Terminal may refer to:

In travel and transport [link]

Airport terminal, a building at an airport

Bus terminal, a bus station

Container terminal, a facility which handles shipping containers and cargo

Ferry terminal, a docking facility for passenger, train and/or auto ferries

Freight terminal, a freight station

Shipping terminal, a sea port or a dock or a berth

Marine terminal, a sea port or a dock (maritime) or a berth

Terminal station, a station at the end of a railway line.

In electronics, telecommunication, and computers [link]

In typography:

* Terminal (typeface), a monospace font

* A type of Stroke ending (typography) which does ''not'' end in a serif

Terminal (electronics), a device for joining electrical circuits together

Terminal (telecommunication), a device communicating over a line

Remote terminal unit (RTU), a telemetry device interfacing to a DCS or SCADA system

Computer console, a text output device for system administration messages

Computer terminal, a hardware device for data entry and display in a computer system

Dumb terminal, a computer terminal that has limited functionality

Pseudo terminal, a piece of code that routes a server I/O to and from some application, assuming that it will implement the text terminal behavior

Terminal emulator, an application program replacing a computer terminal

Terminal (Mac OS X), a terminal emulator application included with Mac OS X

Terminal (Xfce), the Xfce terminal emulator

Computer terminal#Text terminals, any computer interface for serial entry and display of textual data

Virtual console, a concept that permits multiple terminals on one hardware

In sciences [link]

Terminal object, a type of object studied in category theory

Terminal symbol in formal grammar, a symbol that cannot be further divided

Polymer terminal in chemistry, the end residue on any polymer chain

Terminal velocity in physics, the speed of an object when the restraining force exerted by a fluid (such as air) is equal to other forces (such as gravity) (''see also Terminal velocity (disambiguation)'')

Terminal crown, a feature of living trees like the Eucalyptus Mallet (habit)

Other [link]

terminal (Denmark) (band) - pop rock act from Denmark.

Terminal (band), an alternative/indie rock band from Texas, USA

Terminal illness, a progressive disease that is expected to cause death

''Terminal'' (novel), by Robin Cook

''Terminal'', a novel by Colin Forbes

Terminal sedation, the practice of inducing unconsciousness in a terminally ill person for the remainder of the person's life

''The Terminal'', a 2004 film by Steven Spielberg, in which a man is trapped in an airport terminal

''Terminal Entry'', a 1986 movie directed by John Kincade, about teenage hackers stumbling on a terrorist computer network.

The Potsdam Conference, code-named “Terminal”, the last Allied meeting of World War II

Suffix, in grammar

''Terminal'' (album), an album by Salyu

"Terminal" (song), by Rupert Holmes

"Terminal", a song by Static-X

"Terminals", a song by Relient K, featuring Adam Young

Terminal Choice is a German electronic rock band. It was formed by singer Chris Pohl

See also[link]

Freight station

Intermodal freight transport

Intermodal passenger transport

Terminal illness

Termination (disambiguation) Terminator (disambiguation)

Terminus

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name	Rupert Holmes
background	solo_singer
birth date	February 24, 1947
genre	Soft rock, pop rock, show tunes
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, playwright, author
years active	1970–present
label	Epic Records, Infinity Records, MCA Records, Elektra Records
associated acts	Sparks
website	http://www.rupertholmes.com }}

Rupert Holmes (born February 24, 1947) is an English-born American composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979/1980) and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980. He is also known for his 1985 Tony Award-winning musical ''Drood'' (originally ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'') and his 2007 Drama Desk Award-winning book for the Broadway musical ''Curtains'', and for his television series ''Remember WENN''.

Life and career[link]

Holmes was born David Goldstein in Northwich, Cheshire, England. His father, Leonard Goldstein, was a United States Army Warrant Officer and bandleader, his mother, Gwen, was English, and both were musical. Holmes has dual American and British citizenship. The family moved when Holmes was six years old to the northern New York City suburb of Nanuet, New York, where Holmes grew up and attended nearby Nyack High School and then the Manhattan School of Music (majoring in clarinet). Holmes' brother, Richard, is an opera singer based in New York City and is the principal lyric baritone of the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, sings roles with regional opera companies, such as Glimmerglass Opera, Lake George, and Virginia Opera, among others, and has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera.

In 1969, Holmes married childhood friend Elizabeth "Liza" Wood Dreifuss, an attorney. Holmes' daughter Wendy died suddenly in 1986, at the age of ten, of an undiagnosed brain tumor. He has two sons, Nick and Timothy, the latter of whom has autism.

Songwriter and recording artist[link]

In his 20s, Holmes was a session musician (producing sessions, writing and arranging songs, singing and playing a few instruments). In March 1970, he and Ron Dante (The Cuff Links and The Archies) recorded "Jennifer Tomkins" for release on their second album, ''The Cuff Links''. During the recording of that album, Dante was prohibited by the studio that produced The Archies from any involvement in new recording ventures and was forced to drop out of ''The Cuff Links''. Holmes finished the project and released "Jennifer Tomkins" separately under a different studio name, The Street People. The song was on the Billboard (magazine) pop charts for 15 weeks, beginning January 3, 1970, reaching a peak of 36. A follow up single called "Thank You Girl" reached 96 on the Billboard pop charts in April 1970.

Holmes played the piano for both The Cuff Links and The Buoys, with whom he had his first international hit, "Timothy", in 1971, a top-40 song about cannibalism. He also wrote "Give Up Your Guns", "The Prince of Thieves", "Blood Knot" and "Tomorrow" for the band. "Timothy" charted in the U.S. at number 17 and "Give Up Your Guns" at number 84. Holmes also wrote jingles and pop tunes (including for Gene Pitney, the Platters, the Drifters, Wayne Newton, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow and television's The Partridge Family).

As a recording artist, Holmes broke through with his first album, 1974's ''Widescreen'' on Epic Records, which introduced him as a presenter of highly romantic, lushly orchestrated "story songs" that told a witty narrative punctuated by clever rhymes and a hint of comedy. Barbra Streisand discovered this album and asked to record songs from it, launching Holmes on a successful career. She then used some of his songs in the movie ''A Star Is Born''. He also arranged, conducted and wrote songs on her 1975 album, ''Lazy Afternoon'' and five of her other albums. Holmes' second, self-titled album led ''Rolling Stone'' to compare him with Bob Dylan in the sense of being an artist of unprecedented originality that commanded attention.

Holmes' production skills were also in demand during this period, and he took on this role for Lynsey De Paul on her album ''Tigers and Fireflies'', which spawned the radio hit "Hollywood Romance". The album also featured a song, the bluesy "'Twas", co-written by the two. He additionally produced Sparks' 1976 LP, ''Big Beat'', though the album was not a success.

"Escape" was included on Holmes' fifth album, ''Partners in Crime'', and reached the Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1979. Another popular song on that album was "Him", which peaked at number 6 on the Hot 100. He had another top-40 hit with "Answering Machine". In 1986, Holmes's composition "You Got It All" (sometimes called "You Got It All Over Him") was a top 3 hit single for The Jets and was later recorded by pop superstar Britney Spears and featured in her internationally released version of ''Oops!… I Did It Again'' (2000). He also produced two songs for singer Judy Collins that appeared on her album ''Sanity and Grace''. His song "The People That You Never Get To Love" was featured on four albums by Susannah McCorkle ''The People That You Never Get To Love'' (1981), ''From Bessie To Brazil'' (1993), ''Most Requested Songs'' (2001) and ''Ballad Essentials'' (2002). Frank Sinatra, Jr. also recorded the tune on his ''That Face!'' album (2006).

In the 1980s and 1990s, Holmes also played in cabarets and comedy clubs, mostly in New York City, telling often autobiographical anecdotes illustrated with his songs.

Playwright[link]

Rupert Holmes made his professional debut as a playwright with the musical ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', later known as ''Drood'', in 1985. Holmes was encouraged to write a musical by Joseph Papp and his wife after they attended one of Holmes's cabarets in 1983. The result, loosely based on the Charles Dickens unfinished novel, and inspired by Holmes's memories of English pantomime shows he attended as a child, would earn Holmes the Tony Award for both book and score, as well as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations, among various other honors. Holmes also orchestrated ''Drood'' himself, making him one of the few Broadway composers to write his own orchestrations. Because the original novel was left unfinished after Dickens's death, Holmes came up with the unusual idea of providing alternate endings for each character who is suspected of the murder, and letting the audience vote on a different murderer each night. The success of ''Drood'' would lead Holmes to focus more on writing plays (both musical and non-) in later years, though he has stated that he avoided musical theater for some time after the death of his daughter.

