sefo
    Other namesSugar, Sugarfoot
    Nationality New Zealander
    Birth dateFebruary 15, 1971
    Birth placeAuckland, New Zealand
    Fighting out ofLas Vegas, Nevada, US
    Height
    Weight
    StyleKickboxing
    Stanceorthodox
    TeamXtreme Couture Ray Sefo's Fight Academy Balmoral Lee Gar gym
    TrainerLollo Heimuli
    Years active1989–present
    Mma win2
    Mma kowin2
    Mma loss0
    Kickbox win56
    Kickbox kowin38
    Kickbox loss21
    Kickbox koloss11
    Kickbox draw1
    Box win5
    Box kowin4
    Box loss1
    Box koloss1
    RelativesRony Sefo, brotherFai Falamoe, cousin
    Urlhttp://www.raysefo.com
    Boxrec32491
    K-126
    Sherdog13342
    UpdatedMay 24, 2010

    "Sugar" Ray Sefo (February 15, 1971) is a New Zealander professional kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He is five time Muay Thai World champion and eight time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant, currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada and training with Xtreme Couture.

    Biography

    Trained in Wing Chun as a youth, Sefo started developing his Muay Thai fighting style under Thai legend Kiosot, then continued training under Lollo Heimuli (Balmoral Lee Gar gym). Sefo had an impressive unbeaten record as an amateur and a professional in the Oceania kickboxing league. Early in his career Sefo trained at Balmoral Lee Gar gym alongside Jason Suttie, Jayson Vemoa, Doug Viney and his brother Rony Sefo.

    Some would say his fight against Andre Manaart was his first major challenge on the world stage. In this fight he overwhelmed Manaart with devastating speed and elusive footwork,knocking him down on numerous occasions. In the ring after the fight, Manaart took the microphone and said "...you should call him Sugarfist, not Sugarfoot"...

    His first major breakthrough was becoming a WKA cruiser weight champion, after which he also acted as a sparring partner for fellow New Zealander David Tua when Tua first returned to New Zealand for a fight after turning pro.

    Ray made his K-1 debut against future four-time World Grand Prix Champion, Ernesto Hoost. Sefo held his own against the much more experienced Hoost, but was finally knocked out in the 4th round by a leg kick. Sefo gained respect for standing up to such an elite fighter in just his first fight.

    Sefo gained more respect in his 3rd K-1 fight where he knocked out K-1 legend Jerome Lebanner in round 1. Sefo's hard right hand was enough to break the Frenchmans jaw in four places.

    Sefo had a up down first few years in the K-1, unable to make it past the quarter finals in the K-1 World Grand Prix against the likes of Sam Greco and Andy Hug. In 2000 he made it to the WGP final after knocking out japanese star Musashi and french kickboxer Cyril Abidi before losing again to Hoost.

    In 2002 he defeated Dutch legend Peter Aerts in the quarter finals but lost again to his nemesis Hoost in the semi finals.

    In 2007, he was thought to be a legitmate challenger to dethrone four-time World Grand Prix Champion Semmy Schilt for the new Super Heavyweight title. In Round 1, Sefo became only the second man in history to knock Schilt down. However, he would go on to lose by KO in round 2.

    He went on to loose 5 more fights and would not find the winners circle again till he beat Hong Man Choi, Yosuke Nishijima and Ionut Iftimoaie all by decision.

    He was then asked to fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 on ten days notice against Tyrone Spong. Ray put up a decent fight for a short preparation but was beaten by decision. At the moment Ray is unsure about whether he will continue to fight in the K-1, though he is still considered one of the sport's oldest and still entertaining fighters.

    Titles

  • 2008 K-1 World GP Final 8 - Reserve Match
  • 2006 K-1 World GP Final 8 - Reserve Match
  • 2005 K-1 World GP Final 8
  • 2004 K-1 World GP Final 8
  • 2003 K-1 World GP Final 8
  • 2002 K-1 World GP Final 8 - 3rd Place
  • 2000 K-1 World GP Final 8 - 2nd Place K-1 World Grand Prix 2000.
  • 1997 WKBA World Super Heavyweight World champion.
  • 1996 WMTF World Heavyweight champion.
  • 1996 ISKA World Super Cruiserweight Champion.
  • 1995 ISKA World Cruiserweight Champion
  • 1994 ISKA World Light Cruiserweight Champion.
  • 1992 WMTF World Light Heavyweight Champion.
  • 1992 South Pacific Cruiserweight Champion.
  • 1991 New Zealand Cruiserweight Champion.
  • 1990 New Zealand Heavyweight Champion.
  • Fight record

