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Salisbury
Coordinates: 51°04′26″N 1°47′37″W / 51.0740°N 1.7936°W / 51.0740; -1.7936
Salisbury (
/ˈsɔːlzbri/ SAWLZ-bree or /ˈsɒlzbri/ SOLZ-bree, or locally /ˈsɔːzbri/) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county (the largest being Swindon). It has also been called New Sarum to distinguish it from the original site of settlement to the north of the city at Old Sarum, but this alternative name is not in common use.
The city is located in the south-east of Wiltshire, near the edge of Salisbury Plain. It sits at the confluence of five rivers: the Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne are tributary to the Avon, which flows to the south coast and into the sea at Christchurch, Dorset. Salisbury railway station serves the city, and is the crossing point between the West of England Main Line and the Wessex Main Line, making it a regional interchange.
Although the actual city was not established until 1220, there has been a settlement in the area since prehistory. There is evidence of Neolithic settlement on the hilltop of Old Sarum, which became a hill fort in the Iron Age. The Romans called this fort "Sorviodunum" and may also have occupied the fort. The Saxons established themselves there called it "Searesbyrig" and the Normans built a castle or "Seresberi". By 1086, in the Domesday Book, it was called "Salesberie".
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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Wiltshire
Wiltshire ( /ˈwɪltʃər/ or /ˈwɪltʃɪər/, formerly /ˈwɪlʃər/; or the County of Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers 3,485 km2 (1,346 square miles). The ancient county town was Wilton, but since 1930 Wiltshire County Council and its successor Wiltshire Council (from 2009) have been based at Trowbridge.
Wiltshire is characterised by its high downland and wide valleys. Salisbury Plain is famous as the location of the Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles and other ancient landmarks and as the main training area in the UK of the British Army. The city of Salisbury is notable for its mediaeval cathedral. Important country houses open to the public include Longleat, near Warminster, and the National Trust's Stourhead, near Mere.
The county, in the 9th century written as Wiltunscir, later Wiltonshire, is named after the former county town of Wilton, itself named after the river Wylye, one of eight rivers which drain the county.
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Aidan Davis
Aidan Davis (born 23 March 1997) is a youth street dancer from Birmingham, England who in 2009 reached the final of the third series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. He finished fifth place overall and later that year he toured the United Kingdom, making live performances with the series' other finalists.
Davis has made numerous performances since Britain's Got Talent, including the 'Diversitoys' tour with Diversity, and as a presenter on the Friday Download show on CBBC.
In May 2009, Davis auditioned for the third series of the ITV television talent show Britain's Got Talent. In his audition he performed to Flo Rida's "Low". He received positive comments from all three judges, with Simon Cowell saying "I think you're better than any dancer on this show, you are super, super, super talented". He received three yeses from Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan and was put through to the next round. Despite never having had a dance lesson, at the time Davis was compared to the series 2 winner George Sampson and was later chosen as one of the 40 semi-finalists.
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Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978) is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B/garage trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records. Dixon began recording her debut solo album, Fired Up, in 2006, but due to poor record sales of her first two singles, "Lipstick" and "Knockdown", she was dropped from Polydor.
In 2007 Dixon became a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and eventually won. Her television exposure led to a successful comeback, which included her signing to Asylum Records, an offshoot of Warner Music Group. Dixon then released a second album, entitled The Alesha Show, in 2008, which received platinum certification from BPI in the UK and spawned four singles including "The Boy Does Nothing" and "Breathe Slow", the latter of which became her highest charting single and earned her a Brit Award nomination.
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Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is a British actress and presenter. Among her roles are Mia Bevan in Cutting It, Sarah Trevanion in Wild at Heart, and the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award. Since 2007, Holden has been a judge on Britain's Got Talent.
She is married to record producer Chris Hughes. Her marriage to Family Fortunes presenter Les Dennis ended in divorce in 2003.
Holden was born in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire to Judith Mary Harrison and Naval petty officer Frank Holden. Her parents split up when she was four and she was brought up in the village of Waltham Chase, by Harrison and stepfather Leslie Drew Collister. She joined the Bishop's Waltham Little Theatre Company when she was nine, and credits Angie Blackford as influential in her early stage career. When she was 16 the family moved to Bournemouth and ran a small B&B while Amanda herself studied Drama and English literature A levels with Terry Clarke and Charles Lamb at the Jellicoe Theatre, now part of Bournemouth and Poole College. She successfully auditioned for the independent drama school Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in the Wood Green area of North London when she was 18, graduating in July 1994.
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Ashleigh and Pudsey
Ashleigh and Pudsey are a British dog trick act, comprising trainer Ashleigh Butler, from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and Pudsey, a six-year old Border Collie, Bichon Frise and Chinese Crested cross. On 12 May 2012, they won the sixth series of the television talent show Britain's Got Talent, becoming the first ever dog trick act to win the competition. Ashleigh and Pudsey beat Jonathan and Charlotte in the final, having received the most votes from the public in a telephone phone-in, winning by 14% of the vote.
On 2 June 2012 Ashleigh and Pudsey performed at Epsom Downs Racecourse in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. In the same month Ashleigh and Pudsey began fronting a PETA campaign calling for a ban on animal cruelty in circuses. They performed on America's Got Talent on 18 July 2012.
Ashleigh and Pudsey are scheduled to perform at the 84th Royal Variety Performance in December 2012 in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II. This year Ashleigh and Pudsey are performing at the New Victoria Theatre Woking in Dick Whittington along side Stephen Mulhern.
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Bar Wizards
The Bar Wizards (Neil Lowrey and Neil Garner) are a British Flair bartending act. They first rose to fame when they were finalists in the first series of the British television talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2007, in which they lost to the eventual winner, singer Paul Potts. The Bar Wizards started off as bartenders but now perform their Tandem Flair Show worldwide, and bartend at private parties.
The Bar Wizards are from Manchester. Garner originally worked as a bartender in Stockport and Lowrey in Blackley. They met while competing in flare bartending competitions and teamed up as a double act. Bar Wizards International came into being in early 2005, as a result of a partnership between Lowrey and Garner. The pair already had ten years experience in the bar industry and had worked in over fifty countries. This led them to make a show which they believed would allow them to work as performers and entertainers.
The main performance of the Bar Wizards is their Tandem Flair show which they created. They then promoted their new show around the United Kingdom, and soon found interest in the corporate market as an after dinner show, allowing them the opportunity to develop the routine, and hone their tandem skills, whilst experimenting with new moves, music and themes. This culminated in a performance at the 2006 Roadhouse World Finals in Covent Garden, London.
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Bessie Cursons
Bessie Cursons (born 8 June 1995)[citation needed] is an English teen actress from Portsmouth, Hampshire, England who reached the final of the first series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. Cursons currently stars in the children's comedy-drama series, My Phone Genie.
Cursons was born on 8 June 1995 in Portsmouth, Hampshire. She began singing and dancing at the age of 4 at local dance and music clubs. Her main ambition was to go on stage and become famous.
Cursons and her family were on holiday in Goa in India when the Britain's Got Talent auditions were being held, in May 2007, but, along with her father, she made the trip back to the UK to take part in them. In her audition, which was the last of the show and was televised on 13 June 2007, she performed "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" from the musical My Fair Lady and received a standing ovation from the audience, with Simon Cowell saying her audition was the most professional in the whole competition. She received three "yes" votes from the judges and was placed in the next round. She was chosen as one of the 24 semi-finalists for the semi finals in June.
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Callum Francis
Callum Rory McKenzie Francis is a child stage actor from Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. In May 2009 he reached the semi-finals of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. He is both Jamaican and Scottish.
Francis' love for performing began at the age of 4 when he went to a drama group for kids with special needs to try to improve his speech (due to his mild form of autism). He took up dance 3 years ago and attends a local drama school at weekends. He began attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School in September 2008.
Francis appeared in the episode "Better Drowned" of the BBC1 drama Casualty, a week before his Britain's Got Talent audition was aired, as a drug dealer’s son. Francis has also tried out for a role in EastEnders as Lucas's son Jordan and a role in Doctor Who. Francis has also done voice overs and performed in theatre.
In his audition in London in January 2009, he performed Consider Yourself from the musical Oliver!. Before going on the stage, Francis' mother, Linda Francis, spoke about Francis' bravery and nerves. She said "He struggles with things like attention and he takes everything literally. Someone said to him they hoped he'd go on BGT with "all guns blazing" and Callum got really worried, thinking there'd be guns on stage or something. He was terrified of Simon and the sound of the buzzers". She mentioned he had sketched pictures of the three judges, so he can balance their heads on a radiator and practice performing in front of them.
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Carmen Electra
Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), better known by her stage name Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch, and dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in the parody films Scary Movie (as well as the fourth film), Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie.
Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer. She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. She also attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Cincinnati Public School District (CPS). She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.
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Charlie Wernham
Charlie Wernham is an English comedian and actor who is known for appearing on the second series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent. He is now starring in the E4 show School of Comedy and has also appeared in an episode of The Inbetweeners episode "Work Experience".
Wernham was born in Billericay, Essex. He started his stand-up comedy act at the age of eight, winning his first talent show at eight. He went on to win three more contests. His father, Dave, helps him write his jokes and structure the routine. Wernham's favourite comedians are Ed Byrne, Peter Kay and Lee Evans.
In 2008, Wernham auditioned for the second series of the ITV talent show Britain's Got Talent in London, where he performed a variety of jokes. Judge Piers Morgan commented that the jokes were terrible but delivered a confident performance. Simon Cowell said that "We've had some rotten comedians on this show, but you're the only one who's made me laugh and told jokes that I could understand". Amanda Holden commented that Wernham has "funny bones". Wernham received three 'yes' votes from the judges and was put through to the next round. He made it through to the live semi-finals.
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Connie Talbot
Connie Talbot (born 20 November 2000) is an English child singer from Streetly, Aldridge. She rose to fame in 2007 when she reached the final of the first series of Britain's Got Talent, where she was runner-up to Paul Potts. Talbot was supposed to sign with Sony BMG but the label pulled out of the deal due to her age.
Talbot signed with Rainbow Recording Company and released her debut album Over the Rainbow in the UK on 26 November 2007. The album was re-released 18 June 2008 with a new track listing, and the first single from the album, a cover of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds", was released on 10 June.
Despite its negative critical reception, Over the Rainbow has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide and reached number one in three countries. Since the initial album release, Talbot has performed publicly and on television in Europe, the U.S. and across Asia, where her music had gained recognition through YouTube. Her second album, Connie Talbot's Christmas Album, was released on 24 November 2008; her third, Holiday Magic, was released in late 2009. While pursuing her musical career, Talbot attends school, and lives in Streetly with her family.
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Damon Scott
Damon Scott (born 1979 in Salisbury) is a British male entertainer made famous for his appearance in the first series of the hitITV variety talent show Britain's Got Talent. Although Damon has an extensive range of acts, he is best known for his performances with monkey puppets, earning him the nickname The Monkey Man which became the title of a BBC documentary based on Damon’s achievements to date.
Before becoming better known for his monkey routines Damon was part of a 40-strong group of singers from Southampton and Salisbury who come together to put on concerts twice a year under the name “En-Masse”. The pop and soul collective, which Damon was associated with covers a wide variety of music ranging from disco to motown and rock to soul. As a member of En-Masse Damon underwent one-to-one vocal training with The Southern School of Popular Singing, as well as rehearsing his "fat harmony" sound every week. As well as performing at the 900-capacity Salisbury City Hall twice a year, en-masse toured many locations and released 3 albums and one single.
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David Hasselhoff
David Michael Hasselhoff (/ˈhæsəlhɒf/; born July 17, 1952) is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch. Hasselhoff also produced Baywatch for a number of seasons in the 1990s up until 2001, when the series ended with Baywatch Hawaii. Hasselhoff also crossed over to a music career during the end of the 1980s and the early 1990s. He was noted for his performance at the Berlin Wall at New Year's Eve 1989; he enjoyed a short-lived success as a singer primarily in German-speaking Europe.
More recently, Hasselhoff has been involved with talent shows. He was the first celebrity eliminated from the eleventh season of Dancing with the Stars on September 21, 2010. He was also a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent from 2006 to 2009. In 2011, he joined the Britain's Got Talent judging panel, alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Michael McIntyre. He appeared as himself in the 2004 film The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.
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David Walliams
David Edward Walliams (born Williams; 20 August 1971) is a comedian, writer, children's author and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the TV sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile. More recently he and Lucas wrote and starred in Come Fly with Me.
Walliams joined the judging panel for series 6 of Britain's Got Talent for 2012.