Holmes also wrote the Tony Award-nominated ("Best Play 2003") ''Say Goodnight, Gracie'', based on the relationship between George Burns and Gracie Allen. The play, which starred Frank Gorshin, was that Broadway season's longest running play and the third longest-running solo-performance show in Broadway history. He has also written the comedy-thriller ''Accomplice'' (1990), which was the second of Holmes's plays to receive an Edgar Award (following ''Drood''). Holmes has written a number of other shows, including ''Solitary Confinement'', which played on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre in 1992 and set a new Kennedy Center box office record before its Broadway run; ''Thumbs'', the most successful play in the history of the Helen Hayes Theatre Company; and the musical ''Marty'' (2002), starring John C. Reilly. Holmes also joined the creative team of ''Curtains'', after the deaths of both Peter Stone (the original book-writer) and Fred Ebb (the lyricist). Holmes rewrote Stone's original book and contributed additional lyrics to the Kander and Ebb songs. ''Curtains'' played at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Broadway, and David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk starred in the lead roles. Holmes and Peter Stone (posthumously) won the 2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical for ''Curtains''.

Holmes wrote the book of ''The First Wives' Club – The Musical'', a musical theatre version of the film ''The First Wives Club'', which played at The Old Globe Theater in San Diego, California from July 17, 2009 through August 23, 2009. The score is by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland. Holmes had been engaged to write the musical in 2006. The director of the San Diego production was Francesca Zambello, with a cast including Karen Ziemba, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Barbara Walsh and John Dossett. The production received generally unenthusiastic reviews but sold well. After the run, Zambello dropped out as director, and the producers announced that they were seeking a new a new director and choreographer, for a possible Broadway production, but retaining Holmes.

Holmes next wrote the book for a jukebox musical, ''Robin and the 7 Hoods'', inspired by the 1964 film of the same name starring Frank Sinatra, with a new story line that Holmes set in the ''Mad Men'' era of 1962. Songs are by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, including "My Kind of Town". A production ran throughout August 2010, again at the Old Globe. Casey Nicholaw directed and choreographed. The story is about a likable gangster hoping to get out of the crime business. A do-gooding TV reporter likens him to a modern day Robin Hood.

Holmes adapted the John Grisham novel and film of ''A Time to Kill'' for the stage. The play premiered at the Arena Stage, Washington, DC, running in May and June 2011. The courtroom drama, set against a background of evolving 1980s Southern racial politics, has been called "funny, shocking, witty, and sly".

Television writer and novelist[link]

In 1996 Holmes created the television series ''Remember WENN'' for American Movie Classics, writing the theme song and all 56 episodes of that series. In 2003 he published his first novel, ''Where the Truth Lies'' (later adapted into a film of the same name by Atom Egoyan), followed in 2005 by ''Swing,'' a multimedia release combining a novel with a music CD providing clues to the mystery. Holmes's newest novel, ''The McMasters Guide To Homicide: Murder Your Employer'', is slated for release in 2010.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Does not include others' collections or albums released without Holmes's participation: # ''Widescreen''. 1974 (Epic: KE 32864 or AL 32864) # ''Rupert Holmes''. 1975 (Epic: KE33443) # ''Singles''. 1976 (Epic: 34288) # ''Pursuit of Happiness''. 1978 (Private Stock/MCA: MCA 3241) # ''Partners in Crime''. 1979 (Infinity/MCA: INF 9020) # ''Adventure''. 1980 (MCA: 5129) # ''Full Circle''. 1981 (Electra: P-11086E) # ''Billboard Top Hits 1980''. 1991 (Rhino: 70674) # ''Scenario''. 1994 (Victor: VICP-5469) # ''Epoch Collection''. 1994 (Varese Sarabande: VSD-5520) # ''Widescreen (Re-Issue)''. 1995 (Varese Sarabande: VSD-5545) # ''The Best of Rupert Holmes''. 1998 (Half Moon/Universal: HMNCD 037) # ''Rupert Holmes / Greatest Hits''. 2000 (Hip-O/Universal: 314 541 557-2) # ''Widescreen - The Collector's Edition''. 2001 (Fynsworth Alley: 302 062 1162) (with eleven cuts not previously released). # ''Cast of Characters - The Rupert Holmes Songbook''. 2005 (Hip-O/Universal: B0004263-02) # ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood''. Original Broadway Cast Recording. Polygram

Holmes also wrote and co-produced, and was a keyboardist on, the songs on the disco album ''Shobizz'', released in 1979 by Capitol Records. He also featured as a vocalist on the 1983 album ''Lake Freeze - The Raccoons Songtrack'' by The Raccoons.

Singles[link]

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Other works[link]

Theatre[link]

''Drood'' (originally ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'')

''Twelfth Night''

''Accomplice''

''The Hamburger Hamlet''

''Solitary Confinement''

''Goosebumps''

''Say Goodnight, Gracie''

''Thumbs''

''Marty''

''Curtains''

''Swango''

''The Picture of Dorian Gray''

''The First Wives' Club – The Musical''

''Robin and the 7 Hoods''

Film and television projects[link]

''Remember WENN''

''Hi Honey I'm Home''

''No Small Affair''

''Five Savage Men''

''A Star Is Born''

''Art in Heaven''

''The Christmas Raccoons'' (voice)

Books[link]

''Swing''

''Where the Truth Lies''

''The McMasters Guide To Homicide: Murder Your Employer''

Notes[link]

References[link]

Gordon, Meryl. "Escape From Piña Coladaville", ''New York Magazine'' interview (August 11, 2003), pp. 42–45, 88

External links[link]

Rupert Holmes website

Sparks - Sparks "Big Beat" Lp produced by Rupert Holmes

Filmography at IMDB website

Broadway credits at IBDB website

Review of new musical ''Curtains''.

Review of a 1990 Cabaret performance by Holmes

Holmes' song "Terminal", from his 1974 album "Widescreen", at Songs about Nanuet website

Category:American songwriters Category:American musical theatre composers Category:American musical theatre lyricists Category:American composers Category:American television writers Category:American short story writers Category:American novelists Category:Edgar Award winners Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni Category:Tony Award winners Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Epic Records artists Category:People from Cheshire Category:People from Scarsdale, New York Category:Musicians from New York Category:American people of English descent

de:Rupert Holmes es:Rupert Holmes fr:Rupert Holmes nl:Rupert Holmes pt:Rupert Holmes sk:Rupert Holmes sv:Rupert Holmes

birth name	Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
birth date	July 09, 1956
birth place	Concord, California, U.S.
years active	1979–present
occupation	Actor, producer, director, voice over artist, writer, speaker
spouse	Samantha Lewes(m. 1978–1987; divorced)Rita Wilson (m. 1988–present)
children	Colin, Elizabeth, Chester, Truman }}

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks is known for his roles in ''Philadelphia'' and as the title character in ''Forrest Gump'', roles which won him two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor. Hanks is also known for his Oscar nominated roles in ''Big'', ''Saving Private Ryan'' and ''Cast Away''.

Hanks' other acting roles include ''Apollo 13'' as Jim Lovell, ''The Green Mile'' as Paul Edgecomb, ''Toy Story'' as Woody and ''Charlie Wilson's War'' as Charlie Wilson.

Early life[link]

Hanks was born in Concord, California. His father, Amos Mefford Hanks (born in Glenn County, California, on March 9, 1924 – died in Alameda, California, on January 31, 1992), was an itinerant cook. His mother, Janet Marylyn (née Frager; born in Alameda County, California, on January 18, 1932), was a hospital worker. Hanks' mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of his paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. Hanks's parents divorced in 1960. The family's three oldest children, Sandra (now Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer), Larry (now Lawrence M. Hanks, PhD, an entomology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, now an actor and film maker, remained with his mother in Red Bluff, California.

In addition to having a family history of Catholicism and Mormonism, Hanks was a "Bible-toting evangelical teenager" for several years. In school, Hanks was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling ''Rolling Stone'' magazine: "I was a geek, a spaz. I was horribly, painfully, terribly shy. At the same time, I was the guy who'd yell out funny captions during filmstrips. But I didn't get into trouble. I was always a real good kid and pretty responsible." In 1965, Amos Hanks married Frances Wong, a San Francisco native of Chinese descent. Frances had three children, two of whom lived with Tom during his high school years. Hanks acted in school plays, including ''South Pacific'', while attending Skyline High School in Oakland, California.