    {| class="toccolours" width=100% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | Kickboxing Record |- valign="top" | |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | MMA Record |- valign="top" | |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | Boxing Record |- valign="top" | Legend: |}

    See also

  • List of kickboxing organizations
  • List of male kickboxers
  • List of K-1 events
  • Champions of Champions Elite
  • References

    External links

  • Ray Sefo official website
  • K-1 official website
  • Ray Sefo Interview
  • Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand boxers Category:Heavyweights Category:New Zealand kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:New Zealand mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:People from Auckland

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    Mark Hunt

    NameMark Hunt
    CaptionOn November 2007 in Korakuen Hall
    Birth nameMark Hunt
    Other namesSuper Samoan The Doctor
    Nationality New Zealander
    Birth dateMarch 23, 1974
    Birth placeSouth Auckland, New Zealand
    Fighting out ofMinto, NSW, Australia
    Height
    Weight
    StyleKickboxing
    TeamOceania Super Fighter Gym Liverpool Kickboxing Gym Tony Mundine Boxing Club American Top Team
    TrainerHape Nganoroa Marcelo Rezende Tony Mundine
    Years active1995–present
    Box loss1
    Box draw1
    Kickbox win30
    Kickbox kowin13
    Kickbox loss13
    Kickbox koloss2
    Mma win5
    Mma kowin3
    Mma loss7
    Mma koloss1
    Mma subloss6
    StudentsJames Te-Huna
    Urlhttp://www.markhuntfighter.com/
    Boxrec58555
    Sherdog10668

    Mark Hunt (born March 23, 1974) is a New Zealand kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Samoan descent, currently living in Sydney, Australia. Hunt competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and is known for his raw strength, iron chin, and KO power. He won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final. The brawl did not last long. Sam Marsters, one of the bouncers at the door was impressed by the young man's knockout power and invited him to his Gym to take up formal training. Later that year Hunt moved to Sydney, Australia, to train with Alex Tui. A few years later he settled in Liverpool Kickboxing Gym under Maori instructor Hape Ngaranoa.

    K-1 career

    Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt is a New Zealand born Samoan kickboxer and mixed martial artist, currently living and fighting out of Sydney, Australia. Hunt is known for his raw strength, KO power and having one the toughest chins in the world. As a kickboxer he shocked the world on December 8, 2001 by winning the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Final.

    Mark Hunt was born into a large, tight knit Samoan family in a tough suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand. He was a troubled kid and had no intentions to be a professional fighter, until one late night altercation outside a nightclub in Auckland changed the course of his life. The brawl didn’t last long, Hunt knocked out his adversary. One of the bouncers at the door was so impressed by the young man’s knockout power and invited him to Sam Marster's Gym to take up formal training. A couple of weeks later in 1995 in Otahuhu, New Zealand, Hunt was in the ring on his Kickboxing debut and knocked out his opponent Gary Hart in the second round. Mark got a six-pack of beers as payment and the bouncer became his first muay thai coach. Later that year Mark moved to Sydney, Australia to train with Alex Tui. Few years later he settled in Liverpool Kickboxing Gym under fellow Samoan instructor Hape Nganoroa.

    In the beginning of his career, Hunt was used by the promoters as a stepping stone for their up and coming fighters, taking up fights at short notice, until Tarik Solak promoted K-1 Oceania tournament in February 2000. With a record of (15-4, 3KO) Hunt entered his first K-1 tournament as a heavy underdog.

    He won the K-1 Oceania title by knocking out "The Coconut Crusher" Aumitagi in quarter finals, Rony Sefo in semis and Phil Fagan in the finals. After this impressive performance he was invited to Japan for K-1 qualifications. He lost his first international fight by unanimous decision against Jérôme Le Banner.

    In 2001, Hunt returned to K-1 by winning the K-1 Oceania tournament for the second consecutive year. After that he took part of K-1 World GP 2001 in Melbourne, where he beat Japanese boxer Hiromi Amada, before suffering a close unanimous decision loss to reigning champion Ernesto Hoost. However, because of his exciting fighting style Hunt was granted a wildcard spot in the repercharge tournament for the K-1 World GP 2001 Finals, when Mirko Filipović had to pull out due to injury. He was drawn against Ray Sefo, who won the bout by outpointing Hunt. After the fight however, Sefo suffered an eye injury and was not able to continue, allowing Hunt to proceed in his place. Hunt then TKO'd Adam Watt to earn his place in the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals at the Tokyo Dome.