Born in Merton, southwest London, on 20 August 1971 to Peter, a London Transport engineer, and Kathleen Williams, a lab technician, Williams was brought up in Banstead, Surrey.[citation needed] His parents appeared on The Friday Night Project when he was the guest star on the show. He was educated at Collingwood Boys' School in Wallington, Surrey, (now Collingwood School) and the independent Reigate Grammar School (where he was a contemporary of Robert Shearman).[citation needed] He was a member of the National Youth Theatre, where he met Matt Lucas.[citation needed] Walliams studied drama at the University of Bristol from 1989 to 1992, one year below Simon Pegg.[citation needed]
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DJ Talent
DJ Talent (real name Anthony Ghosh-Krisjerker IV) (born 1978) is a part time DJ most widely known for his appearance as a semi-finalist on third series of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent. He is noted for the excessive amount of bling that he wears, which includes several gold chains and rings (one infused with a blue stone), and a full set of gold teeth costing £7000 in total. He first drew press attention in 2006 after being a repeated victim of armed muggings.
Prior to his appearance on Britain's Got Talent, he has appeared on TV programmes including Homemade on T4 where he appeared with celebrity blogger and TV presenter Mark Boardman, The Jeremy Kyle Show, Vanessa's Real Lives, Ann Widdecombe Versus The Diet Industry and The Friday Night Project where he performed a rap for guest host Kanye West, as well as appearing on "Best Guest Week" on the Scott Mills Show for Radio 1. He is currently appearing in the marketing campaign for UK Bingo website, BOGOF Bingo. He also appeared on the celebrity special of Four Weddings
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Faryl Smith
Faryl Smith (born 23 July 1995) is a British teen mezzo-soprano who rose to fame after appearing on the second series of the ITV television talent show Britain's Got Talent in 2008. She received praise throughout the competition, and although the favourite to win after the second round, she finished outside the top three in the live final on 31 May. During the competition, she was tutored by singing coach Yvie Burnett and received offers from various record labels. After the show, she, unlike other finalists, did not sign with Simon Cowell's Syco, although she did appear on fellow finalist Andrew Johnston's debut album, One Voice.
Smith signed a contract with Universal Classics and Jazz for a £2.3 million advance in December 2008, the largest ever granted to a schoolgirl. Her debut album, Faryl, was recorded from December 2008 to January 2009 and released in March 2009. Faryl became the fastest-selling solo classical album in British chart history, selling 29,200 copies in the first week. It debuted at number six, but rose to number four in the following week, making Smith the third Britain's Got Talent contestant to have a top ten album. In 2010, on account of Faryl, Smith was nominated for two Classical BRIT Awards and became the youngest artist ever to receive a double nomination.
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Gene Pitney
Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1941 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer. Through the mid-1960s, he enjoyed success as a recording artist on both sides of the Atlantic and was among the group of early 1960s American acts who continued to enjoy hits after the British Invasion. Pitney charted 16 Top-40 hits in the U.S., four in the Top 10. In the UK he had 22 Top-40 hits, and 11 singles in the Top Ten. He also wrote the early 1960s hits "Rubber Ball" by Bobby Vee, "He's a Rebel" by The Crystals, and "Hello Mary Lou" by Rick Nelson. In 2002, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Pitney was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and grew up in Rockville, now part of Vernon, Connecticut. His early influences were Clyde McPhatter, country-blues singer Moon Mullican and doo-wop groups like The Crows. He attended Rockville High School, at which he was named "the Rockville Rocket", and where he formed his first band, Gene & the Genials. He made records as part of a duo called Jamie and Jane with Ginny Arnell (who in late 1963 had a solo hit, "Dumb Head"), and in 1959 recorded a single as Billy Bryan. The first of the two Decca 45s as Jamie and Jane was "Snuggle Up, Baby," a cover of a song Charlie Gracie recorded at Cameo 1957 or early 1958, which remained unreleased until London Records released Gracie's original version in Europe in 1978.
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George Sampson
George William Sampson (born 29 June 1993) is a street dancer and actor from Warrington, England. He won the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14.
In 2007, a dance teacher called Dominic Chambers told Sampson that there were auditions in the area that would be right up his alley. He only discovered he'd be auditioning for the first series of Britain's Got Talent when he arrived. In his audition, he danced to "Drop" (Timbaland feat. Magoo & Fatman Scoop), receiving a yes vote from all three judges. However, despite Simon Cowell's enthusiasm, he was unable to convince the other two judges, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan, to let Sampson proceed to the live semi-finals. This experience made Sampson determined to re-audition the following year and prove Holden and Morgan wrong. In the intervening time, he continued dancing on the streets of Manchester to improve his technique, and to raise money for his family.
In 2008, Sampson successfully got through the first round of Britain's Got Talent series 2 auditions by dancing to "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)". He then came top in the audience's vote in his semi-final with his arrangement of Mint Royale's big beat remix of "Singin' in the Rain", complete with an artificial rain machine on-stage, a formula that had previously been produced in a television advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf GTI. He subsequently won the audience's vote in the final, beating dance duo Signature (second place) and Andrew Johnston (third place). He broke into tears when his win was announced. Sampson was due to perform a different routine for the final, to a track by the Bee Gees, which he described as involving "a lot of movement without me actually doing anything". An hour before the final started he changed his mind and, after consulting Simon Cowell, opted to re-perform his winning act from the semi-final.
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Hollie Steel
Hollie Steel (born 1 July 1998) is a singer and performer from Huncoat, Lancashire, England. At the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent.
Her first audition drew mostly positive comments from all of the show's judges. In her second appearance during the semi-finals Steel forgot the words of her song, broke down in tears and could not finish the song, but one of the programme's judges intervened and she was allowed to perform a second time. Steel advanced to the finals and finished in sixth place. She then toured the United Kingdom, making live performances with the series' other finalists in mid-2009.
In September 2009, Steel signed with a record label and began recording her debut album, which was released in May 2010.
Steel has been singing since the age of six when she showed interest in her brother Joshua's performances. She also attends the KLF Dance Academy in Burnley with him. Prior to Britain's Got Talent she performed in productions of Annie and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
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Jai McDowall
Jai McDowall (born 24 July 1986) is a Scottish singer who won the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent in June 2011. As the winner, he received £100,000 and performed at the 2011 Royal Variety Performance. McDowall was signed to Syco Music, a subdivision of record label giant, Sony Music.
Before Britain's Got Talent, he appeared as a contestant on The X Factor and The American Idol Experience. His debut album Believe was released on 9 December 2011. The lead single "With or Without You" was released the same day. In March 2012, he was dropped by Syco after his one-album contract expired.
McDowall was born and lives in Tarbolton in Ayrshire, Scotland where he worked as a support worker prior to winning Britain's Got Talent. He was a member of the Ayr Amateur Opera Company and Loudoun Musical Society. He played roles such as Frank in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Motel in Fiddler on the Roof.
Before his job of looking after young people with disabilities, Jai spent 2 years studying Music and Audio Technology (NC & HNC) at Music and Sound Production Dept, Ayr College, Scotland, UK.
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Jake Pratt
Jake Pratt (born 25 September 1996 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England), also known as Jakey P, is an English actor and comedian. He entered the public eye when he appeared on the first series of the ITV1 television show Britain's Got Talent in June 2007 where he reached the semi-finals, where he lost out in a place in the grand final. He has since appeared in a British children's television programme and also worked as a voice-over artist. He stars as Alfie in the BBC comedy film Nativity, which was released on 27 November 2009.
Pratt is also appearing as a stage actor and is appearing in the West End show Billy Elliot the Musical, where he is playing the role of Michael. He began the role on 1 June 2009 and he is currently playing the role.
Pratt was born on 25 September 1996 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. He has been attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School since his appearance on Britain's Got Talent. He previously attended YMCA Scarborough, and the Scarborough Dance Centre.
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John Farnworth
John Farnworth is a football freestyler and entertainer. He holds four Guinness World Records including the most around the worlds in under a minute
John Farnworth was born in Longridge, and grew up in Preston. He apprenticed as footballer in the youth teams of Preston North End, yet John is a Manchester United supporter.
Farnworth's grandfather was a defender at Accrington Stanley, and his father formerly played for Burnley.
At the age of 14, he read Simon Clifford's Learn to play the Brazilian Way and, giving up professional football aspirations, started to practice the freestyle skills that were illustrated in the book. After a year of training, Farnworth joined one of the Clifford-franchised Brazilian Soccer Schools, in Manchester. The schools' Futebol de Salão use a size-two weighted ball which aids and improves skilful play[citation needed].
He went to St Cecilia's School in Longridge where he performed at every opportunity he got.
John tried out for the Burnley youth team where they told him he was not good enough and then he began to start performing tricks
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Kate and Gin
Kate and Gin are a musical canine freestyle act consisting of Kate Nicholas, from Norbury, Cheshire and her dancing Border Collie, 6 year old Gin. The two achieved fame following their 2008 appearances on the second series of ITV1 talent show, Britain's Got Talent. Since the show, the duo have appeared publicly and published a book, Kate and Gin, about dog training. Kate and Gin are currently performing in pantomimes.
Kate and Gin first appeared on the second series of Britain's Got Talent on 12 April 2008 where they performed to Moby's remake of the James Bond theme tune, received "three yeses" by the judges (Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan) and were sent through to the semi-finals. Before the live shows, Cowell described the duo as the favourite to win. In the live semi-final, broadcast on 26 May 2008, Kate and Gin were again successful, performing a different routine to The Scissor Sisters' "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" and finishing second behind dance group Signature. Before the final Kate and Gin were one of the five favourites to win Britain's Got Talent. They again performed a routine to Moby's "James Bond Theme" in the show's final on 31 May 2008, but failed to make the final three. The competition was eventually won by George Sampson. After the final, the duo performed with others from the show in the Britain's Got Talent Live Tour, again performing a routine to the Scissor Sisters' "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'".
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Kelly Brook
Kelly Brook (born Kelly Ann Parsons;(1979-11-23)23 November 1979) is an English model, actress, entrepreneur, television presenter and Playboy model.
Brook was born and brought up in Rochester, Kent, England. She is the daughter of Sandra, a cook, and Kenneth Parsons, a scaffolder. She has a younger brother, Damian, and an older half-sister, Sasha. Kenneth died aged 57 in Rochester from lung cancer on 26 November 2007, during Brook's time on Strictly Come Dancing.
Brook attended the Thomas Aveling School in Warren Wood, Rochester. She then studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London for three years before becoming a professional model.
Brook's modelling career began at 16 after winning a beauty competition, in which she was entered by her mother. She later worked on a range of advertising campaigns, including for Foster's Lager, Renault Mégane, Walker's crisps, Piz Buin and Bravissimo, a company that specialises in bras and lingerie for large-breasted women. Her figure eventually caught the eye of the editorial team of the Daily Star tabloid, which began featuring her as a Page Three girl.
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Kev Orkian
Kev Orkian is a British-Armenian musician, comedian and actor born in London to Armenian parents. He has performed around the world from New York,Los Angeles and Toronto to Dubai,Oman and Australia. Orkian has been compared to the likes of Victor Borge and Dudley Moore.
Between 2003 and 2009, Kev Orkian spent a lot of his time touring the UK as the support act for some of the biggest names in British comedy and has previously starred in West-End London musicals including Fame, Happy Days and Boogie Nights alongside Dancing on Ice winner and Emmerdale actress Hayley Tamaddon.
In 2009 Kev Orkian became a regular on the UK comedy circuit performing at well-known clubs such as Jongleurs where his comedy rendition of Elton John's I'm Still Standing has been described as Comedy Gold, and has generated standing ovations.
On September 23, 2009 Event Magazine reported that Kev Orkian won the final of 'The Next Big Thing' - the event industry's version of The X Factor, which was held at Event UK in Birmingham.
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Louis Walsh
Louis Walsh (born Michael Louis Vincent Walsh; 5 August 1952) is an Irish entertainment manager and judge on the British television talent show The X Factor.
Originally from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Walsh moved to Dublin to get a start in the music industry. He managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone and Westlife, three of Ireland's most successful pop artists in recent decades. In later life, Walsh began an alternative career as a TV talent pundit, on programmes such as You're a Star, The X-Factor and Britain's Got Talent, amongst others.
Louis Walsh got his start in talent an agreement with Johnny Logan, whom Walsh met on a bus when he was 20, and, despite legal difficulties with Logan's previous management, Walsh was convinced that Logan could be a big star if he just got the right breaks. Walsh persuaded Logan to enter the 1979 and 1980 National Song Contests. Logan won 1980 heats with a Shay Healy number called "What's Another Year", representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest that year in the Netherlands, which he won.
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Matthew Ahmet
Matthew Ahmet (born 1988) is a London born practitioner of Shaolin Kung Fu who is best known for appearing in the acclaimed Shaolin Temple show Wheel of Life Superstars of Dance Matthew Ahmet is the only non-Chinese Shaolin Disciple of the Shaolin Temple to perform alongside the famous Shaolin Wheel of life show worldwide. In 2009 Matthew Ahmet set up the Shaolin Temple Cheshunt home to the Shaolin Warriors London who represented as Shaolin T.E.A.M during Britain's Got Talent in the show's fourth series.