Hanks studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California, and after two years, transferred to California State University, Sacramento. Hanks told ''New York'' magazine in 1986: "Acting classes looked like the best place for a guy who liked to make a lot of noise and be rather flamboyant ...I spent a lot of time going to plays. I wouldn't take dates with me. I'd just drive to a theater, buy myself a ticket, sit in the seat and read the program, and then get into the play completely. I spent a lot of time like that, seeing Brecht, Tennessee Williams, Ibsen, and all that."

During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. At Dowling's suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the Festival. His internship stretched into a three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production, including lighting, set design, and stage management, all of which caused Hanks to drop out of college. During the same time, Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his 1978 performance as Proteus in Shakespeare's ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'', one of the few times he played a villain.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

In 1979, Hanks moved to New York City, where he made his film debut in the low-budget slasher film ''He Knows You're Alone'' (1980) and got a part in the television movie ''Mazes and Monsters''. Early in 1979, Hanks was cast in the lead role of Callimaco in the Riverside Shakespeare Company's production of Niccolò Machiavelli's ''The Mandrake'', directed by Daniel Southern. This remains Hanks's only New York stage performance to date; as a high profile Off Off Broadway showcase, the production helped Tom land an agent, Joe Ohla with the J. Michael Bloom Agency. The next year, Hanks landed a lead role on the ABC television pilot of ''Bosom Buddies'', playing the role of Kip Wilson. Hanks moved to Los Angeles, where he and Peter Scolari played a pair of young advertising men forced to dress as women so they could live in an inexpensive all-female hotel. Hanks had previously partnered with Scolari in the 1970s game show ''Make Me Laugh''. ''Bosom Buddies'' ran for two seasons, and, although the ratings were never strong, television critics gave the program high marks. "The first day I saw him on the set," co-producer Ian Praiser told ''Rolling Stone'', "I thought, 'Too bad he won't be in television for long.' I knew he'd be a movie star in two years." But if Praiser knew it, he was not able to convince Hanks. "The television show had come out of nowhere," best friend Tom Lizzio told ''Rolling Stone''. "Then out of nowhere it got canceled. He figured he'd be back to pulling ropes and hanging lights in a theater."

''Bosom Buddies'' and a guest appearance on a 1982 episode of ''Happy Days'' ("A Case of Revenge," where he played a disgruntled former classmate of The Fonz) prompted director Ron Howard to contact Hanks. Howard was working on ''Splash'' (1984), a romantic comedy fantasy about a mermaid who falls in love with a human. At first, Howard considered Hanks for the role of the main character's wisecracking brother, a role that eventually went to John Candy. Instead, Hanks got the lead role and a career boost from ''Splash'', which went on to become a box office hit, grossing more than US$69 million. He also had a sizable hit with the sex comedy ''Bachelor Party'', also in 1984.

In 1983–84, Hanks made three guest appearances on ''Family Ties'' as Elyse Keaton's alcoholic brother, Ned Donnelly.

Period of successes and failures[link]

With ''Nothing in Common'' (1986) – about a young man alienated from his parents who must re-establish a relationship with his father, played by Jackie Gleason – Hanks began to establish the credentials of not only a comic actor but of someone who could carry a serious role. "It changed my desires about working in movies," Hanks told ''Rolling Stone''. "Part of it was the nature of the material, what we were trying to say. But besides that, it focused on people's relationships. The story was about a guy and his father, unlike, say, ''The Money Pit'', where the story is really about a guy and his house."

After a few more flops and a moderate success with ''Dragnet'', Hanks succeeded with the film ''Big'' (1988), both at the box office and within the industry. The film established Hanks as a major Hollywood talent. It was followed later that year by ''Punchline'', in which he and Sally Field co-starred as struggling comedians. Hanks's character, Steven Gold, a failing medical student trying to break into stand-up, was somewhat edgy and complex. Hanks' portrayal of Gold offered a glimpse of the far more dramatic roles Hanks would master in films to come. Hanks then suffered a pile of box-office failures: ''The 'Burbs'' (1989), ''Joe Versus the Volcano'' (1990), and ''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' (1990), as a greedy Wall Street type who gets enmeshed in a hit-and-run accident. Only the 1989 movie ''Turner & Hooch'' brought success for Hanks during this time. In a 1993 issue of ''Disney Adventures'', Hanks said, "I saw ''Turner & Hooch'' the other day in the SAC store and couldn't help but be reminiscent. I cried like a baby." He did admit to making a couple of "bum tickers," however, and blamed his "...deductive reasoning and decision making skills."

Progression into dramatic roles[link]

Hanks climbed back to the top again with his portrayal of a washed-up baseball star turned manager in ''A League of Their Own'' (1992). Hanks has admitted that his acting in earlier roles was not great and that he has improved. In an interview with ''Vanity Fair'', Hanks noted his ''"modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on.... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top"''. This "modern era" began in 1993 for Hanks, first with ''Sleepless in Seattle'' and then with ''Philadelphia''. The former was a blockbuster success about a widower who finds true love over the airwaves. Richard Schickel of ''TIME'' called his performance "charming," and most critics agreed that Hanks' portrayal ensured him a place among the premier romantic-comedy stars of his generation.

In ''Philadelphia'', he played a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for discrimination. Hanks lost thirty-five pounds and thinned his hair in order to appear sickly for the role. In a review for ''People'', Leah Rozen stated "Above all, credit for ''Philadelphia'''s success belongs to Hanks, who makes sure that he plays a character, not a saint. He is flat-out terrific, giving a deeply felt, carefully nuanced performance that deserves an Oscar." Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Philadelphia''. During his acceptance speech he revealed that his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and former classmate John Gilkerson, two people with whom he was close, were gay.

Hanks followed ''Philadelphia'' with the 1994 summer hit ''Forrest Gump''. Of the film, Hanks has remarked: "When I read the script for ''Gump'', I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel ... some hope for their lot and their position in life... I got that from the movies a hundred million times when I was a kid. I still do." Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in ''Forrest Gump'', becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. (Spencer Tracy was the first, winning in 1937–38. Hanks and Tracy were the same age at the time they received their Academy Awards: 37 for the first and 38 for the second.)

Hanks' next role—astronaut and commander Jim Lovell, in the 1995 movie ''Apollo 13''--reunited him with Ron Howard. Critics generally applauded the film and the performances of the entire cast, which included actors Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan. The movie also earned nine Academy Award nominations, winning two. The same year, Hanks starred in the animated blockbuster ''Toy Story'' as the voice of the toy Sheriff Woody.

1996 – present: Directing, producing and acting[link]

Hanks turned to directing with his 1996 film ''That Thing You Do!'' about a 1960s pop group, also playing the role of a music producer. Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman went on to create Playtone, a record and film production company named for the record company in the film.

Hanks executive produced, co-wrote, and co-directed the HBO docudrama ''From the Earth to the Moon''. The twelve-part series chronicles the space program from its inception, through the familiar flights of Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, to the personal feelings surrounding the reality of moon landings. The Emmy Award-winning project was, at US$68 million, one of the most expensive ventures taken for television.

Hanks's next project was no less expensive. For ''Saving Private Ryan'' he teamed up with Steven Spielberg to make a film about a search through war-torn France after D-Day to bring back a soldier. It earned the praise and respect of the film community, critics, and the general public. It was labeled one of the finest war films ever made and earned Spielberg his second Academy Award for direction, and Hanks another Best Actor nomination. Later in 1998, Hanks re-teamed with his ''Sleepless in Seattle'' co-star Meg Ryan for ''You've Got Mail'', a remake of 1940's ''The Shop Around the Corner''.

In 1999, Hanks starred in an adaptation of the Stephen King novel ''The Green Mile''. He also returned as the voice of Woody in ''Toy Story 2.'' The following year he won a Golden Globe for Best Actor and an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a marooned FedEx systems analyst in Robert Zemeckis's ''Cast Away''. In 2001, Hanks helped direct and produce the acclaimed HBO mini-series ''Band of Brothers''. He also appeared in the September 11 television special ''America: A Tribute to Heroes'' and the documentary ''Rescued From the Closet''.

Next he teamed up with ''American Beauty'' director Sam Mendes for the adaptation of Max Allan Collins's and Richard Piers Rayner's graphic novel ''Road to Perdition'', in which he played an anti-hero role as a hitman on the run with his son. That same year, Hanks collaborated with director Spielberg again, starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit crime comedy ''Catch Me if You Can'', based on the true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr. The same year, Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson produced the hit movie ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding''. In August 2007, he along with co-producers Rita Wilson and Gary Goetzman, and writer and star Nia Vardalos, initiated a legal action against the production company Gold Circle Films for their share of profits from the movie. At the age of 45, he became the youngest ever recipient of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on June 12, 2002.