    During the matchmaking for the K-1 Finals, Hunt surprised the crowd by choosing Jérôme Le Banner, whom he had just lost in the previous year, as his quarterfinal opponent. Hunt won the rematch by knocking out Le Banner in the second round and advanced himself onto the semi-finals facing Stefan Leko. Hunt knocked down Leko two times in the first round and went on to win the fight by unanimous decision. The stage was set for the final battle against Brazilian Kyokushin karate champion Francisco Filho. In the final Hunt defeated Filho by unanimous decision to become the K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 champion.

    In 2002, Hunt went to Paris to fight Le Banner again for the third time what turned out to be one of the biggest battles in K-1 history. Le Banner, fighting in front of his hometown audience, knocked down Hunt in the second round but was in turn knocked down himself a few seconds later. In the final moments of the round, Hunt was knocked down for the second time again by the powerful Frenchman. In between rounds the towel was thrown in as Hunt could not continue.

    On December 17, 2002, Mark Hunt returned to defend his K-1 World Grand Prix title. In quarter finals, entering the third round and behind on all scorecards, Mark was able to connect with a right cross that knocked out Stefan Leko and advanced him to the semi-finals against his career long nemesis Jerome Le Banner. Despite knocking down the Frenchman at the end of the third round, Hunt lost the fight by decision. It would to be his last K-1 World Grand Prix appearance.

    In April 2008, FEG announced Hunt's return to K-1 and nominated him as the challenger of K-1 Super Heavyweight title held by Semmy Schilt. The match was held on April 13, 2008, in Yokohama, Japan at the K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama. Hunt lost the fight at the end of the first round by spinning back kick to the body.

    Mixed Martial Arts Career

    Hunt's mixed martial arts career saw him fight in events in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships. His first MMA fight was a submission loss to Hidehiko Yoshida, an Olympic gold medalist in judo. In his second fight, he defeated American wrestler Dan Bobish by TKO. Hunt stepped in as a late replacement for Sakuraba, and won a split decision against an outweighed PRIDE middleweight (205 lb) champion Wanderlei Silva. Silva, renowned for his brutal punching and Muay Thai clinch game, was neutralized by the hard-hitting Samoan and knocked down several times in the fight. At the PRIDE Shockwave 2005 event, Hunt surprisingly defeated Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović via a split decision, after his earlier loss to him in K-1. At PRIDE 31: Unbreakable, Hunt defeated Japanese boxer Yosuke Nishijima in the third round with a powerful one-two punch.

    Hunt's next fight was in the opening round of PRIDE's 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix (PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute) on May 5, 2006. His opponent was Japan's Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, who he defeated by TKO in the second round. He then faced American catch-wrestler Josh Barnett at PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute in the second round of the tournament. Hunt was immediately taken down by Barnett and ultimately lost to a kimura submission roughly two and a half minutes into the first round.

    Following that fight, Hunt next lost to PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko at PRIDE Shockwave 2006. Hunt controlled Emelianenko most of the fight and even effectively countered an armbar early in the bout. Hunt's greatest chance of winning came when he was able to put Emelianenko in an americana. Unfortunately for Hunt, Emelianenko was able to fight through it and submit Hunt with a kimura.

    On July 21, 2008, more than a year after his last MMA fight, Hunt returned to MMA to face Alistair Overeem at DREAM 5, and was submitted by an armlock in just over a minute into the first round.

    Hunt was set to fight Jerome Le Banner at Dynamite!! 2008 but ended up fighting late replacement Melvin Manhoef after Le Banner pulled out. Despite the fact that he had a substantial weight advantage over Manhoef, he was knocked out in 18 seconds in the first round. This marked the first time he had been stopped by knockout due to punches to the head.

    On May 26, 2009, Hunt fought former Dream Middleweight Champion Gegard Mousasi in the opening round of the Super Hulk Grand Prix at Dream 9. He lost by submission in the first round.

    UFC Career

    Hunt made his UFC debut on September 25, 2010 at UFC 119 against fellow UFC newcomer and undefeated prospect Sean McCorkle. Hunt trained with American Top Team for the fight. Photos that had emerged on the internet had shown that Hunt had lost a considerable amount of weight in comparison to that of his Pride days. He was defeated via Submission (Straight Armbar) at 1:03 of the first round.

    Hunt is scheduled to face Chris Tuchscherer at UFC 127 on Feb. 27 in Sydney, Australia.