Ahmet is of Turkish descent. Matthew Ahmet is getting a reality show.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
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Michael McIntyre
Michael Hazen James McIntyre (born 21 February 1976) is a British stand-up comedian. As well as his stand-up, he has performed on programmes such as Live at the Apollo and has his own programme, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow.
McIntyre has released two stand-up DVDs; Live and Laughing in 2008 featured material from his first nationwide tour, while Michael McIntyre: Hello Wembley was released in November 2009 following a set at Wembley Arena. The former was the fastest selling debut stand-up DVD ever, and Hello Wembley is the fastest selling stand-up DVD in UK chart history, selling over a million copies. In 2009 McIntyre performed live to half a million people and won Best Live Stand-up at the British Comedy Awards.
In 2010, McIntyre released his autobiography, Life and Laughing: My Story, and also became the youngest-ever host of the Royal Variety Performance. He started as a judge on the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent in April 2011. He is to embark on his second nationwide tour in 2012.
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Molly Rainford
Molly Rainford (born 2000) is an English child singer who rose to fame after reaching the final of the sixth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2012. She finished sixth overall. After the series finished, it was reported that Rainford signed a record deal with Sony, with an album due to be released by Christmas.
Rainford's father is Dave Rainford, a footballer.
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Myles and Connor
Myles Antony Ryan and Connor Jerrade Ryan (born 19 October 1995) were a British pop and R&B duo from Manchester, England who are best known for appearing on the fourth series of ITV show Britains Got Talent as part of the boyband 'Connected'.
The twins auditioned as 'Connected' on the fourth series of ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent in early 2010, along with Harry & Max Mondryk and Matthew Fitzgerald. For their audition, they sang I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys. While they received positive feedback from judges Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden, Simon Cowell criticized the band for looking 'out-dated' and claimed that they shouldn't have tried to impersonate the band. In retaliation to this, the band performed Ain't No Mountain High Enough to win him over. They received three yes votes from the judges. They then found out they went through to the semi finals.
In the second semi final, the band performed No Boundaries by Kris Allen. They received positive feedback from all three judges, and after landing in the judges vote, they were chosen by Cowell and Morgan to go through to the final.
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Paul Burling
Paul Burling is a British impressionist. A veteran of show business for 25 years, having worked in voiceover, radio and pantomime, he rose to national attention as a finalist of the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent. His debut television show in 2010, It's Paul Burling! attracted a television audience of 3.7 million.
Paul Burling comes from Bristol, is 42 and a father of three.
Burling "worked the holiday parks and comedy circuit for 25 years" before attracting nationwide attention on the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent. He has worked in voiceover, for radio and in pantomime before being given his own Christmas special show by ITV, a prime-time national television spot.
His role of Christmas 2010 in Jack and the Beanstalk, was his fifth pantomime season at the Central Theatre, Chatham. He has also played Wishee Washee in Aladdin and Smee in Peter Pan. He is co-starring with Gareth Gates in aladdin at Milton Keynes Theatre during Christmas 2011. During Christmas 2011, he is co-starring with Gareth Gates in Aladdin at Milton Keynes Theatre
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Paul Potts
Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970)[citation needed] is an English tenor. In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent with his performance of "Nessun dorma", an aria from Puccini's opera Turandot. As a singer of operatic music, Potts recorded the album One Chance, which topped sales charts in nine countries. Prior to winning Britain's Got Talent, Potts was a manager at The Carphone Warehouse. He had served as Bristol city councillor from 1996 until 2003, and also had performed in amateur opera from 1999 to 2003. Potts's net worth was estimated at £6 million in April 2012.
Potts was born in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England and raised in Fishponds, Bristol, by his father Roland, a bus driver, and mother, Yvonne (née Higgins), a supermarket cashier. He has two brothers and one sister. Potts attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, where he developed his love of singing. He also sang with the choir at Chester Park Junior School and with the choirs at several Bristol churches, including Christ Church. Potts said in interviews that he had been bullied in school, and that experience may have made him lack self-confidence. He has also said that his voice had always been a source of solace in the past when he was bullied.
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Piers Morgan
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born Piers Stefan O'Meara; 30 March 1965), known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter. He is editorial director of First News, a national newspaper for children.
Morgan branched into television mainly as a presenter, but has become best known as a judge or contestant in reality television programmes. In the UK, he was a judge on Britain's Got Talent. Morgan is best known in the United States as a judge on the show America's Got Talent, and as the winner of The Celebrity Apprentice. On 17 January 2011, he began hosting Piers Morgan Tonight for CNN in the timeslot previously occupied by Larry King Live after the retirement of host Larry King.
Morgan has authored eight books, including three volumes of memoirs.
Piers Morgan was born on 30 March 1965, in Guildford, Surrey, England, to Eamon Vincent O'Meara, a dentist, of Dorking, Surrey, and Gabrielle Georgina Sybille (née Oliver). His father died when he was one year old; his mother subsequently remarried. He has three older siblings. His ancestry includes Irish, Portuguese, Scottish, and English. Morgan was raised Catholic. Named Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan by his stepfather, Morgan attended an independent school called Cumnor House from the ages of seven to thirteen, and then Chailey School, a comprehensive secondary school in Chailey, near Lewes, East Sussex, followed by Lewes Priory School for VI form. Morgan studied Journalism at Harlow College. After a brief career at Lloyds of London, he joined the Surrey and South London Newspaper Group in 1985, where he worked as a reporter on the South London News, and the Streatham and Tooting News. Morgan was recruited (he says headhunted by editor Kelvin MacKenzie) to join The Sun newspaper, specifically to work on the Bizarre column.
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Ronan Parke
Ronan David Parke (born 8 August 1998) is an English singer from Poringland, Norfolk, UK who came runner-up in the fifth series of ITV show Britain's Got Talent, despite being the bookies' favourite to win. After the show it was reported that Ronan had signed a joint record deal with Sony Music. He released his debut album Ronan Parke on 24 October 2011. On May 3 2012, Parke was dropped by Epic records and Syco due to disappointing sales of his debut album.
Ronan David Parke was born to Maggie and Trevor Parke in Poringland, a village in Norfolk. He has an older brother, Declan. His family are close to the family of ex-Norwich City player Bryan Gunn, whose daughter helped Ronan put in his application form for Britain's Got Talent. Ronan had been taking singing lessons in his home town before getting the confidence to apply for the show.
Ronan attends Framingham Earl High School, Norfolk.
Ronan auditioned for Britain's Got Talent in London in front of judges Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and Louis Walsh (who was filling in for David Hasselhoff.) He performed "Feeling Good" and before the song finished, the entire 2500-strong audience and three judges gave Ronan a standing ovation. He received rave reviews after his performance and received three "yes" votes and was through to the next round, with Walsh declaring that Ronan "is the one to beat." Following the airing of his audition on the third auditions show on 30 April 2011, Ronan quickly became the bookies favorite to win the show. Ronan was then shown being put through to the semi-finals a few weeks later.
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Shaheen Jafargholi
Shaheen Jafargholi (born 23 January 1997) is a Welsh teen actor and singer from Swansea, Wales. He is of Iranian and Welsh descent. He appeared on ITV's Britain's Got Talent show and sang "Who's Lovin' You" at Michael Jackson's globally televised public memorial service in July 2009. In May 2010, Jafargholi signed a record deal with Island Records, and recorded a debut album "When I Come of Age" and a debut double A side single "Last Train Home/Hip Teens".
Shaheen Jafargholi lives with his mother, Karen Thomas, who is separated from Shaheen's father, Iraj Jafargholi, a computer consultant of Iranian descent. The separation was amicable and Shaheen sees his father regularly. He is currently in the Mark Jermin Stage School on Saturdays, in Swansea. He was featured in a BBC Wales documentary series called Starstruck where cameras followed children of the stage school for six months.
He played the character Troy (Jason's neighbour) in the children's television series Grandpa In My Pocket. He has also acted in the Torchwood episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts" playing Danny - the child of a crazed gun-wielding father and took part in an episode of the medical drama series Casualty playing Christy Skinner, a patient with incurable hiccups. Jafargholi has also toured on stage as a young Michael Jackson in Thriller – Live.
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Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English A&R executive, television producer, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is known in the United Kingdom and United States for his role as a talent judge on TV shows such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, Britain's Got Talent and American Idol. He is also the owner of the television production and music publishing house Syco.
As a judge, Cowell is known for his blunt and often controversial criticisms, insults and wisecracks about contestants and their abilities. He is also known for combining activities in both the television and music industries, having promoted singles and records for various artists, including television personalities. He was most recently featured on the fifth series of Britain's Got Talent and the first season of The X Factor USA.
In 2010, the British magazine New Statesman listed Cowell at number 41 in a list of "The World's 50 Most Influential Figures 2010".
Cowell was born in Lambeth, London and brought up in Elstree, Hertfordshire. His mother, Julie Brett (née Josie Dalglish), is a former ballet dancer and socialite, and his father, Eric Selig Phillip Cowell (1918–1999), was an estate agent developer and music industry executive. Cowell's father was from a mostly Jewish family, though he did not discuss his background with his children (Cowell's paternal grandmother had immigrated from Poland). Cowell's mother was from a Christian background, and is of part Scottish descent. He has one brother and three half-brothers and a half sister; younger brother Nicholas Cowell, half-brother John Cowell, half-brother Tony Cowell, half-brother Michael Cowell and half sister June Cowell.
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Stephen Mulhern
Stephen Daniel Mulhern (born 4 April 1977) is a British TV presenter, entertainer, and former magician. He began presenting in the studio on CITV in May 1998 and became a leading presenter until he left in August 2002. He has presented a number of shows, including SMTV Live, Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown and Globo Loco. Mulhern hosts Britain's Got More Talent on ITV2.
Stephen Mulhern is the third of four children of Maureen (née Reid) and Christopher Mulhern. He has two older brothers and a younger sister.
Mulhern attended St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School in Forest Gate, Newham; he began entertaining from a very young age and became interested in comedy and magic from his father, who would teach him a trick before bedtime when he was 13 years old. He was a member of The Magic Circle and became a successful TV magician.[citation needed] Magic credits have included The Quick Trick Show and more recently Tricky TV. He has released a number of children's magic sets and videos and has toured the UK with his show, Stephen's Mega Mad Magic Show. The show proved popular attracting large audiences. He has taken part in the Royal Variety Performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre with the Queen in attendance.[citation needed]
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Stevie Starr
Stevie Starr is a Scottish performance artist who refers to himself as a professional regurgitator. His act consists of swallowing various items (coins, lightbulbs, balloons, nails, billiard balls, dry sugar, goldfish) and regurgitating them. He has never described exactly how this is done, and the implausibility of some of his regurgitations have led some to believe that he is an illusionist. Although, during an appearance on Howard Stern's TV show in the 1990s, Stevie was shown swallowing broken glass and other dangerous objects and carefully regurgitated most of it, then the camera followed him into a restroom where he stuck his finger down his throat and vomited up the last of it. Starr has appeared on many television shows, with several appearances on each of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Stevie has a busy international touring schedule for his longer solo act.
According to his live act and official biography, Starr grew up in Glasgow, Scotland in a children's home. He claims to have developed his talent in order to hide money. Starr claims to be the world's only "professional regurgitator", though similar acts do exist in modern and historical performance related to the geek show tradition.
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Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables. Her first album was released in November 2009 and debuted as the number one best-selling album on charts around the globe.
Global interest in Boyle was triggered by the contrast between her powerful mezzo-soprano voice and her plain appearance on stage. The juxtaposition of the audience's first impression of her, with the standing ovation she received during and after her performance, led to an international media and Internet response. Within nine days of the audition, videos of Boyle—from the show, various interviews and her 1999 rendition of "Cry Me a River"—had been watched over 100 million times. Her audition video has been viewed on the internet several hundred million times. Despite the sustained media interest she later finished in second place in the final of the show behind dance troupe Diversity.
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The Cheeky Girls
The Cheeky Girls are a pop duo consisting of twin sisters Gabriela and Monica Irimia, from Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania, but based in Britain. After appearing as auditionees in Popstars: The Rivals, they achieved success in the charts with four top ten hits between 2002 and 2004. They are best known for their debut single, "Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)", which has sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide.