In 2004, he appeared in three films: The Coen Brothers' ''The Ladykillers'', another Spielberg film, ''The Terminal'', and ''The Polar Express'', a family film from Robert Zemeckis. In a ''USA Weekend'' interview, Hanks talked about how he chooses projects: "[Since] ''A League of Their Own'', it can't be just another movie for me. It has to get me going somehow.... There has to be some all-encompassing desire or feeling about wanting to do that particular movie. I'd like to assume that I'm willing to go down any avenue in order to do it right". In August 2005, Hanks was voted in as vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Hanks next starred in the highly anticipated film ''The Da Vinci Code'', based on the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. The film was released May 19, 2006 in the US and grossed over US$750 million worldwide. He followed the film with Ken Burns's 2007 documentary ''The War''. For the documentary, Hanks did voice work, reading excerpts from World War II-era columns by Al McIntosh. In 2006, Hanks topped a 1,500-strong list of 'most trusted celebrities' compiled by ''Forbes'' magazine. Hanks next appeared in a cameo role as himself in ''The Simpsons Movie'', in which he appeared in an advertisement claiming that the US government has lost its credibility and is hence buying some of his. He also made an appearance in the credits, expressing a desire to be left alone when he is out in public. Later in 2006, Hanks produced the British film ''Starter for Ten'', a comedy based on working class students attempting to win ''University Challenge''.

In 2007, Hanks starred in Mike Nichols's film ''Charlie Wilson's War'' (written by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin) in which he plays Democratic Texas Congressman Charles Wilson. The film opened on December 21, 2007, and Hanks received a Golden Globe nomination.

In 2008's ''The Great Buck Howard'', Hanks played the on-screen father of a young man (Hanks' real-life son, Colin Hanks) who chooses to follow in the footsteps of a fading magician (John Malkovich). Tom Hanks's character was less than thrilled about his son's career decision.

Hanks's next endeavor, released on May 15, 2009, was a film adaptation of ''Angels & Demons'', based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown. Its April 11, 2007, announcement revealed that Hanks would reprise his role as Robert Langdon, and that he would reportedly receive the highest salary ever for an actor. The following day he made his 10th appearance on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'', impersonating himself for the ''Celebrity Jeopardy'' sketch.

Hanks is producer of the Spike Jonze film ''Where The Wild Things Are'', based on the children's book by Maurice Sendak.

In 2010, Hanks reprised his role as Sheriff Woody in the third film in the Toy Story franchise, ''Toy Story 3'', after he, Tim Allen, and John Ratzenberger were invited to a movie theater to see a complete story reel of the movie.

In 2011, he directed and starred opposite Julia Roberts in the title role in the romantic comedy ''Larry Crowne''. The movie has received generally bad reviews with only 35% of the 175 Rotten Tomatoes reviews giving it high ratings. Also in 2011, he starred in the drama film ''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close''.

Hanks is slated to play Walt Disney in the film ''Saving Mr. Banks'' co-starring Emma Thompson and directed by John Lee Hancock. Hanks will be the first actor to portray Disney in film. The film is scheduled to be released in 2014. He has also been cast in a film based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking as Captain Richard Phillips. The film will be written by Billy Ray, and produced by the team behind ''The Social Network''.

Hanks is ranked the highest all time box office star with over $3.639 billion total box office gross, an average of $107 million per film. He has been involved with seventeen films that grossed over $100 million at the worldwide box office, the highest grossing of which was 2010's ''Toy Story 3''.

Personal life[link]

Hanks was married to American actress Samantha Lewes (née Susan Jane Dillingham) from 1978 to 1987. The couple had two children, son Colin Hanks (also an actor) and daughter Elizabeth Ann.

In 1988, Hanks married actress Rita Wilson. The two first met on the set of Hanks's television show ''Bosom Buddies'' but later developed a romantic interest while working on the film ''Volunteers''. They have two sons: Chester, or "Chet" (who has a small part as a student in ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' and released a rap single in 2011), and Truman.

Hanks became a grandfather when his son Colin and daughter-in-law Samantha gave birth to granddaughter Olivia Jane Hanks on February 1, 2011.

Regarding his religious views, Hanks has said, "I must say that when I go to church – and I do go to church – I ponder the mystery. I meditate on the 'why?' of 'Why people are as they are' and 'Why bad things happen to good people,' and 'Why good things happen to bad people'... The mystery is what I think it is, almost, the grand unifying theory of mankind."

Politics[link]

Hanks has made donations to many Democratic politicians and has been open about his support for same-sex marriage, environmental causes and alternative fuels. Hanks made public his presidential candidate choice in the 2008 election when he uploaded a video to his MySpace account in which he announced his endorsement of Barack Obama.

A proponent of environmentalism, Hanks is an investor in electric vehicles and owns both a Toyota RAV4 EV and the first production AC Propulsion eBox. Hanks was a lessee of an EV1 before it was recalled, as chronicled in the documentary ''Who Killed the Electric Car?'' He is on the waiting list for an Aptera 2 Series.

Hanks was extremely outspoken about his opposition to Proposition 8, an amendment to the California constitution that defined marriage as a union only between a man and a woman. Hanks and others who were in opposition to the proposition raised over US$44 million in contrast to the supporters' $39 million, but Proposition 8 passed with 52% of the vote.

While premiering a TV series in January 2009, Hanks called supporters of Proposition 8 "un-American" and criticized the LDS (Mormon) church members, who were major proponents of the bill, for their views on marriage and their role in supporting the bill. About a week later, Hanks apologized for the remark, saying that nothing is more American than voting one's conscience.

Hanks narrated a video created by Obama for America, entitled ''The Road We've Traveled''.

Other activities[link]

A supporter of NASA's manned space program, Hanks has said that he originally wanted to be an astronaut but "didn't have the math." Hanks is a member of the National Space Society, serving on the Board of Governors of the nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher Von Braun. He also produced the HBO miniseries ''From the Earth to the Moon'' about the Apollo program to send astronauts to the moon. In addition, Hanks co-wrote and co-produced ''Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D'', an IMAX film about the moon landings. Hanks also provided the voice over for the premiere of the show ''Passport to the Universe'' at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

In 2006, the Space Foundation awarded Hanks the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award. The award is given annually to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to public awareness of space programs.

In June 2006 Hanks was inducted as an honorary member of the United States Army Rangers Hall of Fame for his accurate portrayal of a Captain in the movie ''Saving Private Ryan''; Hanks, who was unable to attend the induction ceremony, was the first actor to receive such an honor. In addition to his role in ''Saving Private Ryan'', Hanks was cited for serving as the national spokesperson for the World War II Memorial Campaign, for being the honorary chairperson of the D-Day Museum Capital Campaign, and for his role in writing and helping to produce the Emmy Award-winning miniseries, ''Band of Brothers''.

Hanks is one of several celebrities who frequently participates in planned comedy bits on Conan O'Brien's talk shows, including ''Late Night'', ''The Tonight Show'', and ''Conan'' while a guest. On one visit, Hanks asked Conan to join his run for president on the "Bad Haircut Party" ticket, with confetti and balloons and a hand held sign with the slogan "You'd be stupid to vote for us". On another episode, O'Brien, noting that Hanks was missing Christmas on his promotional tour, brought the season to him, including a gift (the skeleton of Hooch), and a mass of snow burying them both. On yet another episode, Conan gave Hanks a painting he had commissioned reflecting two of his interests: Astronauts landing on the beach at Normandy. On March 10, 2008, Hanks was on hand at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to induct sixties band The Dave Clark Five. Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks is named for him.