    Titles

  • K-1
  • *2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Final 3rd Place
  • *2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion
  • *2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Fukuoka Repechage B Champion
  • *2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Melbourne Champion
  • *2000 K-1 Oceania Grand Prix Champion
  • World Kickboxing Federation
  • *1999 WKBF Australian Super Heavyweight Champion
  • Fight record

    {| class="toccolours" width=100% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | Kickboxing Record |- valign="top" | |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | MMA Record |- valign="top" | |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | Boxing record |- valign="top" | Legend: |}

    See also

  • List of male kickboxers
  • List of male mixed martial artists
  • List of K-1 events
  • List of PRIDE events
  • List of K-1 champions
  • List of kickboxing organizations
  • References

    Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand people of Samoan descent Category:New Zealand kickboxers Category:New Zealand boxers Category:New Zealand mixed martial artists Category:Samoan mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Super heavyweight mixed martial artists

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    Kirk Douglas

    NameKirk Douglas
    CaptionDouglas in 1956
    Birth nameIssur Danielovitch
    Birth dateDecember 09, 1916
    Birth placeAmsterdam, New York, U.S.
    OccupationActor, producer, director, author
    NationalityAmerican
    ChildrenMichael DouglasJoel DouglasPeter DouglasEric Douglas (deceased)
    Years active1942–present
    Other namesIzzy Demsky
    SpouseDiana Dill (1943–1951; divorced)Anne Buydens (1954–present)
    Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch or И́сер Даниело́вич; In addition to their surname, his parents also changed their given names, to Harry and Bertha. Douglas grew up as Izzy Demsky, and legally changed his name to "Kirk Douglas" when entering the Navy during World War II. He earned his first money as an actor that summer.

    Douglas made his Broadway debut in 1949 in the Anton Chekhov play "The Three Sisters," produced by Katharine Cornell.

    Douglas played the lead with an all-star cast in Spartacus (1960). He was the executive producer as well, raising the $12 million production cost. Douglas initially selected Anthony Mann to direct the movie, but dismissed him when he judged the initial shooting to be unsatisfactory. To replace Mann he chose Stanley Kubrick, who three years earlier had collaborated closely with Douglas in Paths of Glory, where Douglas played one of his most notable roles as Colonel Dax, the commander of a French regiment during World War I. He manages a similar comic turn in the western Man Without a Star (1955) and in For Love or Money (1963).

    Douglas made seven films over the decades with Burt Lancaster, I Walk Alone (1948), Gunfight at the OK Corral (1957), The Devil's Disciple (1959), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), Victory at Entebbe (1976) and Tough Guys (1986). Douglas was always second-billed under Lancaster in these films but, with the exception of I Walk Alone, in which Douglas played a villain, and The List of Adrian Messenger, in which Lancaster played a brief part in disguise, their roles were more or less the same size. Both actors arrived in Hollywood at the same time, and first appeared together in the fourth film for each. They both became actor-producers who sought out independent Hollywood careers. His distinctive acting style and delivery made him, like James Stewart, a favorite with impersonators, especially Frank Gorshin.

    His first film as a director was Scalawag (1973). In his autobiography The Ragman’s Son, he said "Since I was accused so often of trying to direct the films I was in, I thought I ought to really try my hand at directing." Douglas did not win any competitive Oscars, but received a Honorary Academy Award in 1996 for "50 years as a moral and creative force in the motion picture community".

    For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Douglas has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6263 Hollywood Blvd. He is one of the few personalities (along with James Stewart, Gregory Peck, and Gene Autry) whose star has been stolen and later replaced. In 1984, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, and he received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1991.

    In October 2004, the avenue Kirk Douglas Way in Palm Springs, California was named in his honor by the Palm Springs International Film Society and Film Festival. Popular at home and around the world, Douglas received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981, the French Legion of Honor in 1985, and the National Medal of the Arts in 2001.

    In March 2009, Douglas starred in an autobiographical one man show titled Before I Forget at the Center Theater Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California. The four performances were filmed and turned into a documentary that was first screened in January 2010.

    Personal life

    in Jerusalem (circa 1973)]] Douglas married twice, first to Diana Dill, on November 2, 1943. The couple had two sons, actor Michael Douglas and producer Joel Douglas. They divorced in 1951. He then married Anne Buydens on May 29, 1954. They had two sons, producer Peter Douglas and actor Eric Douglas. Eric Douglas died July 6, 2004 of a drug overdose.