Gabriela and Monica were born on 31 October 1982 to Doru and Margit Irimia. Gabriela is older by 10 minutes. Their early life in Romania consisted of studying gymnastics and ballet and touring with the Hungarian National Opera. Moving to the United Kingdom with their mother in 2002, the girls shot to fame as the Cheeky Girls after auditioning on the British TV shows, Channel 4's Model Behaviour and more importantly Popstars: The Rivals. Following two appearances on the show with their audition which had judges Pete Waterman and Louis Walsh not knowing what to say (Waterman was later quoted as saying they were the worst act ever), various record companies approached the Granada Press Office. The Press Office contacted Paul Holland at Granada Ventures who was able to secure them a deal with the Multiply label part of Telstar Records. Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum) was swiftly recorded and released in the first week in December. Entering the chart at number two, the single remained in the top five for five consecutive weeks – four of them at number two. In the week before Christmas this was one of three singles from the Popstars: The Rivals show to occupy the Top 3, One True Voice and Girls Aloud held the other two positions.
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Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
Britains got talent - Damon Scott (Semi Final)
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- Duration: 5:02
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- published: 15 Jun 2007
- views: 1647876
- author: xxdefygravityxx
Damon Scott with Monkey (Bubbles) High Quality V/S 16:9 widescreen
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- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
For higher quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the end of the url. Tv Show "Britain's Got Talent"
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For higher quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the end of the url. Tv Show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 12 Jun 2007
- views: 985050
- author: myredroom
BGT FINAL - Damon Scott & Bubbles high quality video/sound 16:9 widescreen
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- Duration: 5:50
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For better quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the url. Damon Scott's performance in the final of UK talent show "Brtains Got talent" as broadcast on ITV1. Check their website: talent.itv.com
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For better quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the url. Damon Scott's performance in the final of UK talent show "Brtains Got talent" as broadcast on ITV1. Check their website: talent.itv.com
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 3313406
- author: myredroom
Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 9:59
- Updated: 11 Feb 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 1134910
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott THE FINAL Britains Got Talent * Bubbles Monkey
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- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Damon Scott with monkey Bubbles in the final of Britain's Got Talent, performing to a Michael Jackson song.
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Damon Scott with monkey Bubbles in the final of Britain's Got Talent, performing to a Michael Jackson song.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1359924
- author: behindthesecret
Homeless man singing Adele - Someone like You AMAZINGGG :d
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- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 08 Feb 2013
homeless man sings adele Damon Scott, 86th Street Subway Busker, Sings Moving Rendition Of Adele's 'Someone Like You'
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homeless man sings adele Damon Scott, 86th Street Subway Busker, Sings Moving Rendition Of Adele's 'Someone Like You'
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 14545
- author: SpiralVidsHQ
Damon Scott Live Final Performance For Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 8:03
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 78718
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott Before Britains Got Talent In 1999
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- Duration: 9:44
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
In 1999 Damon was part of a real lives docu-series following ordinary people living exraordinary lives. Here is a 10 minute exerpt from that footage. Damon was 18/19 yrs old when this was filmed and you can see even then the puppets that would later propel him into the limelight.
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In 1999 Damon was part of a real lives docu-series following ordinary people living exraordinary lives. Here is a 10 minute exerpt from that footage. Damon was 18/19 yrs old when this was filmed and you can see even then the puppets that would later propel him into the limelight.
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 22339
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott, Subway Singer, Adele Rolling in the Deep
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- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 09 Feb 2013
I taped this man singing on 3/24/12 in the 86th St/Lex subway stop. He is amazing! I found an article about him online: www.huffingtonpost.com I'm not certain he's homeless or not, but regardless, kudos to his talent!
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I taped this man singing on 3/24/12 in the 86th St/Lex subway stop. He is amazing! I found an article about him online: www.huffingtonpost.com I'm not certain he's homeless or not, but regardless, kudos to his talent!
- published: 29 Mar 2012
- views: 26748
- author: avrilcharity
Damon Scott - amazing puppet version of Michael Jackson Earthsong
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- Duration: 5:04
- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
Damon Scott gives an amazing puppetry performance of Michael Jackson's Earthsong at Southsea's Kings Theatre in aid of several charities for Portsmouth Does Variety Filmed & edited by Malcolm Dent of MDDM
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Damon Scott gives an amazing puppetry performance of Michael Jackson's Earthsong at Southsea's Kings Theatre in aid of several charities for Portsmouth Does Variety Filmed & edited by Malcolm Dent of MDDM
- published: 21 Jan 2011
- views: 6118
- author: malcolmdent
Damon C Scott on the 5 train
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- Duration: 2:18
- Updated: 08 Feb 2013
Damn C Scott, a man with a wonderful voice who you know as the guy who sang Adele's song "some one like you" was spotted again by myself and man he did his thing! You can find him on facebook. You could also find him on i-tunes and contact him at his e-mail adescorned1@yahoo.com
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Damn C Scott, a man with a wonderful voice who you know as the guy who sang Adele's song "some one like you" was spotted again by myself and man he did his thing! You can find him on facebook. You could also find him on i-tunes and contact him at his e-mail adescorned1@yahoo.com
- published: 15 Jun 2012
- views: 8847
- author: zimskii
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
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- Duration: 4:24
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
The HILARIOUS Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
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The HILARIOUS Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
- published: 27 Nov 2007
- views: 49497
- author: DrBlockbuster
Britains got talent - Damon Scott and Bubbles
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Britains got talent
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Damon Scott ft. Bubbles (Live Final) Britain's Got Talent 07
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- Duration: 2:19
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Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
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Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1673707
- author: nkitchen
Britain's got talent - Damon Scott and Bubbles - Final
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- Duration: 4:47
- Updated: 20 Jan 2013
Sunday's final of Britain's got talent sees Damon Scott ditch the singing and go back to what he's best at-making people laughDamon never won.Check out my other videos for more acts.
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Sunday's final of Britain's got talent sees Damon Scott ditch the singing and go back to what he's best at-making people laughDamon never won.Check out my other videos for more acts.
- published: 18 Jun 2007
- views: 252754
- author: leeurmston
Damon Scott in BGT
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- Duration: 4:51
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
This is his first attempt! I love this clip the most! That's why I repost it again~ Enjoy~
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This is his first attempt! I love this clip the most! That's why I repost it again~ Enjoy~
- published: 11 Dec 2007
- views: 228328
- author: t33cher
THE INFORMANT! Interviews -- Matt Damon and Scott Bakula
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- Duration: 6:25
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Emmy nominated Jake Hamilton travels to the Toronto International Film Festival to talk with the stars of THE INFORMANT! -- Matt Damon and Scott Bakula -- only on JAKE'S TAKES!
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Emmy nominated Jake Hamilton travels to the Toronto International Film Festival to talk with the stars of THE INFORMANT! -- Matt Damon and Scott Bakula -- only on JAKE'S TAKES!
- published: 14 Sep 2009
- views: 4525
- author: jakethemovieguy
Damon Scott- Blame It On The Alcohol
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- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
Subway singer Damon C Scott blows the train away! You can find him on twitter, MySpace, and Facebook.
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Subway singer Damon C Scott blows the train away! You can find him on twitter, MySpace, and Facebook.
- published: 25 Feb 2012
- views: 10748
- author: bjonesy00
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent Show Recap
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- Duration: 3:39
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey (Amongst others) performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey (Amongst others) performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 41434
- author: Billy James
Chris Malinchak - These Dreams (feat. Damon C. Scott)
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- Duration: 6:27
- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
Download: soundcloud.com Like: facebook.com Follow: twitter.com Follow: soundcloud.com
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Download: soundcloud.com Like: facebook.com Follow: twitter.com Follow: soundcloud.com
- published: 31 Jul 2012
- views: 5611
- author: texag713
Damon Scott and Bubbles from Britain's Got Talent
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
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This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 07 Jan 2008
- views: 32577
- author: dubdub84
Damon Scott and Bubbles - britains got talent
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Man impresses the 3 judges with just himself, a monkey and a michael jackson cd
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Man impresses the 3 judges with just himself, a monkey and a michael jackson cd
- published: 13 Jun 2007
- views: 14175
- author: samvjv
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Damon Scott ft. Bubbles (Live Final) Britain's Got Talent 07
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- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
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Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1673707
- author: nkitchen
Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 9:59
- Updated: 11 Feb 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 1134910
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott Live Final Performance For Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 8:03
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 78718
- author: Billy James
Britains Got Talent - Live Final Recap - See Damon Scott
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- Duration: 3:32
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Britains Got Talent - Live Final Recap - see Damon Scott And Bubbles
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Britains Got Talent - Live Final Recap - see Damon Scott And Bubbles
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 8416
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:03
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 6044307
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott live at Lola
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:28
- Updated: 17 Oct 2012
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Damon Scott on Britain's Got Talent 2007
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:47
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
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Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent Funny Monkey
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- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
BGT Monkey Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
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BGT Monkey Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
- published: 17 Sep 2009
- views: 38711
- author: MeeMooX
Britains got talent - Damon Scott (Semi Final)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11
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Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11
- published: 15 Jun 2007
- views: 1647876
- author: xxdefygravityxx
Damon Scott and Bubbles from Britain's Got Talent
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
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This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 07 Jan 2008
- views: 32577
- author: dubdub84
Damon Scott Interview With Dan Shaw (Britian's Got Talent)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:31
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Dan Shaw Live talks to Britain's Got Talent Damon Scott minus Bubbles live on Manchester Radio Online
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Dan Shaw Live talks to Britain's Got Talent Damon Scott minus Bubbles live on Manchester Radio Online
- published: 11 Oct 2009
- views: 5633
- author: djdanshaw
AvenueQ Talking About Damon Scott On Britain Got More Talent
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- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
AvenueQ Talking About Damon Scott On Britain Got More Talent
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AvenueQ Talking About Damon Scott On Britain Got More Talent
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 27063
- author: Billy James
Man (Damon Scott) on Britain's Got Talent
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- Duration: 3:58
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
This man is very funny, Please subsribe to me, please leave comments, please give ratings please look at my other videos, thank-you. Also I am looking for a new comedian for purposes which will be explained in July. Just leave a video reply to my video and I will get back to you.
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This man is very funny, Please subsribe to me, please leave comments, please give ratings please look at my other videos, thank-you. Also I am looking for a new comedian for purposes which will be explained in July. Just leave a video reply to my video and I will get back to you.
- published: 14 Jun 2007
- views: 12524
- author: dandjproductions
Damon Scott and Bubbles (Bowood House 2.9.07)
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- Duration: 4:43
- Updated: 26 Nov 2012
Damon scott is a uniques act who was runner up on britains got talent. Top video recorded by myself at Bowood house Family fun day
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Damon scott is a uniques act who was runner up on britains got talent. Top video recorded by myself at Bowood house Family fun day
- published: 03 Sep 2007
- views: 7745
- author: west4180
Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent - At Bowood house
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- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent - At Bowood house alongside lisa scott lee, liberty x, liz mclarnon and eaton road.
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Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent - At Bowood house alongside lisa scott lee, liberty x, liz mclarnon and eaton road.
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 4536
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott with Bubbles Britain's Got Talent
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- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 18 Dec 2012
Damon Scott with Bubbles Britain's Got Talent
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Damon Scott On Britains Got More Talent With Paul Potts
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- Duration: 8:39
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Damon Scott On Britains Got More Talent With Paul Potts
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Damon Scott On Britains Got More Talent With Paul Potts
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 20074
- author: Billy James
HOMELESS MAN KILLS ADELE SOMEONE LIKE YOU
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- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 13 Feb 2013
www.lucasbain.com Damon Scott, 86th Street Subway Busker, Sings Moving Rendition Of Adele's 'Someone Like You'
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www.lucasbain.com Damon Scott, 86th Street Subway Busker, Sings Moving Rendition Of Adele's 'Someone Like You'
- published: 02 Feb 2012
- views: 1085098
- author: awptions
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent.mp4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:04
- Updated: 19 Dec 2012
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Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent.mp4
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:00
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
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The Red Devils With Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 3:09
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Damon and bubbles team up with the red devils and do a skydive
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Damon and bubbles team up with the red devils and do a skydive
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 11826
- author: Billy James
Damon Scott on Britain's Got Talent
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:48
- Updated: 03 Jan 2013
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- Video Games - Premature Transformation
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- Duration: 56:36
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Damon Scott and Chastity Irizarry of nFamous Gamers join the crew as we talk all about the Call Of Duty XP Event this week.
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Damon Scott and Chastity Irizarry of nFamous Gamers join the crew as we talk all about the Call Of Duty XP Event this week.
- published: 03 Sep 2011
- views: 1172
- author: ThisWeekIn
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- Video Games - Premature Transformation
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- Duration: 56:36
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Damon Scott and Chastity Irizarry of nFamous Gamers join the crew as we talk all about the Call Of Duty XP Event this week.
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Damon Scott and Chastity Irizarry of nFamous Gamers join the crew as we talk all about the Call Of Duty XP Event this week.