Filmography[link]

+ List of film credits
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1980	''He Knows You're Alone''	Elliot
1982	''Mazes and Monsters''	Robbie Wheeling	Made for television
1984		Allen Bauer
1984		Rick Gassko
1985	''''	Richard Harlan Drew
1985		Lawrence Whatley Bourne III
1986	''''	Walter Fielding, Jr.
1986	''Nothing in Common''	David Basner
1986		David Bradley
1987		Pep Streebeck
1988	''Big''	Adult Josh Baskin
1988		Steven Gold
1989	''Turner & Hooch''	Detective Scott Turner
1989	''''	Ray Peterson
1990	''Joe Versus the Volcano''	Joe Banks
1990	''''	Sherman McCoy
1992	''''	Jimmy Dugan
1992		Older Mike	(uncredited)
1993	''Sleepless in Seattle''	Sam Baldwin
1993		Andrew Beckett
1994
1995		Jim Lovell
1995	''Toy Story''		(voice)
1996	''That Thing You Do!''	Mr. White	(writer and director)
1998	''Saving Private Ryan''	Captain John H. Miller
1998	''You've Got Mail''	Joe Fox
1999	''Toy Story 2''	Woody	(voice)
1999	''''	Paul Edgecomb
2000	''Cast Away''	Chuck Noland
2002	''Road to Perdition''	Michael Sullivan, Sr.
2002	''Catch Me If You Can''	FBI Agent Carl Hanratty
2004	''''	Viktor Navorski
2004	''''	Professor G.H. Dorr
2004		Mailbox Elvis	(cameo)
2004	''''
2006	''''
2006		Woody Car	(voice)
2007	''''	Himself	(voice)
2007	''Charlie Wilson's War''		Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2008	''''	Mr. Gable
2008			(producer)
2009		Professor Robert Langdon
2009	''''	Various historical figures	(voice)
2009			(producer)
2010	''Toy Story 3''	Woody	|Nominated—IGN Movie Award for Best Ensemble Cast|Nominated—Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie|Nominated— Scream Award for Best Fantasy Actor}}
2011	''Larry Crowne''	Larry Crowne	(director, producer, writer)
2011	''Hawaiian Vacation''	Woody	(voice)
2011		Thomas Schell Jr.
2012		Dr. Henry Goose	filming

+ List of television credits
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1980	''''	Rick Martin	TV series, episode: "Friends and Lovers/Sergeant Bull/Miss Mother"
1980–1982	''Bosom Buddies''	Kip Wilson
1982		Gordon
1982	''Mazes and Monsters''	Robbie Wheeling
1982	''Happy Days''	Dr. Dwayne Twitchell	TV series, episode: "A Case of Revenge"
1983	''Family Ties''	Ned	Elyse Keaton's brother
1994	''Vault of Horror I''	Director
1998		Narrator (also executive producer/director/writer)	Miniseries
2001		Producer, director, writer	Miniseries
2002	''''	Interviewee
2006–2011	''Big Love''	Executive producer	TV series
2008		Executive producer	Miniseries
2010	''''	Executive producer/Narrator	Miniseries
2011	''Saturday Night Live''	Guest cast member
2011	''30 Rock''	Himself

Other accolades[link]

+ List of accolades and awards won
! Organization	! Year	! Award
Hollywood Women's Press Club	1988	Golden Apple Award
Hasty Pudding Theatricals	1995
American Film Institute	2002	AFI Life Achievement Award
Hollywood Film Festival	2002	Actor of the Year
	2004	Britannia Award for Excellence in Film
	2004	Bambi for Film – International
Film Society of Lincoln Center	2009	Gala Tribute

References[link]

Further reading[link]

Gardner, David, ''Tom Hanks: The Unauthorized Biography'', London, England 1999

Gardner, David, ''Tom Hanks: Enigma'' 2007

Pfeiffer, Lee, ''The Films of Tom Hanks'', Secaucus, New Jersey, 1996

Salamon, Julie, ''The Devil's Candy: The Bonfire of the Vanities Goes to Hollywood'', Boston, 1991

Trakin, Roy, ''Tom Hanks: Journey to Stardom'', 1987; rev. ed.1995

Wallner, Rosemary, ''Tom Hanks: Academy Award-Winning Actor'', Edina, Minnesota, 1994

External links[link]

Tom Hanks' Facebook Page

Tom Hanks's thoughts on Earth Day 2006

Interview from 1989 issue of ''Film Comment''

Tom Hanks's films of the 1980s

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name	Piolo Jose Pascual
birth date	January 12, 1977
birth place	Manila, Philippines
height	5'10½
birthname	Piolo José Norkis Pascual
occupation	Actor, musician, model and producer
yearsactive	1994-present
religion	Born-Again Christian
othername	PJ}}

Piolo José Norkis Pascual (born January 12, 1977, Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino film and television actor, musician, model, and producer.

Career[link]

In 2003, Pascual played the role of Jules in ''Dekada '70''. He collected eight awards in the Best Supporting Actor category. ''Dekada '70'' was the Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Film Language category in the 76th Academy Awards in 2004. In addition, ''Dekada '70'' was exhibited in the New Cinema of the World section of the Cannes Film Festival in May 2005.

Pascual is a member of ABS-CBN's ''Star Magic''. He celebrated his 10th year anniversary in 2007 with a coffee table book (''Piolo: Believing''), a fifth solo album (''Timeless''), and a solo concert at the Araneta Coliseum.

Pascual turned producer with ''Manila'', an independent twinbill film. After its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2009, ''Manila'' had its official Philippines premiere on cinemas in July 2009 as the opening film of the 5th Cinemalaya Film Festival.

There is a Piolo Pascual I-Love-You-Forever fan club founded and headed by P. Valdez.

Personal life [link]

He has a son Iñigo Lazaro who was born in 1997. He currently lives in California with his mother. Pascual says that he also works in the Philippines to support his son.

He had a relationship with TV host and actress KC Concepcion. The couple broke-up on November 27, 2011.

Filmography[link]

+ Actor	! Year	! Film	! Role	Awards
1993	''The Vizconde Massacre Story (God Help Us!)''	Jussi Leino
1997	''Batang PX''
1999		Brian	Nominated—FAMAS Awards
2000	''Lagarista''	Gregory
2000	''Pera o Bayong!''	Cameo as himself
2000	''Kahit Isang Saglit''	Michael
2001	''Mila''	Primo	Nominated—FAP Luna Award for Best Actor
2001	''Bakit 'Di Totohanin''	Paul
2002	''I Think I'm In Love''	Jonas	Nominated—Manila Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2002	''[[JOLOGS''	Cameo as coffee shop customer
2002	''9 Mornings''	Gene Ynfante
2002		Jules Bartolome	FAMAS Award for Best Supporting ActorFAP Luna Award for Best Supporting ActorGawad Pasado Award for Best Supporting ActorGawad Tanglaw Award for Best Supporting ActorGawad Urian Award for Best Supporting ActorMetro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Supporting ActorPMPC Star Award for Movies for Best Supporting ActorU.P. Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle Award for Movies for Best Supporting Actor
2003		Albert Robles
2004		Lino	FAMAS Awards
2005	''[[Dreamboy''	Jaime / Phillip / Eboy	Nominated—ENPRESS Golden Screen Award for Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)Nominated—Gawad Tanglaw Award for Best Actor
2005	''D' Anothers''	Cameo as himself
2006	''Don't Give Up on Us''	Vince
2006	''Kagat ng Dilim''	Guerilla leader	Short film
2007	''Paano Kita Iibigin''	Lance
2007	''Chopsuey''	Jimmy Wong
2009		Migo
2009		William / Phillip	Indie film
2010	''Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!)''	PSG applicant	Cameo role
2011	''Every Breath U Take''	Leo

+ Producer	! Year	! Film	! Company	Notes
2009	''Manila''	Bicycle Pictures	Executive producer
2009	''Kimmy Dora''	Spring Films	Executive producer

+ Television	! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1994		Himself
1994	''A.T.B.P.''	Kuya Miguel
1995-97	''Mara Clara''		Recurring role
1995-99	''Gimik''		Recurring role
1998	''Sa Sandaling Kailangan Mo Ako''	Raffy	Recurring role
1998-99		Brian	Recurring role
1998	''Star Drama Presents''	Himself	Episode "Piolo"
1999	''Maalaala Mo Kaya''		Episode "Siato"
2001-03	''Sa Puso Ko Iingatan Ka''	Jordan Villamines	Main role
2003-04		Lance	Main role
2004	''Mangarap Ka''	Celso / Oslec / Dragon King	Main role
2005–present		Himself
2006	''Star Magic Presents''	Alvin	Episode "All About A Girl"
2006	''Sa Piling Mo''	Adrian Tuazon	Main role
2007	''Walang Kapalit''	Noel Borromeo	Main role
2007		Himself	Host
2008		Noah Ortega	Main role
2009	''Maalaala Mo Kaya''	Mel	Episode "Piso"
2009		Gabriel	Episode "The Real Gabriel"
2009		Carlo Aranaz	Main role
			Episode "Kalapati"
Episode "Makinilya"
2010	''May Bukas Pa''	Choir member	Final Chapter "Amen"
2010	''Your Song (TV series)	Police officer	Guest appearance
2010–2011		Gabriel Perez	Main role
2011	''[[Maalaala Mo Kaya''	Darwin Calvario	Episode "Traysikel"
2011	''Gandang Gabi, Vice!''	Guest
2011		Host
2011	''100 Days to Heaven''	Dr. Ivan Carlos	Guest starring role
2012	''Maalaala Mo Kaya''	Randy	Episode "Sumpak"
2012	''Dahil Sa Pag-ibig''	Alfred Valderama