    In 1991, he survived a helicopter crash in which two people died. This sparked a search for meaning, which led him, after much study, to embrace the Judaism in which he was raised. He documented this spiritual journey in his book Climbing the Mountain: My Search for Meaning (2001). In his autobiography, The Ragman's Son, he writes that "coming to grips with what it means to be a Jew has been a theme in my life." In an interview in 2000, he explained this transition:

    Judaism and I parted ways a long time ago, when I was a poor kid growing up in Amsterdam, N.Y. Back then, I was pretty good in cheder, so the Jews of our community thought they would do a wonderful thing and collect enough money to send me to a yeshiva to become a rabbi. Holy Moses! That scared the hell out of me. I didn't want to be a rabbi. I wanted to be an actor. Believe me, the members of the Sons of Israel were persistent. I had nightmares -- wearing long payos and a black hat. I had to work very hard to get out of it. But it took me a long time to learn that you don't have to be a rabbi to be a Jew.

    In 1996, he suffered a stroke, partially impairing his ability to speak. On December 8, 2006, Douglas appeared on Entertainment Tonight, where the entire staff wished him a happy 90th birthday the night before. His son Michael and his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, were among the many celebrities who attended his birthday celebration. On the show, he discussed the books he has written and the death of his son Eric. In accordance with Jewish custom, Douglas celebrated a second Bar-Mitzvah ceremony in 1999 at the age of eighty-three.

    A portrait of Douglas, titled "The Great and the Beautiful," which encapsulated his film career, art collection, philanthropy and rehabilitation from the helicopter crash and the stroke, appeared in Palm Springs Life magazine in 1999. The article said "For years, this energetic performer could be seen jogging several miles to get his morning paper, playing tennis with locals or posing for snapshots and signing autographs for star-struck out-of-towners. He has been a veritable one-man tourist promotion over the past four decades, extolling the virtue of the city he loves to virtually anyone who'll listen".

    Douglas blogs regularly on his MySpace account. At 94, he is the oldest celebrity blogger.

    Family tree

    Filmography

    (1952)]]

    Features

  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
  • Out of the Past (1947)
  • Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
  • I Walk Alone (1948)
  • The Walls of Jericho (1948)
  • My Dear Secretary (1949)
  • A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
  • Champion (1949)
  • Young Man with a Horn (1950)
  • The Glass Menagerie (1950)
  • Along the Great Divide (1951)
  • Ace in the Hole (1951)
  • Detective Story (1951)
  • The Big Trees (1952)
  • The Big Sky (1952)
  • The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
  • The Story of Three Loves (1953)
  • The Juggler (1953)
  • Act of Love (1953)
  • The Jack Benny Program (television, 1954)
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
  • The Racers (1955)
  • Ulisse (U.S. title: Ulysses, 1955)
  • Man Without a Star (1955)
  • The Indian Fighter (1955)
  • Lust for Life (1956)
  • Top Secret Affair (1957)
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • The Vikings (1958)
  • Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
  • The Devil's Disciple (1959)
  • Strangers When We Meet (1960)
  • Spartacus (1960)
  • Town Without Pity (1961)
  • The Last Sunset (1961)
  • Lonely Are the Brave (1962)
  • Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
  • The Hook (1963)
  • The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
  • For Love or Money (1963)
  • Seven Days in May (1964)
  • In Harm's Way (1965)
  • The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
  • Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
  • Is Paris Burning? (1966)
  • The Way West (1967)
  • The War Wagon (1967)
  • Once Upon a Wheel (documentary, 1968)
  • A Lovely Way to Die (1968)
  • The Brotherhood (1968)
  • The Arrangement (1969)
  • There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
  • To Catch a Spy (1971)
  • The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
  • A Gunfight (1971)
  • A Man to Respect (1972)
  • The Master Touch (1972)
  • Scalawag (1973)
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
  • Posse (1975) Also director
  • Once Is Not Enough (1975)
  • Holocaust 2000 (1977)
  • The Fury (1978)
  • The Villain (1979)
  • Saturn 3 (1980)
  • Home Movies (1980)
  • The Final Countdown (1980)
  • The Man from Snowy River (1982)
  • Remembrance of Love (1982)
  • Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
  • Draw! (1984)
  • Amos (1985)
  • Tough Guys (1986)
  • Queenie (television, 1987)
  • Inherit the Wind (1988)
  • Oscar (1991)
  • Veraz (1991)
  • The Secret (television, 1992)
  • A Century of Cinema (documentary, 1994)
  • Greedy (1994)
  • Diamonds (1999)
  • It Runs in the Family (2003)
  • Illusion (2004)
  • Meurtres à l'Empire State Building (U.S. title: Empire State Building Murders, 2008)
  • Before I Forget (documentary) (2010)
  • Short subjects

  • Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light (1956)
  • Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)
  • Awards