- published: 03 Sep 2011
- views: 1172
- author: ThisWeekIn
AvPGalaxy.net - AMC Prometheus Q&A; with Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof
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- Duration: 24:14
- Updated: 04 Feb 2013
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DRAB CAFE & LOUNGE MIX # 3
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- Duration: 56:58
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
SUPPORT MUSICIANS AND ARTIST PURCHASE THEIR MUSIC 1. NICO PUSCH -- BE FREE 2. SOULSISTASHAKTI -- SONGS OF THE SEA (POTTJUNGE REMIX) 3. CHRIS BITA -- HIGH TONES 4. LUC FORLORN -- LOCKED ON 5. MOVIMENTO CASA -- LEAF ESSENCIA 6. CHRIS MALINCHAK FEAT DAMON C. SCOTT -- NO SECRETS 7. ECCOLOAD -- EJALA 8. CLOUD -- SHAKE THE GROUND 9. MICHIKO -- EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU (DJIENZ REMIX) 10. BAKEMAN --LAID BACK (PUSCH REMIX) soundcloud.com soundcloud.com soundcloud.com soundcloud.com www.mixcloud.com soundcloud.com www.beatport.com www.amazon.com www.amazon.com All rights to respective owners Drab Café & Lounge Channel www.youtube.com Visit me www.facebook.com www.mixcloud.com DO NOTE TO MUSICIANS/ARTISTS: In this UNOFFICIAL FAN video, I ensure to include any website links and copyright info I find about you so all parties receive proper credit. However, if you wish to have your music removed from my channel, please contact me at my private email and I will remove it immediately. All pictures contained within this video are not the property of **EYE**
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SUPPORT MUSICIANS AND ARTIST PURCHASE THEIR MUSIC 1. NICO PUSCH -- BE FREE 2. SOULSISTASHAKTI -- SONGS OF THE SEA (POTTJUNGE REMIX) 3. CHRIS BITA -- HIGH TONES 4. LUC FORLORN -- LOCKED ON 5. MOVIMENTO CASA -- LEAF ESSENCIA 6. CHRIS MALINCHAK FEAT DAMON C. SCOTT -- NO SECRETS 7. ECCOLOAD -- EJALA 8. CLOUD -- SHAKE THE GROUND 9. MICHIKO -- EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU (DJIENZ REMIX) 10. BAKEMAN --LAID BACK (PUSCH REMIX) soundcloud.com soundcloud.com soundcloud.com soundcloud.com www.mixcloud.com soundcloud.com www.beatport.com www.amazon.com www.amazon.com All rights to respective owners Drab Café & Lounge Channel www.youtube.com Visit me www.facebook.com www.mixcloud.com DO NOTE TO MUSICIANS/ARTISTS: In this UNOFFICIAL FAN video, I ensure to include any website links and copyright info I find about you so all parties receive proper credit. However, if you wish to have your music removed from my channel, please contact me at my private email and I will remove it immediately. All pictures contained within this video are not the property of **EYE**
- published: 13 Jan 2013
- views: 372
- author: 4realeyeam
"Scott Spears Now" With Damon Zex (9/1/12) (Episode 8)
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- Duration: 49:19
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Scott Spears Now is an internet based TV program out of Marion, Ohio that can be seen through facebook and youtube by searching "Scott Spears Now" "LIKE US" on FACEBOOK by searching "Scott Spears Now" EMAIL us at OSUKID2006@aol.com
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Scott Spears Now is an internet based TV program out of Marion, Ohio that can be seen through facebook and youtube by searching "Scott Spears Now" "LIKE US" on FACEBOOK by searching "Scott Spears Now" EMAIL us at OSUKID2006@aol.com
- published: 02 Sep 2012
- views: 178
- author: scott spears
Prometheus - Live chat with Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof
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- Duration: 24:11
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
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Damon Lindelof on Prometheus - On The Verge
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- Duration: 34:58
- Updated: 26 Jan 2013
Screenwriter Damon Lindelof talks about his new movie Prometheus, its connection to Alien, and working with Ridley Scott on his first sci-fi movie in 30 years. See full episodes of On The Verge at On.TheVerge.com
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Screenwriter Damon Lindelof talks about his new movie Prometheus, its connection to Alien, and working with Ridley Scott on his first sci-fi movie in 30 years. See full episodes of On The Verge at On.TheVerge.com
- published: 21 May 2012
- views: 7230
- author: TheVerge
KPCS: Damon Lindelof #117
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- Duration: 168:17
- Updated: 11 Feb 2013
Writer and Producer, his most recent credit is creating and producing LOST, but he's also worked on the Star Trek reboot (and the upcoming sequel), Cowboys Aliens, and so much more. We're embarrassed at how excited we all are for this episode! Episode rundown provided by trekmovie.com [23:00] Intro of Lindelof [26:00] Lost, including criticism of finale (and talk about other show finales), and "feud" with George RR Martin [50:00] Inspirations, including (George Lucas & Stephen King) [59:00] Early writing and time at NYU [01:07:00] Early life in Hollywood [01:15:00] More on Stephen King and King film/TV adaptations [01:26:00] Admits likes Star Wars more than Star Trek (in series of This v That questions) [01:27:00] Genesis Lost and his starting his JJ Abrams collaboration, and becoming showrunner, and even more Lost [02:10:00] Cowboys & Aliens and working with Jon Favreu, and collaborating with Orci, Kurtzman and other writers (on C&A;) [02:18:00] Prometheus (and working with Ridley Scott) and its connection to Alien franchise [02:24:00] How the writer's strike allowed him to produce Star Trek while also working on Lost [02:25:00] More on Ridley Scott and Prometheus [fun fact: took 2 weeks to write first draft of script] [02:34:00] Talks briefly about newly announced 1952 project with Disney, clarifies he won't be working on it until after the Star Trek sequel [02:38:00] Wrapping up and outro [02:43:00] Damon playsLarry King Game (doing bad Larry King impression)
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Writer and Producer, his most recent credit is creating and producing LOST, but he's also worked on the Star Trek reboot (and the upcoming sequel), Cowboys Aliens, and so much more. We're embarrassed at how excited we all are for this episode! Episode rundown provided by trekmovie.com [23:00] Intro of Lindelof [26:00] Lost, including criticism of finale (and talk about other show finales), and "feud" with George RR Martin [50:00] Inspirations, including (George Lucas & Stephen King) [59:00] Early writing and time at NYU [01:07:00] Early life in Hollywood [01:15:00] More on Stephen King and King film/TV adaptations [01:26:00] Admits likes Star Wars more than Star Trek (in series of This v That questions) [01:27:00] Genesis Lost and his starting his JJ Abrams collaboration, and becoming showrunner, and even more Lost [02:10:00] Cowboys & Aliens and working with Jon Favreu, and collaborating with Orci, Kurtzman and other writers (on C&A;) [02:18:00] Prometheus (and working with Ridley Scott) and its connection to Alien franchise [02:24:00] How the writer's strike allowed him to produce Star Trek while also working on Lost [02:25:00] More on Ridley Scott and Prometheus [fun fact: took 2 weeks to write first draft of script] [02:34:00] Talks briefly about newly announced 1952 project with Disney, clarifies he won't be working on it until after the Star Trek sequel [02:38:00] Wrapping up and outro [02:43:00] Damon playsLarry King Game (doing bad Larry King impression)
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 41444
- author: kevinpollakschatshow
1 Hour Deep/Tech House Mix (Bondax | French Fries | A1 Bassline | Zombie Disco) (RS Mix #7)
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- Duration: 61:21
- Updated: 11 Feb 2013
1 Hour deep house mix RS Social Media: topofthesteps.tumblr.com soundcloud.com www.mixcloud.com DL Link: www.4shared.com Tracklisting: Bondax - Baby I Got That (Justin Martin Endless Summer Remix) 00:00 Chris Malinchak - These Dreams (Ft. Damon C. Scott) 03:47 Ed Congreave - Heal (A1 Bassline Remix) 08:41 Amtrac - Came Along (Oskar Remix) 13:50 Urulu - No More 19:10 Zombie Disco Squad - Do It Like This 23:09 Hotel Child - Abbot (EPLP's Zombie Disco Remix) 28:00 Edwin Organ - When I Hear You Say 30:30 French Fries - Mother French 34:40 Makoto - Hurt So Much 39:33 Sirmo - BeforeYouGo 43:30 LFO - LFO (Mak & Pasteman Leeds Basshouse Mix) 47:34 Obey City - Neva Knew 51:30 XXXY - Bash (French Fries Remix) 54:40
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1 Hour deep house mix RS Social Media: topofthesteps.tumblr.com soundcloud.com www.mixcloud.com DL Link: www.4shared.com Tracklisting: Bondax - Baby I Got That (Justin Martin Endless Summer Remix) 00:00 Chris Malinchak - These Dreams (Ft. Damon C. Scott) 03:47 Ed Congreave - Heal (A1 Bassline Remix) 08:41 Amtrac - Came Along (Oskar Remix) 13:50 Urulu - No More 19:10 Zombie Disco Squad - Do It Like This 23:09 Hotel Child - Abbot (EPLP's Zombie Disco Remix) 28:00 Edwin Organ - When I Hear You Say 30:30 French Fries - Mother French 34:40 Makoto - Hurt So Much 39:33 Sirmo - BeforeYouGo 43:30 LFO - LFO (Mak & Pasteman Leeds Basshouse Mix) 47:34 Obey City - Neva Knew 51:30 XXXY - Bash (French Fries Remix) 54:40
- published: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 3091
- author: robsearcy
Scott Feinberg Interviews Hailee Steinfeld
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- Duration: 27:44
- Updated: 11 Feb 2013
Scott Feinberg of ScottFeinberg.com chats with the actress Hailee Steinfeld about her life and career. (Los Angeles, 1
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Scott Feinberg of ScottFeinberg.com chats with the actress Hailee Steinfeld about her life and career. (Los Angeles, 1
- published: 16 Jan 2011
- views: 40165
- author: Scott Feinberg
Damon Lindelof extended interview - On The Verge
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- Duration: 64:11
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Screenwriter and producer Damon Lindelof sits down with Josh Topolsky to talk about Prometheus, Lost, sci-fi, and viral content. See full episodes of On The Verge at On.TheVerge.com
http://wn.com/Damon_Lindelof_extended_interview_On_The_Verge
Screenwriter and producer Damon Lindelof sits down with Josh Topolsky to talk about Prometheus, Lost, sci-fi, and viral content. See full episodes of On The Verge at On.TheVerge.com
- published: 21 May 2012
- views: 10866
- author: TheVerge
Thin Lizzy Interview w/ Ricky Warwick & Damon Johnson - Shockwaves VideoCast Episode 5
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- Duration: 22:14
- Updated: 04 Aug 2012
SHOCKWAVES VIDEOCAST Episode #5, the full episode in one part featuring Thin Lizzy vocalist/rhythm guitarist Ricky Warwick and newly recruited guitarist Damon Johnson. The interview took place on October 20, 2011 at the Coach House in Orange County, CA and also features great live footage from that show inner-twined with the interview. Be sure to also check out Episode #6 where host Bob Nalbandian interviews legendary Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey. For all episodes check out the Shockwaves VideoCast YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/bnalbandian You can also check out my 2 audio podcast series at: www.roadrunnerrecords.com www.hardradio.com
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SHOCKWAVES VIDEOCAST Episode #5, the full episode in one part featuring Thin Lizzy vocalist/rhythm guitarist Ricky Warwick and newly recruited guitarist Damon Johnson. The interview took place on October 20, 2011 at the Coach House in Orange County, CA and also features great live footage from that show inner-twined with the interview. Be sure to also check out Episode #6 where host Bob Nalbandian interviews legendary Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey. For all episodes check out the Shockwaves VideoCast YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/bnalbandian You can also check out my 2 audio podcast series at: www.roadrunnerrecords.com www.hardradio.com
- published: 06 Nov 2011
- views: 3101
- author: bob nalbandian
Informant!, The
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- Duration: 108:12
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents (Scott Bakula and Joel McHale) and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's active imagination. © 2009 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents (Scott Bakula and Joel McHale) and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's active imagination. © 2009 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- published: 22 Feb 2012
- author: warnervoduk
GH - Scott & Dominique prepare for their wedding - February 1993
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- Duration: 20:34
- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
Scott and Dominique prepare to renew their vows features: Shell Danielson as Dominique Stanton Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer Brad Maule as Tony Jones Crystal Carson as Julia Barrett Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin Susan Brown as Gail Baldwin John J. York as Mac Scorpio Stephanie Williams as Simone hardy David Wallace as Tom Hardy Sharon Wyatt as Tiffany Hill John Reilly as Sean Donely Peter Hansen as Lee Baldwin Stuart Damon as Alan Quartermaine Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine Rachel Ames as Audrey Hardy John Beradino as Steve Hardy Shell Kepler as Amy Vining
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Scott and Dominique prepare to renew their vows features: Shell Danielson as Dominique Stanton Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer Brad Maule as Tony Jones Crystal Carson as Julia Barrett Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin Susan Brown as Gail Baldwin John J. York as Mac Scorpio Stephanie Williams as Simone hardy David Wallace as Tom Hardy Sharon Wyatt as Tiffany Hill John Reilly as Sean Donely Peter Hansen as Lee Baldwin Stuart Damon as Alan Quartermaine Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine Rachel Ames as Audrey Hardy John Beradino as Steve Hardy Shell Kepler as Amy Vining
- published: 08 Feb 2013
- views: 31
- author: AddieCate007
Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America
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- Duration: 80:38
- Updated: 13 Nov 2012
A Cato Institute Book Forum featuring the author, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano; with comments by Damon Root, Associate Editor, Reason; and Jason Kuznicki, Research Fellow, Cato Institute.