Awards[link]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

{|class=wikitable |- ! Artist ! Album ! Tracks ! Year ! Records |- | Piolo Pascual | Piolo | Kailangan Kita Ikaw Ang Buhay Ko Nag-Iisa Ako'y Sa'yo Lamang Ikaw Pa Rin Pala Kaibigan Mo Ako Till There Was You Tell Me Why Kung Ako Ba Siya? Muntik Nang Maabot Ang Langit Sana Ikaw Kahit Isang Saglit Till There Was You (Cinema Mix) | 2003 | Star Records |- | Piolo Pascual | My Gift | The Gift Bakit Hindi Na Lang Ikaw? Bakit Kailangan Pang Lumayo? Alaala Niya Kapag Kasama Kita Sa May Bintana Bakit Kayo Pa Rin? Di Pa Huli Tunay Kitang Minamahal Minamahal Ko Siya I Need You Back Through The Years The Gift (feat. Claudine Barretto) | 2004 | Star Records |- | Piolo Pascual | Timeless | One More Chance Ikaw Na Nga If Only Love (with Toni Gonzaga) Why Can’t We Be Together? Nagmamahal Ng Tunay There For Me Wagas Turuan Mo Ako To Hear You Say You Love Me (feat. Jim Brickman) Ikaw Pa Rin Dahil Ikaw Why Can’t We Be Together? (Acoustic Version) Ikaw Na Nga (Alternate Version) Ikaw Lamang Walang Kapalit Complete (Centrum Theme Song) | 2007 | Star Records |- |}

Compilation albums[link]

{|class=wikitable |- ! Artist ! Album ! Tracks ! Year ! Records |- | Piolo Pascual | Renditions: Songs of Louie Ocampo | Shadow Of Time Group Hug Sana'y Malaman Mo Pansinin Mo Ako So Many Questions Closer You and I Without You No Regrets (feat. Jay Durias) Forever Nasaan Ka Man | 2005 | Star Records |- | Piolo Pascual | Platinum Hits | Ikaw Lamang Don't Give Up On Us Kailangan Kita The Gift Kung Ako Ba Siya Sana Ikaw I Need You Back Sa May Bintana Till There Was You Together Forever Muntik Nang Maabot Ang Langit Bakit Hindi Na Lang Ikaw? Through The Years Ikaw Ang Buhay Ko Sana'y Malaman Mo Mangarap Ka Kahit Isang Saglit (Live) | 2006 | Star Records |- | Piolo Pascual | Decades | I'll Be Seeing You Beyond The Sea True Love Are You Lonesome Tonight? Can't Take My Eyes Off You You've Lost That Lovin Feeling If I Fell Strangers In The Night Just The Way You Are Your Song Terminal Babe | 2010 | Star Records |- | Piolo Pascual | Decades II | Never Thought It's Sad To Belong Just Tell Me You Love Me Somebody You Were There Truly Madly Deeply The Actor To Be With You You'll Be In My Heart Again Hero To Where You Are | 2011 | Star Records |- |}

Other appearances[link]

{|class=wikitable |- !Year !Song !Album |- |2006 |"Miss Universe" |''Hotsilog: The ASAP Hotdog Compilation'' |- |rowspan=9|2007 |"Nariyan Ka pa Rin Sana" |''Nagmamahal, Kapamilya: Songs For Global Pinoys'' |- |"Paano Kita Iibigin" (Solo) |rowspan=8|''Paano Kita Iibigin Soundtrack'' |- |"Paano Kita Iibigin" (with Regine Velasquez) |- |"Angel Eyes" |- |"Lalala" |- |"Thesa's Theme" |- |"Muling Nagmamahal" (with Regine Velasquez) |- |"My World with You" (with Regine Velasquez) |- |"Sana Nga" (with Regine Velasquez) |}

References[link]

External links[link]

Piolo Pascual Official website

Piolo Pascual at WN

Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual Collections

ABS-CBNnews.com - Piolo Pascual

Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual at Guam Beach Resort

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name	Devin Townsend
background	solo_singer
birth name	Devin Garret Townsend
birth date	May 05, 1972
birth place	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
instrument	Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drum machine, sampler, banjo
genre	Extreme metal, thrash metal, industrial metal, death metal, grindcore, progressive metal, progressive rock, ambient
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
years active	1993–present
associated acts	The Devin Townsend Band, The Devin Townsend Project, Strapping Young Lad, Steve Vai, Punky Brüster, IR8, Front Line Assembly, Grey Skies, Caustic Thought, Noisescapes, Ayreon, The Wildhearts, Bent Sea
website
notable instruments	Peavey, ESP, Fender, and Gibson }}

Devin Garret Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian musician and record producer. He was the founder, songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist in extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad from 1994 to 2007 and has had an extensive career as a solo artist.

After performing in a number of metal bands in high school, Townsend was discovered by a record label in 1993 and was asked to perform lead vocals on Steve Vai's album ''Sex & Religion''. After recording and touring with Vai, Townsend was discouraged by what he found in the music industry, and vented his anger on a solo album released under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad. He soon assembled a band under the name, and released the critically acclaimed ''City'' in 1997. Since then, he has released three more studio albums with Strapping Young Lad, along with solo material released under his own independent record label, HevyDevy Records. Townsend's solo albums, a diverse mix of hard rock and progressive metal, have featured a varying lineup of supporting musicians. In 2002 he formed The Devin Townsend Band, a dedicated lineup which recorded and toured for two of his solo releases.

In 2007, Townsend disbanded both Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Band, taking a break from touring to spend more time with his family. After a two-year hiatus, he began work on a four-album series called The Devin Townsend Project, with each album written in a different style. The first two entries in the series, ''Ki'' and ''Addicted'', were released in 2009. Townsend scheduled tours throughout Australia and North America in 2010 in support of the albums, and released the next two, ''Deconstruction'' and ''Ghost'', in 2011.

Townsend's trademark production style, featuring a heavily multitracked wall of sound, has been compared to the styles of Phil Spector and Frank Zappa. His versatile vocal delivery ranges from screaming to an opera-esque singing, and his songwriting is similarly diverse. Townsend's musical style is rooted in metal, and his albums are written to express different aspects of his personality.

Biography[link]

Early musical career (1972–1994)[link]

Devin Townsend was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, on May 5, 1972. Townsend picked up the banjo when he was five, and began playing guitar when he was 12. He participated in several metal bands while he was in high school, and founded Grey Skies at the age of 19. Around the same time he joined a popular local group called Caustic Thought, replacing Jed Simon on guitar and playing alongside bassist Byron Stroud, both of whom would later become members of Townsend's flagship band, Strapping Young Lad. In 1993, Townsend began writing material under the name Noisescapes, a project he later described as "just as violent as Strapping Young Lad".

Townsend recorded a Noisescapes demo and sent copies to various record labels. Relativity Records responded to Townsend with a record deal and Townsend began work on what was to be the first Noisescapes album, ''Promise''. Shortly afterward, the label introduced him to musician Steve Vai. Impressed with Townsend's vocal work, Vai offered him the role of the lead vocalist on his new album ''Sex and Religion''. Townsend took the offer, unfamiliar with Vai's work and unaware of his acclaim in the music world. After recording ''Sex and Religion'', Townsend accompanied Vai on a world tour in support of the album. Townsend soon landed a second touring gig, this time with the opening band of Vai's tour, The Wildhearts. He played live with the band throughout half of 1994 in Europe, and appeared as a guest musician on their single Urge. Ginger, the band's frontman, remained close friends with Townsend, later co-writing several songs on ''Infinity'' and the ''Christeen + 4 Demos'' EP.

While on tour with The Wildhearts, Townsend formed a short-lived thrash metal project with Metallica's then-bassist Jason Newsted. The band, known as IR8, featured Newsted on vocals and bass, Townsend on guitar, and Tom Hunting of Exodus on drums. The group recorded a few songs together, although Townsend says that they never intended to go further than that. "People heard about it and thought we wanted to put out a CD, which is absolutely not true," he explains. "People took this project way too seriously." A demo tape was put together, but the material was not released until 2002, when Newsted published the IR8 vs. Sexoturica compilation.

Though Townsend was proud of what he had accomplished so early in his career, he was discouraged by his experience with the music industry. "I was becoming a product of somebody else's imagination, and it was mixing with my own personality," he later reflected. "This combination was appalling." He pushed to get his own projects off the ground. Despite getting notable touring gigs with other musicians, however, Townsend continued to face rejection of his own music. Relativity Records dropped Noisescapes from their label shortly after Townsend accepted Vai's offer, seeing no commercial appeal in Townsend's music. "I have a hunch they only offered me a deal to get me to sing with Steve," he mused. While touring with The Wildhearts, Townsend received a phone call from an A&R; representative for Roadrunner Records, expressing an interest in his demos and an intention to sign him. The offer was ultimately rescinded by the head of Roadrunner, who regarded Townsend's recordings as "just noise".