    Academy Awards
  • 1995 nominated for Honorary Awards
  • 1956 Lust for Life nominated for Best Actor
  • 1952 Bad & the Beautiful nominated for Best Actor
  • 1949 Champion nominated for Best Actor
  • Berlin International Film Festival

  • 1975 Posse nominated for Competing Film
  • New York Film Critics Circle Award

  • 1956 Lust for Life won for Best Actor
  • 1951 Detective Story nominated for Best Actor
  • Bibliography

  • Wisdom of the Elders. 1986.
  • The Ragman's Son. Simon & Shuster, 1988. ISBN 0-671-63717-7.
  • Dance With the Devil. Random House, 1990. ISBN 0-394-58237-3.
  • The Gift"> The Gift. Warner Books, 1992. ISBN 0-446-51694-5.
  • Last Tango in Brooklyn. Century, 1994. ISBN 0-7126-4852-6.
  • The Broken Mirror: A Novella. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997. ISBN 0-689-81493-3.
  • Young Heroes of the Bible. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-689-81491-7.
  • Climbing The Mountain: My Search For Meaning. Simon and Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-1438-2.
  • My Stroke of Luck. HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN 0-06-001404-0.
  • Let's Face It – 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning. John Wiley & Sons, 2007. ISBN 0-470-08469-3.
  • See also

    References

    Further reading

  • Kress, Michael. Rabbis: Observations of 100 Leading and Influential Rabbis of the 21st Century. (foreword by Kirk Douglas.) Universe, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7893-0804-7.
  • McBride, Joseph. Kirk Douglas. Pyramid Publications, 1976. ISBN 0-515-04084-3.
  • Munn, Michael. Kirk Douglas. St. Martin's Press, 1985. ISBN 0-312-45681-6.
  • Press, Skip. Michael and Kirk Douglas. Silver Burdett Press, 1995. ISBN 0-382-24941-0.
  • External links

  • Guest of honor on "Dean Martin Show" Video, 3 min. (circa 1980)
  • Profile at Turner Classic Movies
  • An Interview with Kirk Douglas
  • Kirk Douglas, le champion de Hollywood
  • Kirk Douglas interviewed by Mike Wallace on The Mike Wallace Interview from November 2, 1957
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    John Coltrane

    NameJohn Coltrane
    Imge altIn a black-and-white photo, Coltrane—a middle-aged African-American male—stands against a paper backdrop with his saxophone around his neck, wearing a striped jacket, plain white shirt, and dark pants.
    Backgroundnon_vocal_instrumentalist
    Birth nameJohn William Coltrane
    Alias"Trane"
    BornSeptember 23, 1926Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
    DiedJuly 17, 1967Huntington, New York, U.S.
    GenreJazz, avant-garde jazz, bebop, hard bop, post bop, modal jazz, free jazz
    OccupationSaxophonist, composer, bandleader
    InstrumentTenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
    Years active1946–1967
    LabelPrestige, Blue Note, Atlantic, Impulse!, Pablo
    Associated actsMiles Davis Quintet, Thelonious Monk
    Urljohncoltrane.com
    NameSaint John William Coltrane
    Birth dateSeptember 23, 1926
    Birth placeHamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
    Death dateJuly 17, 1967
    Death placeHuntington, New York, U.S.
    Venerated inAfrican Orthodox Church
    PatronageMusicians}}
    John William Coltrane (sometimes abbreviated "Trane"; September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967 Parker became an early idol, and they played together on occasion in the late 1940s.

    Contemporary correspondence shows that Coltrane was already known as "Trane" by this point, and that the music from some 1946 recording sessions had been played for Miles Davis—possibly impressing the latter.

    There are recordings of Coltrane from as early as 1945. He was a member of groups led by Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic and Johnny Hodges in the early- to mid-1950s.

    Miles and Monk period (1955–1957)

    Coltrane was freelancing in Philadelphia in the summer of 1955 while studying with guitarist Dennis Sandole when he received a call from trumpeter Miles Davis. Davis, whose success during the late forties had been followed by several years of decline in activity and reputation, due in part to his struggles with heroin, was again active, and was about to form a quintet. Coltrane was with this edition of the Davis band (known as the "First Great Quintet" to distinguish it from Davis's later group with Wayne Shorter) from October 1955 through April 1957 (with a few absences), a period during which Davis released several influential recordings which revealed the first signs of Coltrane's growing ability. This First Quintet, represented by two marathon recording sessions for Prestige in 1956 that resulted in the albums Cookin', Relaxin', Workin', and Steamin', disbanded in mid April due partly to Coltrane's heroin addiction.