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A Cato Institute Book Forum featuring the author, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano; with comments by Damon Root, Associate Editor, Reason; and Jason Kuznicki, Research Fellow, Cato Institute.
- published: 25 Oct 2011
- views: 378
- author: LibertarianismDotOrg
PIPER LAURIE ~ INTERVIEW 2012 "Life Of A Legend" ~ by Lucas Alexander
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- Duration: 75:19
- Updated: 23 Jan 2013
One of Americas best and most versatile actresses PIPER LAURIE has just released her first autobiography "Learning To Live Out Loud" at age 80. Here is a personal and very in-depth interview with Piper Laurie in conversaton with Danish performer Lucas Alexander, about her exstraordinary 63-year-long movie and stage career. From the pretty girl in many 1950´s Hollywood movies to wild horror queen, to great character actress, Piper Laurie is a 3-time Academy Award nominee, Emmy winner and Golden Globe winner. Her most famous work was in "The Hustler", "Carrie", "Twin Peaks", "The Thorn Birds", "Appointment With Death", "Children Of A Lesser God", "Wrestling Earnest Hemmningway", "Return To Oz", "Mississippi Gambler" and "Tim" starring opposite Mel Gibson. She played the mother of Judy Garland and Mae West in movies about their lives, and the on-screen mother of Patrick Swayze, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Sissy Spacek, Linda Hamilton and many others. In the interview Piper Laurie also talks about working with David Lynch in "Twin Peaks" where she played a male Japanese actor, Fumio Yamaguchi - playing a Japanese business man Mr. Tojomura, and about working with people such as Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Sir Peter Ustinov, Carrie Fisher, Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Mel Gibson, Brian De Palma, Viveca Lindfors, James Woods, James Dean, Dario Argento, Usher, Elijah Wood and many others. The interview was filmed in New York City on February 1, 2012. © Lucas Alexander (lucas ...
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One of Americas best and most versatile actresses PIPER LAURIE has just released her first autobiography "Learning To Live Out Loud" at age 80. Here is a personal and very in-depth interview with Piper Laurie in conversaton with Danish performer Lucas Alexander, about her exstraordinary 63-year-long movie and stage career. From the pretty girl in many 1950´s Hollywood movies to wild horror queen, to great character actress, Piper Laurie is a 3-time Academy Award nominee, Emmy winner and Golden Globe winner. Her most famous work was in "The Hustler", "Carrie", "Twin Peaks", "The Thorn Birds", "Appointment With Death", "Children Of A Lesser God", "Wrestling Earnest Hemmningway", "Return To Oz", "Mississippi Gambler" and "Tim" starring opposite Mel Gibson. She played the mother of Judy Garland and Mae West in movies about their lives, and the on-screen mother of Patrick Swayze, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Sissy Spacek, Linda Hamilton and many others. In the interview Piper Laurie also talks about working with David Lynch in "Twin Peaks" where she played a male Japanese actor, Fumio Yamaguchi - playing a Japanese business man Mr. Tojomura, and about working with people such as Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Sir Peter Ustinov, Carrie Fisher, Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Mel Gibson, Brian De Palma, Viveca Lindfors, James Woods, James Dean, Dario Argento, Usher, Elijah Wood and many others. The interview was filmed in New York City on February 1, 2012. © Lucas Alexander (lucas ...
- published: 05 Feb 2012
- views: 7058
- author: LAmanagement
Contagion
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- Duration: 106:21
- Updated: 10 Feb 2013
When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minneapolis from business in Hong Kong, what she thought was jet lag takes a virulent turn. Two days later, she's dead in the ER and the doctors tell her shocked and grieving husband (Matt Damon) they have no idea why. Soon more cases are reported as the virus begins to spread. Researchers mobilize to break the code of this unique biological pathogen as it continues to mutate. Deputy Director Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) tries to allay the growing panic despite his own personal concerns, and must send a brave young doctor (Kate Winslet) into harm's way. As the death toll escalates and people struggle to protect themselves and their loved ones in a society breaking down, one activist blogger (Jude Law) claims the public isn't getting the truth about what's really going on, and sets off an epidemic of paranoia and fear as infectious as the virus itself. MPAA Rating: PG-13 © 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minneapolis from business in Hong Kong, what she thought was jet lag takes a virulent turn. Two days later, she's dead in the ER and the doctors tell her shocked and grieving husband (Matt Damon) they have no idea why. Soon more cases are reported as the virus begins to spread. Researchers mobilize to break the code of this unique biological pathogen as it continues to mutate. Deputy Director Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) tries to allay the growing panic despite his own personal concerns, and must send a brave young doctor (Kate Winslet) into harm's way. As the death toll escalates and people struggle to protect themselves and their loved ones in a society breaking down, one activist blogger (Jude Law) claims the public isn't getting the truth about what's really going on, and sets off an epidemic of paranoia and fear as infectious as the virus itself. MPAA Rating: PG-13 © 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- published: 02 Mar 2012
- author: warnervoduk
05-26-10 All My Children
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- Duration: 36:30
- Updated: 07 Nov 2012
Amanda goes over wedding plans when Jake comes in and interrupts her. Jake asks her to move up the wedding date to two weeks. At Krystal's. Liza confronts Krystal about Tad. Tad lets Damon know that DNA tests prove that Stuart is not Damon's son. Annie comes into the Chandler living room, complaining that the roof in the gatehouse is leaking. Scott lets Annie know that he is going public with the new invention but doesn't feel good about stealing it from Palmer. JR rushes in and accuses Annie of leaking the news to the press that someone in Adam's family betrayed him. Scott questions Annie if she had leaked the story. Jake and Amanda plan their wedding day for the date of the 1st wedding anniversary. JR and Scott meet with Stephanie to give her their statements. Annie comes bursting in and complains about Emma's birthday party. Scott and JR lets Annie know that she can have the party here. Marissa comes to see Krystal to complain about things at the Chandler mansion. Krystal urges Marissa to fight for her family. Scott tells Stephanie his new product idea. Annie confesses that it was Scott who she had fallen for. JR accuses Annie of lying. Scott lets JR know that Annie saved him and his marriage. Marissa listens at the door. At Krystal's, Jake asks Tad to be his best man. Amanda comes into Fusion and finds a whole rack full of wedding dresses to pick from thanks to Jake. Liza finds Damon in Colby's bedroom and offers to buy him a car if he will leave Colby alone and leave ...
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Amanda goes over wedding plans when Jake comes in and interrupts her. Jake asks her to move up the wedding date to two weeks. At Krystal's. Liza confronts Krystal about Tad. Tad lets Damon know that DNA tests prove that Stuart is not Damon's son. Annie comes into the Chandler living room, complaining that the roof in the gatehouse is leaking. Scott lets Annie know that he is going public with the new invention but doesn't feel good about stealing it from Palmer. JR rushes in and accuses Annie of leaking the news to the press that someone in Adam's family betrayed him. Scott questions Annie if she had leaked the story. Jake and Amanda plan their wedding day for the date of the 1st wedding anniversary. JR and Scott meet with Stephanie to give her their statements. Annie comes bursting in and complains about Emma's birthday party. Scott and JR lets Annie know that she can have the party here. Marissa comes to see Krystal to complain about things at the Chandler mansion. Krystal urges Marissa to fight for her family. Scott tells Stephanie his new product idea. Annie confesses that it was Scott who she had fallen for. JR accuses Annie of lying. Scott lets JR know that Annie saved him and his marriage. Marissa listens at the door. At Krystal's, Jake asks Tad to be his best man. Amanda comes into Fusion and finds a whole rack full of wedding dresses to pick from thanks to Jake. Liza finds Damon in Colby's bedroom and offers to buy him a car if he will leave Colby alone and leave ...
- published: 28 Apr 2012
- views: 147
- author: LoriJoGH
F THIS MOVIE! - PROMETHEUS (2012)
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- Duration: 74:13
- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
Listen as Patrick and JB discuss Ridley Scott's return to Science Fiction... Website: www.fthismovie.net Facebook: F This Movie! Twitter: @fthismovie
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Listen as Patrick and JB discuss Ridley Scott's return to Science Fiction... Website: www.fthismovie.net Facebook: F This Movie! Twitter: @fthismovie
- published: 31 Jan 2013
- views: 111
- author: bodian26
The Last Boy Scout
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- Duration: 105:23
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Bruce Willis ("16 Blocks," "Sin City") and Emmy-nominee Damon Wayans (TV's "My Wife and Kids," TV's "In Living Color") team up as an ex-secret service agent and a former pro-football hero who uncover a web of intrigue and corruption in professional sports when they team up to investigate the murder of the football player's stripper girlfriend. Co-starring Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Halle Berry ("Gothika," the "X-Men" features), Noble Willingham ("City Slickers" movies, "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"), Taylor Negron ("Punchline," "Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight"), Chelsea Field ("Extreme Justice") and Bruce McGill ("Wildcats"). Directed by Emmy-winner Tony Scott ("Man on Fire," "Spy Game," "Top Gun"), and written by Shane Black ("Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," "Lethal Weapon" series). MPAA Rating: NOTRATED © 1991 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Bruce Willis ("16 Blocks," "Sin City") and Emmy-nominee Damon Wayans (TV's "My Wife and Kids," TV's "In Living Color") team up as an ex-secret service agent and a former pro-football hero who uncover a web of intrigue and corruption in professional sports when they team up to investigate the murder of the football player's stripper girlfriend. Co-starring Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Halle Berry ("Gothika," the "X-Men" features), Noble Willingham ("City Slickers" movies, "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"), Taylor Negron ("Punchline," "Fast Times at Ridgemont Hight"), Chelsea Field ("Extreme Justice") and Bruce McGill ("Wildcats"). Directed by Emmy-winner Tony Scott ("Man on Fire," "Spy Game," "Top Gun"), and written by Shane Black ("Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," "Lethal Weapon" series). MPAA Rating: NOTRATED © 1991 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved
- published: 03 Oct 2011
- author: warnervoduk
Prometheus
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- Duration: 123:45
- Updated: 12 Feb 2013
Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner," returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner," returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
- published: 08 Nov 2012
- author: FoxInternationalHEGB
JOHNNY AND THE BACKPACK MAN / Episode 1 (Prometheus)
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- Duration: 36:21
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Two men with different pasts come together and discuss Ridley Scott's latest film, Prometheus, all while joining forces in their quest to destroy Chucky Cheesecurl, the most ruthless pirate on Earth. www.placebopics.com
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Two men with different pasts come together and discuss Ridley Scott's latest film, Prometheus, all while joining forces in their quest to destroy Chucky Cheesecurl, the most ruthless pirate on Earth. www.placebopics.com
- published: 30 Dec 2012
- views: 162
- author: PlaceboPictures
HOtt PiXX! Celebrity Curvy Girls; Jill Scott, Christie Michele, Latifah
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- Duration: 22:09
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
(www.paxstereo.tv/hottpixx) "HOtt PiXX by Vic" ratings present individuals various photos and pictures from social networking profiles judged by the Morning Coffee Crew & guest. We feature celebrity curvy girls with Jill Scott, Christie Michele and Queen Latifah. For the men the ladies choose the sexiest 'Before and after' celebrity between Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington and Matt Damon. Co-host De Veaux and Lady Tech Jhezrel join our reality fashion ratings show for fun and debate. We rate from 1-10 the best photos from the celebrities. (12-18-12)
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(www.paxstereo.tv/hottpixx) "HOtt PiXX by Vic" ratings present individuals various photos and pictures from social networking profiles judged by the Morning Coffee Crew & guest. We feature celebrity curvy girls with Jill Scott, Christie Michele and Queen Latifah. For the men the ladies choose the sexiest 'Before and after' celebrity between Ryan Gosling, Denzel Washington and Matt Damon. Co-host De Veaux and Lady Tech Jhezrel join our reality fashion ratings show for fun and debate. We rate from 1-10 the best photos from the celebrities. (12-18-12)
- published: 19 Dec 2012
- views: 30
- author: hottpixxtv
Sugar Shack Monday 8-22-2011 Set 2.