''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' through ''Infinity'' (1994–1998)[link]

In 1994, Century Media Records offered Townsend a contract to make "some extreme albums"., and also provided much of the guitar work on the 1994 album Millennium and the 1995 album ''Hard Wired'' by Vancouver industrial band Front Line Assembly. Townsend began to record material under the pseudonym Strapping Young Lad. He avoided using his real name at this point in career, looking for a fresh start after his high-profile Vai gig. "At the beginning, I wanted to avoid at all cost to use my name because I was known as the singer for Steve Vai and it wasn't the best publicity to have," he later explained. "I was playing somebody else's music and I was judged in respect to that music." Townsend produced and performed nearly all the instruments on the debut studio album, ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'', which was released in April 1995.

Following the release of the record, Townsend and several other musician friends he knew in Vancouver recorded his first solo album in 1996 entitled ''Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics''. Written and recorded in under a month, the album was produced as a parody of punk rock bands and documents the act of selling out for mainstream success. Townsend founded his own independent record label, HevyDevy Records, to release the album. Townsend assembled a permanent lineup of Strapping Young Lad to record ''City'', including prolific metal drummer Gene Hoglan, along with Townsend's former bandmates Jed Simon on guitar and Byron Stroud on bass. The industrial-influenced album was released in 1997. To this day, the album is widely considered Strapping Young Lad's best work, with ''Metal Maniacs'' calling it "groundbreaking" and ''Revolver'' naming it "one of the greatest metal albums of all time". Townsend himself considers it the band's "ultimate" album. Later that year, Townsend released his second solo album, ''Ocean Machine: Biomech''. The album featured a mix of hard rock, ambient, and progressive rock.

After the completion of ''City'' and ''Ocean Machine: Biomech'', Townsend began to approach a mental breakdown. "I started to see human beings as little lonesome, water based, pink meat," he explained, "life forms pushing air through themselves and making noises that the other little pieces of meat seemed to understand." In 1997, he checked himself into a mental-health hospital, where he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The diagnosis helped him understand where the two sides of his music were coming from; he felt his disorder "gave birth to the two extremes that are Strapping's ''City'' record and ''Ocean Machine: Biomech''." After being discharged from the hospital, Townsend found that "everything just clicked" and he was able to write his third solo album, ''Infinity'', which he described as "the parent project" of ''City'' and ''Ocean Machine: Biomech'', with music influenced by Broadway. Townsend returned to the studio, accompanied by Hoglan, to work on the album, on which Townsend played most of the instruments. ''Infinity'' was released in October 1998. Later in his career, Townsend has cited ''Infinity'' as his favorite solo record.

With ''Infinity'', Townsend began to label all albums outside of Strapping Young Lad under his own name, dropping the Ocean Machine moniker, to reduce confusion. He wanted to show that despite the highly varied nature of his projects, they are all simply aspects of his identity. The album ''Biomech'' was relabeled and redistributed as ''Ocean Machine: Biomech'', under Townsend's name, to reflect the new arrangement. Townsend's bandmates began to play two sets at their shows, one as Strapping Young Lad, and one as The Devin Townsend Band, playing songs from Townsend's solo albums.

''Physicist'' and ''Terria'' (1999–2001)[link]

Townsend's next project took several years to come to fruition. After the creation of the IR8 demo tape, Townsend and Jason Newsted had begun work on a new project called ''Fizzicist'', which they described as "heavier than Strapping Young Lad". When the IR8 tape was leaked, Newsted's Metallica bandmates James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich learned of the project. Hetfield was "fucking pissed" that Newsted was playing outside the band, and Newsted was prevented by his bandmates from working on any more side projects. With the project stalled, Townsend instead wrote the album himself, entitling it ''Physicist''. Townsend assembled his Strapping Young Lad bandmates to record it, the only time this lineup was featured on a Devin Townsend album. The thrash-influenced ''Physicist'' was released in June 2000, and is generally considered a low point in Townsend's career. Hoglan and the rest of the band were dissatisfied with the way the sound was mixed, and Townsend considers it his worst album to date.

Feeling he had "ostracized a bunch of fans" with ''Physicist'', Townsend felt he had the chance to make a more personal and honest record. Townsend was inspired one morning while driving across Canada with his band, and looked to write an "introspective" album dedicated to his homeland. He produced and recorded ''Terria'', a "highly illustrated stream-of-consciousness" album, with Gene Hoglan on drums, Craig McFarland on bass and Jamie Meyer on keyboards. Townsend cited Ween's ''White Pepper'' as an inspiration for the album. ''Terria'' was released in November 2001.

''Strapping Young Lad'' through ''Synchestra'' (2003–2006)[link]

Townsend's solo run lasted until 2002. After a five-year break from recording, Strapping Young Lad reunited to record a new album. Townsend credits the album, ''Strapping Young Lad'', as an emotional response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, in the United States. "If the world's about to blow up," said Townsend, "let's write the soundtrack for it." The album's lyrics were based more around fear and insecurity than the "hostile" lyrics of ''City''. Musically, ''Strapping Young Lad'' was less industrial than ''City'', and more reminiscent of death metal, with a "larger-than-life" rock production style. Townsend cited Front Line Assembly, Grotus, and Samael's ''Passage'' as influences. The self-titled album was released in February 2003. It received lukewarm reviews, with critics finding it inferior to ''City'', but it was the band's first charting album, entering at 97th place on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.

While Strapping Young Lad was being reunited, Townsend formed a new, permanent band "on par with Strapping" to record and tour for his solo releases. The Devin Townsend Band consisted of Brian Waddell on guitar, Mike Young on bass, Ryan Van Poederooyen on drums, and Dave Young on keyboards. Townsend performed guitar, vocals, and production, as he did in Strapping Young Lad. Townsend worked on the band's first album, ''Accelerated Evolution'', at the same time he was working on ''Strapping Young Lad'', spending half the week on one and half on the other. ''Accelerated Evolution'', named for the pace of putting a new band together in under a year, was released a month after ''Strapping Young Lad''. Mike G. of ''Metal Maniacs'' called it "the album of the year", praising it for "the hard-to-accomplish trick of being extreme yet accessible, simultaneously heavy 'n' rockin' yet majestic and beautiful." Prior to the formation of The Devin Townsend Band, Townsend had represented his solo releases live with the Strapping Young Lad lineup; the band would play one set of Strapping Young Lad songs and one set of Devin Townsend songs. After the release of ''Accelerated Evolution'', Townsend's two bands toured separately for their separate albums.

Strapping Young Lad began working on their next album, ''Alien'', in March 2004. Feeling that the band's previous album did not live up to expectations, Townsend decided to take his music to a new extreme. To prepare for the new album, Townsend stopped taking the medication prescribed to treat his bipolar disorder. "I think that as an artist, in order for me to get to the next plateau, I kind of feel the need to explore things and sometimes that exploration leads you to places that are a little crazy," he explains. "And ''Alien'' was no exception with that." Although Townsend considered the album an "impenetrable mass of technicality", it was well received on its release, selling 3,697 copies in its first week and appearing on several Billboard charts.

Shortly thereafter Townsend began putting together the next Devin Townsend Band record, with the working title ''Human''. Townsend intended the album as the more "pleasant" counterpart to ''Alien''. "It's basically a record about coming back down to earth after being in space with ''Alien'' for a while." The album ended up being renamed ''Synchestra'' and was released in January 2006. Townsend showcased a wide variety of musical styles in ''Synchestra'', blending his trademark "pop metal" with influences from folk, polka, and Middle Eastern music.

''Ziltoid the Omniscient'' and hiatus (2006–2008)[link]

Townsend's wife, Tracy Turner, gave birth to their first son, Reyner Liam Johnstan Townsend, on October 4, 2006. Around this time, Townsend withdrew from touring to spend time with his family. From home, Townsend completed his second solo ambient album, ''The Hummer'', releasing it exclusively on his website in November 2006.

In May 2007, Townsend released ''Ziltoid the Omniscient'', a tongue-in-cheek rock opera about the eponymous fictional alien. This was truly a solo album; he programmed the drums using Drumkit from Hell, a software drum machine that uses MIDI samples recorded by Tomas Haake of Meshuggah Shortly after the album's release, Townsend announced that he no longer planned to tour or make albums with Strapping Young Lad or The Devin Townsend Band. He explained that he was "burnt out on travelling, touring, and self promotion" and wished to do production work, write albums, and spend time with his family without the stress of interviews or touring.