    During the later part of 1957 Coltrane worked with Thelonious Monk at New York’s Five Spot, a legendary jazz club, and played in Monk's quartet (July–December 1957), but owing to contractual conflicts took part in only one official studio recording session with this group. A private recording made by Juanita Naima Coltrane of a 1958 reunion of the group was issued by Blue Note Records in 1993 as Live at the Five Spot-Discovery!. More significantly, a high-quality tape of a concert given by this quartet in November 1957 surfaced, and in 2005 Blue Note made it available on CD. Recorded by Voice of America, the performances confirm the group's reputation, and the resulting album, Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall, is widely acclaimed.

    Blue Train, Coltrane's sole date as leader for Blue Note, featuring trumpeter Lee Morgan, bassist Paul Chambers, and trombonist Curtis Fuller, is often considered his best album from this period. Four of its five tracks are original Coltrane compositions, and the title track, "Moment's Notice," and "Lazy Bird", have become standards. Both tunes employed the first examples of his chord substitution cycles known as Coltrane changes.

    Davis and Coltrane again

    Coltrane rejoined Davis in January 1958. In October of that year, jazz critic Ira Gitler coined the term "sheets of sound" to describe the style Coltrane developed during his stint with Monk and was perfecting in Davis' group, now a sextet. His playing was compressed, with rapid runs cascading in hundreds of notes per minute. He stayed with Davis until April 1960, working with alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley; pianists Red Garland, Bill Evans, and Wynton Kelly; bassist Paul Chambers; and drummers Philly Joe Jones and Jimmy Cobb. During this time he participated in the Davis sessions Milestones and Kind of Blue, and the live recordings Miles & Monk at Newport and Jazz at the Plaza. {| style="font-size:100%" align="right" border="0" color="black" width=130px | |} At the end of this period Coltrane recorded his first album for Atlantic Records, Giant Steps, comprised exclusively of his own compositions. The album's title track is generally considered to have the most complex and difficult chord progression of any widely-played jazz composition. Giant Steps utilizes Coltrane changes. His development of these altered chord progression cycles led to further experimentation with improvised melody and harmony that he would continue throughout his career.

    First albums as leader

    Coltrane formed his first group, a quartet, in 1960 for an appearance at the Jazz Gallery in New York City. After moving through different personnel including Steve Kuhn, Pete La Roca, and Billy Higgins, the lineup stabilized in the fall with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Steve Davis, and drummer Elvin Jones. Tyner, from Philadelphia, had been a friend of Coltrane's for some years and the two men long had an understanding that the pianist would join Coltrane when Tyner felt ready for the exposure of regularly working with him. Also recorded in the same sessions were the later released albums Coltrane's Sound and Coltrane Plays the Blues.

    Still with Atlantic Records, for whom he had recorded Giant Steps, his first record with his new group was also his debut playing the soprano saxophone, the hugely successful My Favorite Things. Around the end of his tenure with Davis, Coltrane had begun playing soprano saxophone, an unconventional move considering the instrument's near obsolescence in jazz at the time. His interest in the straight saxophone most likely arose from his admiration for Sidney Bechet and the work of his contemporary, Steve Lacy, even though Miles Davis claimed to have given Coltrane his first soprano saxophone. The new soprano sound was coupled with further exploration. For example, on the Gershwin tune "But Not for Me", Coltrane employs the kinds of restless harmonic movement (Coltrane changes) used on Giant Steps (movement in major thirds rather than conventional perfect fourths) over the A sections instead of a conventional turnaround progression. Several other tracks recorded in the session utilized this harmonic device, including "26-2," "Satellite," "Body and Soul", and "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes".

    First years with Impulse Records (1960–1962)

    In May 1961, Coltrane's contract with Atlantic was bought out by the newly formed Impulse! Records label.

    In the early 1960s, during his engagement with Atlantic Records, he increasingly played soprano saxophone as well. The cover of his album My Favorite Things features Coltrane playing soprano. Toward the end of his career, he experimented with flute in his live performances and studio recordings.

    Religious beliefs

    Coltrane was born and raised in a Christian home, and was influenced by religion and spirituality from childhood. His maternal grandfather, the Reverend William Blair, was a preacher at an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church John's parents met through church affiliation, and married in 1925. John was born in 1926. As a youth, John practiced music in the southern African-American church. In A Night in Tunisia: Imaginings of Africa in Jazz, Norman Weinstein notes the parallel between Coltrane's music and his experience in the southern church. John Jr. was born in 1964, Ravi was born in 1965, and Oranyan (Oran) was born in 1967. According to Lavezzoli, "Alice brought happiness and stability to John's life, not only because they had children, but also because they shared many of the same spiritual beliefs, particularly a mutual interest in Indian philosophy. Alice also understood what it was like to be a professional musician".