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- Duration: 52:58
- Updated: 06 Sep 2011
Damon Fowler Group with Doug Deming, Andrew Gohman, Scott Cable, Junior Watson and Tim Eddy. Second set of a killer night of music. Songs in this set are 'You Go Your Way' 'Motorhead Baby' 'Tonight is the Night' 'It's My Own Fault' 'Talk to My Baby'
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Damon Fowler Group with Doug Deming, Andrew Gohman, Scott Cable, Junior Watson and Tim Eddy. Second set of a killer night of music. Songs in this set are 'You Go Your Way' 'Motorhead Baby' 'Tonight is the Night' 'It's My Own Fault' 'Talk to My Baby'
- published: 06 Sep 2011
- views: 519
- author: LNC04F
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Britains got talent - Damon Scott (Semi Final)
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- Duration: 5:02
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11
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Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11
- published: 15 Jun 2007
- views: 1642183
- author: xxdefygravityxx
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 6:03
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 5922467
- author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott with Monkey (Bubbles) High Quality V/S 16:9 widescreen
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- Duration: 4:52
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
For higher quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the end of the url. Tv Show "Britain's Got Talent"
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For higher quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the end of the url. Tv Show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 12 Jun 2007
- views: 982069
- author: myredroom
BGT FINAL - Damon Scott & Bubbles high quality video/sound 16:9 widescreen
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- Duration: 5:50
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
For better quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the url. Damon Scott's performance in the final of UK talent show "Brtains Got talent" as broadcast on ITV1. Check their website: talent.itv.com
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For better quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the url. Damon Scott's performance in the final of UK talent show "Brtains Got talent" as broadcast on ITV1. Check their website: talent.itv.com
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 3306368
- author: myredroom
Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 9:59
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 1117413
- author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott Live Final Performance For Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 8:03
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
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Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 78261
- author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott THE FINAL Britains Got Talent * Bubbles Monkey
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- Duration: 5:50
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Damon Scott with monkey Bubbles in the final of Britain's Got Talent, performing to a Michael Jackson song.
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Damon Scott with monkey Bubbles in the final of Britain's Got Talent, performing to a Michael Jackson song.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1358550
- author: behindthesecret
Damon Scott, Subway Singer, Adele Rolling in the Deep
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- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
I taped this man singing on 3/24/12 in the 86th St/Lex subway stop. He is amazing! I found an article about him online: www.huffingtonpost.com I'm not certain he's homeless or not, but regardless, kudos to his talent!
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I taped this man singing on 3/24/12 in the 86th St/Lex subway stop. He is amazing! I found an article about him online: www.huffingtonpost.com I'm not certain he's homeless or not, but regardless, kudos to his talent!
- published: 29 Mar 2012
- views: 24399
- author: avrilcharity
Damon Scott Before Britains Got Talent In 1999
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- Duration: 9:44
- Updated: 13 Nov 2012
In 1999 Damon was part of a real lives docu-series following ordinary people living exraordinary lives. Here is a 10 minute exerpt from that footage. Damon was 18/19 yrs old when this was filmed and you can see even then the puppets that would later propel him into the limelight.
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In 1999 Damon was part of a real lives docu-series following ordinary people living exraordinary lives. Here is a 10 minute exerpt from that footage. Damon was 18/19 yrs old when this was filmed and you can see even then the puppets that would later propel him into the limelight.
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 22275
- author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott - amazing puppet version of Michael Jackson Earthsong
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- Duration: 5:04
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
Damon Scott gives an amazing puppetry performance of Michael Jackson's Earthsong at Southsea's Kings Theatre in aid of several charities for Portsmouth Does Variety Filmed & edited by Malcolm Dent of MDDM
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Damon Scott gives an amazing puppetry performance of Michael Jackson's Earthsong at Southsea's Kings Theatre in aid of several charities for Portsmouth Does Variety Filmed & edited by Malcolm Dent of MDDM
- published: 21 Jan 2011
- views: 5909
- author: malcolmdent
Damon Scott ft. Bubbles (Live Final) Britain's Got Talent 07
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- Duration: 2:19
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
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Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1671338
- author: nkitchen
Damon C Scott on the 5 train
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- Duration: 2:18
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Damn C Scott, a man with a wonderful voice who you know as the guy who sang Adele's song "some one like you" was spotted again by myself and man he did his thing! You can find him on facebook. You could also find him on i-tunes and contact him at his e-mail adescorned1@yahoo.com
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Damn C Scott, a man with a wonderful voice who you know as the guy who sang Adele's song "some one like you" was spotted again by myself and man he did his thing! You can find him on facebook. You could also find him on i-tunes and contact him at his e-mail adescorned1@yahoo.com
- published: 15 Jun 2012
- views: 7618
- author: zimskii
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
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- Duration: 4:24
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
The HILARIOUS Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
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The HILARIOUS Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
- published: 27 Nov 2007
- views: 49206
- author: DrBlockbuster
Damon Scott in BGT
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- Duration: 4:51
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
This is his first attempt! I love this clip the most! That's why I repost it again~ Enjoy~
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This is his first attempt! I love this clip the most! That's why I repost it again~ Enjoy~
- published: 11 Dec 2007
- views: 228240
- author: t33cher
Damon Scott- Blame It On The Alcohol
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- Duration: 2:15
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Subway singer Damon C Scott blows the train away! You can find him on twitter, MySpace, and Facebook.
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Subway singer Damon C Scott blows the train away! You can find him on twitter, MySpace, and Facebook.
- published: 25 Feb 2012
- views: 10090
- author: bjonesy00
Damon Scott and Bubbles from Britain's Got Talent
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
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This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 07 Jan 2008
- views: 32477
- author: dubdub84
Damon Scott and Bubbles - britains got talent
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Man impresses the 3 judges with just himself, a monkey and a michael jackson cd
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Man impresses the 3 judges with just himself, a monkey and a michael jackson cd
- published: 13 Jun 2007
- views: 14154
- author: samvjv
Damon Scott Britains Got Talent
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- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
At the End watch Amanda's exspression don't u think she looks like the scare crows off of doctor who.
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At the End watch Amanda's exspression don't u think she looks like the scare crows off of doctor who.
- published: 13 Jun 2007
- views: 292696
- author: anthony140193
Britain's got talent - Damon Scott and Bubbles - Final
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- Duration: 4:47
- Updated: 17 Dec 2012
Sunday's final of Britain's got talent sees Damon Scott ditch the singing and go back to what he's best at-making people laughDamon never won.Check out my other videos for more acts.
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Sunday's final of Britain's got talent sees Damon Scott ditch the singing and go back to what he's best at-making people laughDamon never won.Check out my other videos for more acts.
- published: 18 Jun 2007
- views: 252707
- author: leeurmston
Chris Malinchak - No Secrets (ft. Damon C. Scott)
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- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
For the past 10 years, we've had to settle with the constantly declining state of the radio and music industry. Not for much longer. From the front seat of NYC comes a silver lining, in the form of an enigmatic producer, with the enlisted vocal talent of a street busker, who spends his days performing in the city's subways. We've had to put up with overcrunched, overprocessed and overproduced musical "talent" for far too long. Because of a handful of major players in collusion with each other, it is virtually impossible to break into the radio game these days without courting a bottom feeder up. But we don't give a shit, because this is about our definition of good music. House music. This is what we call 2011, rhythmic, forward-thinking pop. Quit fooling yourself, people... are you really satisfied with ordinary pop music they design for you to like? Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Top 40 instead... If you like what you hear, support to hear more. Available on iTunes, Beatport and Amazon MP3: BUY: itunes.apple.com beatport.com amazon.com DOWNLOAD: soundcloud.com chris malinchak, no secrets vilette ep #fe008 french-express.com october 5th 2011 facebook.com soundcloud.com
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For the past 10 years, we've had to settle with the constantly declining state of the radio and music industry. Not for much longer. From the front seat of NYC comes a silver lining, in the form of an enigmatic producer, with the enlisted vocal talent of a street busker, who spends his days performing in the city's subways. We've had to put up with overcrunched, overprocessed and overproduced musical "talent" for far too long. Because of a handful of major players in collusion with each other, it is virtually impossible to break into the radio game these days without courting a bottom feeder up. But we don't give a shit, because this is about our definition of good music. House music. This is what we call 2011, rhythmic, forward-thinking pop. Quit fooling yourself, people... are you really satisfied with ordinary pop music they design for you to like? Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Top 40 instead... If you like what you hear, support to hear more. Available on iTunes, Beatport and Amazon MP3: BUY: itunes.apple.com beatport.com amazon.com DOWNLOAD: soundcloud.com chris malinchak, no secrets vilette ep #fe008 french-express.com october 5th 2011 facebook.com soundcloud.com
- published: 26 Oct 2011
- views: 38521
- author: frenchexpressTV
Britains got talent - Damon Scott and Bubbles
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- Duration: 4:23
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Britains got talent
http://wn.com/Britains_got_talent_Damon_Scott_and_Bubbles
Damon Scott on Britain's Got Talent 2007
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:47
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
Last year's BGT - Damon Scott with his monkey
http://wn.com/Damon_Scott_on_Britain's_Got_Talent_2007
Last year's BGT - Damon Scott with his monkey
- published: 20 Apr 2008
- views: 549149
- author: SpiritmanProductions
Damon Scott with Bubbles Britain's Got Talent
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:59
- Updated: 18 Dec 2012
Damon Scott with Bubbles Britain's Got Talent
http://wn.com/Damon_Scott_with_Bubbles_Britain's_Got_Talent
2:19
Damon Scott ft. Bubbles (Live Final) Britain's Got Talent 07
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Go...
published: 17 Jun 2007
author: nkitchen
Damon Scott ft. Bubbles (Live Final) Britain's Got Talent 07
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1673707
- author: nkitchen
9:59
Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compe...
published: 18 Sep 2007
author: Billy James
Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 1134910
- author: Billy James
8:03
Damon Scott Live Final Performance For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compe...
published: 19 Sep 2007
author: Billy James
Damon Scott Live Final Performance For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 78718
- author: Billy James
3:32
Britains Got Talent - Live Final Recap - See Damon Scott
Britains Got Talent - Live Final Recap - see Damon Scott And Bubbles...
published: 20 Sep 2007
author: Billy James
Britains Got Talent - Live Final Recap - See Damon Scott
Britains Got Talent - Live Final Recap - see Damon Scott And Bubbles
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 8416
- author: Billy James
6:03
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compe...
published: 18 Sep 2007
author: Billy James
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 6044307
- author: Billy James
4:28
Damon Scott live at Lola
10-14-12...
published: 16 Oct 2012
author: Ryan Chrys
Damon Scott live at Lola
10-14-12
- published: 16 Oct 2012
- views: 12
- author: Ryan Chrys
4:47
Damon Scott on Britain's Got Talent 2007
Hi guys, please rate and subscribe...
published: 09 Feb 2011
author: MXCmichael87
Damon Scott on Britain's Got Talent 2007
Hi guys, please rate and subscribe
- published: 09 Feb 2011
- views: 483064
- author: MXCmichael87
3:05
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent Funny Monkey
BGT Monkey Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent...
published: 17 Sep 2009
author: MeeMooX
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent Funny Monkey
BGT Monkey Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
- published: 17 Sep 2009
- views: 38711
- author: MeeMooX
5:02
Britains got talent - Damon Scott (Semi Final)
Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11...
published: 15 Jun 2007
author: xxdefygravityxx
Britains got talent - Damon Scott (Semi Final)
Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11
- published: 15 Jun 2007
- views: 1647876
- author: xxdefygravityxx
4:23
Damon Scott and Bubbles from Britain's Got Talent
This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britai...
published: 07 Jan 2008
author: dubdub84
Damon Scott and Bubbles from Britain's Got Talent
This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 07 Jan 2008
- views: 32577
- author: dubdub84
10:31
Damon Scott Interview With Dan Shaw (Britian's Got Talent)
Dan Shaw Live talks to Britain's Got Talent Damon Scott minus Bubbles live on Manchester R...
published: 11 Oct 2009
author: djdanshaw
Damon Scott Interview With Dan Shaw (Britian's Got Talent)
Dan Shaw Live talks to Britain's Got Talent Damon Scott minus Bubbles live on Manchester Radio Online
- published: 11 Oct 2009
- views: 5633
- author: djdanshaw
3:41
AvenueQ Talking About Damon Scott On Britain Got More Talent
AvenueQ Talking About Damon Scott On Britain Got More Talent...
published: 20 Sep 2007
author: Billy James
AvenueQ Talking About Damon Scott On Britain Got More Talent
AvenueQ Talking About Damon Scott On Britain Got More Talent
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 27063
- author: Billy James
3:58
Man (Damon Scott) on Britain's Got Talent
This man is very funny, Please subsribe to me, please leave comments, please give ratings ...
published: 14 Jun 2007
author: dandjproductions
Man (Damon Scott) on Britain's Got Talent
This man is very funny, Please subsribe to me, please leave comments, please give ratings please look at my other videos, thank-you. Also I am looking for a new comedian for purposes which will be explained in July. Just leave a video reply to my video and I will get back to you.