In 2008, Townsend lent his voice to characters in several episodes of the Adult Swim cartoon ''Metalocalypse'' (see Musician cameos in ''Metalocalypse'' for more). The original character design for Pickles the Drummer, one of the series' main characters, bore a striking resemblance to Townsend. The series' co-creator Brendon Small acknowledged the similarity, and altered the design before the series began. "We made sure he didn't look like Devin Townsend. We gave him the goatee and the dreadover so he wouldn't look like that."

The Devin Townsend Project (2008–present)[link]

After removing himself from the music industry, Townsend cut his trademark hair off and gave up drinking and smoking. Townsend found it "disconcerting" that he had difficulty writing music without drugs, and that he had trouble identifying his purpose as a musician. He spent a year producing albums in absence of writing, but found it unrewarding and decided to "pick up the guitar and just write". This began a period of "self discovery" where he learned "how to create without drugs".

Over two years, Townsend wrote over 60 songs, and found that they fit into "four distinct styles". In March 2009, Townsend announced his plans for a four-album series called The Devin Townsend Project, with the goal of clarifying his musical identity and being "accountable" for the persona he projects to the public. The project's concept includes a different "theme" and a different group of musicians on each album.

''Ki'', the first album of The Devin Townsend Project, was written to "set the stage" for the subsequent albums. Townsend channeled his newfound control and sobriety into ''Ki'', a "tense, quiet" album that contrasts with much of the music he had been known for. ''Ki'' was released in May 2009. The second entry, a "commercial, yet heavy" album called ''Addicted'', was released in November 2009.

Townsend returned to the stage in January 2010, touring North America with headliner Between the Buried and Me as well as Cynic and Scale the Summit. This was followed by a headlining tour in Australia and a series of high-profile shows in Europe (for example co-headlining the Brutal Assault festival in Czech Republic). He headlined a North American tour with UK label mates TesseracT supporting, which began in October 2010, and toured in Europe with support from Aeon Zen and Anneke van Giersbergen.

The final albums in The Devin Townsend Project series, ''Deconstruction'' and ''Ghost'', were released on June 21, 2011. Townsend performed all four of The Devin Townsend Project albums in the UK and recorded them for a DVD that will be released in 2012. The first three shows were held at the University of London Union, November 10–12, 2011. ''Ki'', ''Addicted'', and ''Deconstruction'' were each performed on one night, respectively. The show for ''Ghost'' was held at the Union Chapel, Islington on November 13, 2011. These four shows were each entitled "An Evening with the Devin Townsend Project".

Since 2009, Townsend has discussed plans to expand the ''Ziltoid the Omniscient'' franchise. His ideas included a sequel album, a "full blown musical" with the title ''Z²'', but the album appeared to have been scrapped, as Townsend stated in mid-June 2011, "I’m very rapidly realizing that humor and metal… it doesn’t really work." However, as of July 2011, he has stated on his Twitter account that the album was still in the works, but was "vying for pole-position" as he works on other projects. He has expressed possible plans to begin a series of online videos, a series titled ''ZTV'', instead, in which a Ziltoid hand puppet conducts interviews with various bands. A graphic novel based on the Ziltoid character, and possibly performing the ''Ziltoid'' album as a staged musical, at least as a one-off, have also been considered.

Townsend has stated on his Twitter that he is working on a new album, entitled ''Epicloud''. He described the album as "Big, heavy, romantic kind of melodic stuff. Pretty, ethereal and simple." Anneke Van Giersbergen will take part in the album. Townsend also announced on his Facebook that the album would be released under The Devin Townsend Project name. Townsend recently played bass on the debut Bent Sea album ''Noistalgia''. He also produced the record.

As part of Australia's Soundwave Festival Devin announced on Soundwave TV that he will begin recording Epicloud in Perth Australia after the festival.

Musical style[link]

Projects[link]

Townsend designed his two main projects, the aggressive Strapping Young Lad and his more melodic solo material, as counterparts. Strapping Young Lad's music was a diverse mix of extreme metal genres; death metal, thrash metal, black metal and industrial metal. Townsend's solo material blends many genres and influences, with elements of atmospheric ambient music, hard rock and progressive rock, along with pop metal and arena rock. Despite Strapping Young Lad's greater mainstream acceptance, Townsend identifies more with his solo material, and has never intended Strapping Young Lad to be the focus of his music.

Production style[link]

As a self-proclaimed "fan of multitracking", Townsend has developed a trademark production style featuring an atmospheric, layered "wall of sound". Townsend has drawn critical praise for his productions, which "are always marked by a sense of adventure, intrigue, chaotic atmospherics and overall aural pyrotechnics", according to Mike G. of ''Metal Maniacs''. Townsend mainly uses Pro Tools to produce his music, alongside other software suites such as Steinberg Cubase, Ableton Live, and Logic Pro. Townsend's musical ideas and production style have drawn comparisons to Phil Spector and Frank Zappa. Townsend has carried out the mixing and mastering for most of his solo work himself. He has also mixed and remixed work for other artists such as Rammstein, August Burns Red and Misery Signals.

Playing style[link]

Townsend mainly uses Open C tuning for both six and seven string guitar. He now also uses Open B tuning and Open B flat tuning (Open C tuning tuned a half and a whole step down respectively) on his six string guitars. Townsend's technique varies from fingerpicking, power chords and polychords to sweep-picked arpeggios and tapping techniques. He is also known for his heavy use of reverb and delay effects. He has expressed that he has no taste for shred guitar, saying that "Musically it doesn't do anything for me" and that he only solos when he thinks that he can within the context of the song. Townsend himself has stated, "Yeah it's played on the...Fourth fret, E string, Eighth fret, A string...", and has remarked, "I have no idea what notes they are, I have people who do that".

Townsend used ESP guitars from 1994 to 2009, when he switched to Peavey guitars. In 2011, Peavey introduced a Devin Townsend signature 7-string baritone guitar with an EMG 81-7 in the bridge position and a 7-string EMG SA in the neck position. Townsend is also known for his usage of the Fractal Audio AxeFX system.

Influences[link]

Townsend draws influence from a wide range of music genres, most prominently heavy metal. Townsend has cited, among others, Judas Priest, W.A.S.P., Frank Zappa, Broadway musicals, Abba, new age music, Zoviet France, King's X, Morbid Angel, Barkmarket, Grotus, Jane's Addiction, Metallica, Cop Shoot Cop and Fear Factory as his influences, and has also expressed his admiration for Meshuggah on several occasions, calling them "the best metal band on the planet". ''City'' was influenced by bands such as Foetus and Cop Shoot Cop, and ''The New Black'''s influences were Meshuggah, and "more traditional metal" like Metallica. He is also influenced by classical composers such as Igor Stravinsky.

Discography[link]

Townsend has released fourteen solo studio albums and five studio albums with Strapping Young Lad. He has also released numerous EPs, live albums, compilation albums, and collaborations under a variety of monikers, and has produced several albums for other artists.

;Solo albums All released under HevyDevy Records. {|class="wikitable" ! Title ! Release date |- | ''Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics'' | March 19, 1996 |- | ''Ocean Machine: Biomech'' | rowspan="1"| July 21, 1997 |- | ''Infinity'' | rowspan="1"| June 17, 1998 |- | ''Physicist'' | rowspan="1"| June 26, 2000 |- | ''Terria'' | rowspan="1"| November 6, 2001 |- | ''Accelerated Evolution'' | rowspan="1"| March 31, 2003 |- | ''Devlab'' | rowspan="1"| December 4, 2004 |- | ''Synchestra'' | rowspan="1"| January 30, 2006 |- | ''The Hummer'' | rowspan="1"| November 15, 2006 |- | ''Ziltoid the Omniscient'' | rowspan="1"| May 27, 2007 |- | ''Ki'' | rowspan="1"| May 22, 2009 |- | ''Addicted'' | rowspan="1"| November 17, 2009 |- | ''Deconstruction'' | rowspan="1"| June 20, 2011 |- | ''Ghost'' | rowspan="1"| June 20, 2011 |- | ''Epicloud'' | rowspan="1"| September 24, 2012 |}

;Strapping Young Lad All released under Century Media Records. {|class="wikitable" ! Title ! Release date |- | ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing'' | April 4, 1995 |- | ''City'' | February 11, 1997 |- | ''Strapping Young Lad'' | February 11, 2003 |- | ''Alien'' | March 22, 2005 |- | ''The New Black'' | July 11, 2006 |- |}

References[link]

External links[link]

HevyDevy Records

Devin Townsend at YouTube

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