    Moustafa Bayoumi, an associate professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, argues that Coltrane's A Love Supreme (recorded in December 1964 and released in 1965) features Coltrane chanting, "Allah Supreme." Coltrane's collection of books included The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, the Bhagavad Gita, Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi, which, Lavezzoli points out, "recounts Yogananda's search for universal truth, a journey that Coltrane had also undertaken. Yogananda believed that both Eastern and Western spiritual paths were efficacious, and wrote of the similarities between Krishna and Christ. This openness to different traditions resonated with Coltrane, who studied the Qur'an, the Bible, Kabbalah, and astrology with equal sincerity."

    His widow, Alice Coltrane, after several decades of seclusion, briefly regained a public profile before her death in 2007. Coltrane's son, Ravi Coltrane, named after the great Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar, who was greatly admired by Coltrane, has followed in his father's footsteps and is a prominent contemporary saxophonist. A former home, the John Coltrane House in Philadelphia, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1999. His last home, the John Coltrane Home in the Dix Hills neighborhood of Huntington, New York, where he resided from 1964 until his death in 1967, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 2007.

    His revolutionary use of multi-tonic systems in jazz has become a widespread composition and reharmonization technique known as "Coltrane changes".

    In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed John Coltrane on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.

    Coltrane's tenor (Selmer Mark VI, serial number 125571, dated 1965) and soprano (Selmer Mark VI, serial number 99626, dated 1962) saxophones were auctioned on February 20, 2005 to raise money for the John Coltrane Foundation. The soprano raised $70,800 but the tenor remained unsold.

    Sainthood

    The African Orthodox Church has beatified Coltrane and declared him a saint in 1971. Its services incorporate Coltrane's music, using his lyrics as prayers. A documentary on Coltrane, featuring the church, presented by Alan Yentob was produced for the BBC in 2004.

    Discography

    Discography below lists albums conceived and approved by Coltrane as a leader during his lifetime. It does not include his many releases as a sideman, sessions assembled into albums by various record labels after Coltrane's contract expired, sessions with Coltrane as a sideman later reissued with his name featured more prominently, or posthumous compilations except for the one which he approved before his death. See main discography link above for full list.

    Prestige and Blue Note Records

  • Coltrane (debut solo LP) (1957)
  • Blue Train (1957)
  • John Coltrane with The Red Garland Trio (1957)
  • Soultrane (1958)
  • Lush Life (1958)
  • Atlantic Records

  • Giant Steps (first album entirely of Coltrane compositions) (1960)
  • Coltrane Jazz (first appearance by McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones) (1961)
  • My Favorite Things (1961)
  • Olé Coltrane (features Eric Dolphy, compositions by Coltrane and Tyner) (1961)
  • Impulse! Records

  • Africa/Brass (brass arranged by Tyner and Dolphy) (1961)
  • Live! at the Village Vanguard (features Dolphy, first appearance by Jimmy Garrison) (1962)
  • Coltrane (first album to solely feature the "classic quartet") (1962)
  • Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963)
  • Ballads (1963)
  • John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963)
  • Impressions (1963)
  • Live at Birdland (1963)
  • Crescent (1964)
  • A Love Supreme (1965)
  • The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965)
  • Ascension (1965)
  • New Thing at Newport (live with Archie Shepp) (1965)
  • Kulu Se Mama (1966)
  • Meditations (quartet plus Pharoah Sanders and Rashied Ali) (1966)
  • Live at the Village Vanguard Again! (featuring Alice Coltrane, as well as Sanders and Ali) (1966)
  • Expression (posthumous and final Coltrane-approved release; one track features Coltrane on flute) (1967)
  • References

    Sources

    External links

  • Official Website
  • Cuthbert Simpkins Interviews on John Coltrane at Duke University
  • David Tegnell Interviews on John Coltrane at Duke University
  • Jazz Archive at Duke University
  • Ode to John Coltrane — By The Antioch Review
  • John Coltrane Sessionography
  • 1957 Carnegie Hall Performance in Transcription and Analysis
  • Infography about John Coltrane
  • "Joe Lovano Selects Essential John Coltrane Tracks", edited by Ted Panken, (Jazz.com)
  • John Coltrane Multimedia Directory - Kerouac Alley
  • SoundUnwound timeline
  • Complete Discography (as band leader)
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