- published: 14 Jun 2007
- views: 12524
- author: dandjproductions
4:43
Damon Scott and Bubbles (Bowood House 2.9.07)
Damon scott is a uniques act who was runner up on britains got talent. Top video recorded ...
published: 03 Sep 2007
author: west4180
Damon Scott and Bubbles (Bowood House 2.9.07)
Damon scott is a uniques act who was runner up on britains got talent. Top video recorded by myself at Bowood house Family fun day
- published: 03 Sep 2007
- views: 7745
- author: west4180
Vimeo results:
3:06
[81435]
This is a little tribute to summer and fall at my home [Telluride, Colorado] filmed over t...
published: 21 Nov 2010
author: FELT SOUL MEDIA
[81435]
This is a little tribute to summer and fall at my home [Telluride, Colorado] filmed over the course of a couple months this year [2010]
Filmed/Edited by Ben Knight
Music by The American Dollar [Licensed]
Client: Telluride Tourism Board
Canon 5D MKII/7D/FCP/Magic Bullet/Kessler Cineslider/ABC Crane/Stemme powered glider
Thanks to Ryan Bonneau, Glider Bob, Justin Clifton, Melissa & Travis Rummel, Matt Beaudin, Josh Johnson, Roudy, Scott McQuade, Dirk DePagter, Kat Keene Hogue, Mountain Sprouts, Damon Johnston & Jim Hurst
0:30
CRACKER BARREL 'By Hand'
With two delightful spots for Cracker Barrel, Director Nieto of Paranoid US creates a magi...
published: 15 Nov 2011
author: Paranoid US
CRACKER BARREL 'By Hand'
With two delightful spots for Cracker Barrel, Director Nieto of Paranoid US creates a magical breakfast voyage, traveling through the preparation of a meal at the famed restaurant. The spots are a debut for Euro RSCG/Chicago’s new brand campaign entitled “Handcrafted by Cracker Barrel”. Through the use of miniature sets built in connected wooden boxes, various scenes take place to reveal a story of comfort and home, concepts that are synonymous with the diner/country store.
Two very important factors contributed to the success of these spots: a detailed set and well-crafted transitions. To create the set’s meticulous features, the team turned to Production Designer Damon Fortier, who brought his extensive experience in model construction. The set was a combination of found objects, such as vintage suitcases, reclaimed wood and old doors, as well as actual Cracker Barrel paraphernalia used in their local stores, which was then shipped out for the Los Angeles production. Custom-made miniature furniture was also fashioned to produce exact dimensions to that of the furniture in the store.
To retain authenticity, both Nieto and the agency were determined to craft as much of the subtle trickery as possible in-camera. In pre-production, the creative team constructed a large-scale mockup of the planned set to assess proportions and sizes. Nieto then did a pre-visualization of the mock-up, which he later converted into a 3D scale. Since virtually every box was a different pass it was important to be completely accurate on set. The shots were ultimately composited in post, by tracking and then combining takes, to create a thoroughly seamless storyline. As both space and time were constrained, Nieto took special care to pace the action perfectly, so that the concept actually worked. The spots were color graded by Mark Gethin at MPC Los Angeles to enhance the warm tones of country life.
And to think Nieto, a Colombian-born director living in France, evokes the American cultural experience of Cracker Barrel so well!
PRODUCTION: PARANOID US
DIRECTOR: NIETO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CLAUDE LETESSIER
LINE PRODUCER: LISA COWAN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: TOM LAZAREVICH
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: DAMON FORTIER
AGENCY: EURO/RSCG/CHICAGO
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER: JASON PETERSON
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR(s): WILLIAM MERICLE
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR(s): CHRISTIAN JACKSON
SR. ART DIRECTOR(s): SCOTT RENCH
SENIOR INTEGRATED PRODUCER: BRITT DROUET
POST PRODUCTION : PARANOID DESIGN STUDIO
HEAD OF POST PRODUCTION: GUILLAUME RAFFI
EDITOR: JOE SHAKULA
VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER: RAENA SINGH
VISUAL EFFECTS ARTISTS: PILON LECTEZ, ANDREW COOK
MUSIC COMPANY & CITY: DUOTONE AUDIO GROUP/NEW YORK CITY
EXECUTIVE INTEGRATED MUSIC PRODUCER: DAVID LEINHEARDT
SOUND DESIGN COMPANY & CITY: DUOTONE AUDIO GROUP/NEW YORK CITY
TELECINE: MOVING PICTURE COMPANY (MPC)/LOS ANGELES
TELECINE ARTIST: MARK GETHIN
25:52
Joystick Presents: Sack Lunch
Healthy Summertime Vibes in Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Performed by:
Khai Krepela
Blake Nyman
Rob...
published: 20 Oct 2011
author: Freeski Brands Productions
Joystick Presents: Sack Lunch
Healthy Summertime Vibes in Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Performed by:
Khai Krepela
Blake Nyman
Rob Heule
Banks Gilberti
Jeff Kiesel
Parker White
Ian Wade
Hayden Price
John Ware
Tyler Barnes
Collin Collins
Scott Damon
Jason Arens
Jay Heule
Alex Gorham
and Friends.
Camera/Edit:
Shayne Metos (http://vimeo.com/user4509430)
Additonal Cinematography by:
Jason Eichhorst (Fromoverhere.com)
Alexandra Erickson (alexandraerickson.com)
Tyler Malay (tylermalay.com)
Jake Strassman (https://vimeo.com/jakestrassman)
Paul Heran (https://vimeo.com/bhappyfilms)
All the Athletes
Massive thanks to all those who contributed to this project. Unity!
3:38
Men In Film
by Philip Scott Johnson
80 Years of Male Actors in Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Rudolph...
published: 02 Aug 2008
author: Philip Scott Johnson
Men In Film
by Philip Scott Johnson
80 Years of Male Actors in Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Errol Flynn, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Tyrone Power, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Gene Kelly, Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck, Richard Burton, Jack Lemmon, Sean Connery, Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Steve McQueen, Peter O'Toole, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, Warren Beatty, Dennis Hopper, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Harrison Ford, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas, Christopher Walken, Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, John Travolta, Antonio Banderas, Tim Robbins, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, George Clooney
Music: Bach's Allemande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 performed by Antonio Meneses
Youtube results:
3:24
Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent - At Bowood house
Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent - At Bowood house alongside lisa scott lee, liberty x...
published: 20 Sep 2007
author: Billy James
Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent - At Bowood house
Damon Scott From Britains Got Talent - At Bowood house alongside lisa scott lee, liberty x, liz mclarnon and eaton road.
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 4536
- author: Billy James
8:39
Damon Scott On Britains Got More Talent With Paul Potts
Damon Scott On Britains Got More Talent With Paul Potts...
published: 19 Sep 2007
author: Billy James
Damon Scott On Britains Got More Talent With Paul Potts
Damon Scott On Britains Got More Talent With Paul Potts
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 20074
- author: Billy James
3:38
HOMELESS MAN KILLS ADELE SOMEONE LIKE YOU
www.lucasbain.com Damon Scott, 86th Street Subway Busker, Sings Moving Rendition Of Adele'...
published: 02 Feb 2012
author: awptions
HOMELESS MAN KILLS ADELE SOMEONE LIKE YOU
www.lucasbain.com Damon Scott, 86th Street Subway Busker, Sings Moving Rendition Of Adele's 'Someone Like You'
- published: 02 Feb 2012
- views: 1085098
- author: awptions
56:36
- Video Games - Premature Transformation
Damon Scott and Chastity Irizarry of nFamous Gamers join the crew as we talk all about the...
published: 03 Sep 2011
author: ThisWeekIn
- Video Games - Premature Transformation
Damon Scott and Chastity Irizarry of nFamous Gamers join the crew as we talk all about the Call Of Duty XP Event this week.
- published: 03 Sep 2011
- views: 1172
- author: ThisWeekIn
56:58
DRAB CAFE & LOUNGE MIX # 3
SUPPORT MUSICIANS AND ARTIST PURCHASE THEIR MUSIC 1. NICO PUSCH -- BE FREE 2. SOULSISTASHA...
published: 13 Jan 2013
author: 4realeyeam
DRAB CAFE & LOUNGE MIX # 3
SUPPORT MUSICIANS AND ARTIST PURCHASE THEIR MUSIC 1. NICO PUSCH -- BE FREE 2. SOULSISTASHAKTI -- SONGS OF THE SEA (POTTJUNGE REMIX) 3. CHRIS BITA -- HIGH TONES 4. LUC FORLORN -- LOCKED ON 5. MOVIMENTO CASA -- LEAF ESSENCIA 6. CHRIS MALINCHAK FEAT DAMON C. SCOTT -- NO SECRETS 7. ECCOLOAD -- EJALA 8. CLOUD -- SHAKE THE GROUND 9. MICHIKO -- EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU (DJIENZ REMIX) 10. BAKEMAN --LAID BACK (PUSCH REMIX) soundcloud.com soundcloud.com soundcloud.com soundcloud.com www.mixcloud.com soundcloud.com www.beatport.com www.amazon.com www.amazon.com All rights to respective owners Drab Café & Lounge Channel www.youtube.com Visit me www.facebook.com www.mixcloud.com DO NOTE TO MUSICIANS/ARTISTS: In this UNOFFICIAL FAN video, I ensure to include any website links and copyright info I find about you so all parties receive proper credit. However, if you wish to have your music removed from my channel, please contact me at my private email and I will remove it immediately. All pictures contained within this video are not the property of **EYE**
- published: 13 Jan 2013
- views: 372
- author: 4realeyeam
49:19
"Scott Spears Now" With Damon Zex (9/1/12) (Episode 8)
Scott Spears Now is an internet based TV program out of Marion, Ohio that can be seen thro...
published: 02 Sep 2012
author: scott spears
"Scott Spears Now" With Damon Zex (9/1/12) (Episode 8)
Scott Spears Now is an internet based TV program out of Marion, Ohio that can be seen through facebook and youtube by searching "Scott Spears Now" "LIKE US" on FACEBOOK by searching "Scott Spears Now" EMAIL us at OSUKID2006@aol.com
- published: 02 Sep 2012
- views: 178
- author: scott spears
24:11
Prometheus - Live chat with Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof
...
published: 18 Mar 2012
author: Tamás Krizsó
Prometheus - Live chat with Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof
- published: 18 Mar 2012
- views: 25364
- author: Tamás Krizsó
34:58
Damon Lindelof on Prometheus - On The Verge
Screenwriter Damon Lindelof talks about his new movie Prometheus, its connection to Alien,...
published: 21 May 2012
author: TheVerge
Damon Lindelof on Prometheus - On The Verge
Screenwriter Damon Lindelof talks about his new movie Prometheus, its connection to Alien, and working with Ridley Scott on his first sci-fi movie in 30 years. See full episodes of On The Verge at On.TheVerge.com
- published: 21 May 2012
- views: 7230
- author: TheVerge
168:17
KPCS: Damon Lindelof #117
Writer and Producer, his most recent credit is creating and producing LOST, but he's also ...
published: 27 Jun 2011
author: kevinpollakschatshow
KPCS: Damon Lindelof #117
Writer and Producer, his most recent credit is creating and producing LOST, but he's also worked on the Star Trek reboot (and the upcoming sequel), Cowboys Aliens, and so much more. We're embarrassed at how excited we all are for this episode! Episode rundown provided by trekmovie.com [23:00] Intro of Lindelof [26:00] Lost, including criticism of finale (and talk about other show finales), and "feud" with George RR Martin [50:00] Inspirations, including (George Lucas & Stephen King) [59:00] Early writing and time at NYU [01:07:00] Early life in Hollywood [01:15:00] More on Stephen King and King film/TV adaptations [01:26:00] Admits likes Star Wars more than Star Trek (in series of This v That questions) [01:27:00] Genesis Lost and his starting his JJ Abrams collaboration, and becoming showrunner, and even more Lost [02:10:00] Cowboys & Aliens and working with Jon Favreu, and collaborating with Orci, Kurtzman and other writers (on C&A;) [02:18:00] Prometheus (and working with Ridley Scott) and its connection to Alien franchise [02:24:00] How the writer's strike allowed him to produce Star Trek while also working on Lost [02:25:00] More on Ridley Scott and Prometheus [fun fact: took 2 weeks to write first draft of script] [02:34:00] Talks briefly about newly announced 1952 project with Disney, clarifies he won't be working on it until after the Star Trek sequel [02:38:00] Wrapping up and outro [02:43:00] Damon playsLarry King Game (doing bad Larry King impression)
- published: 27 Jun 2011
- views: 41444
- author: kevinpollakschatshow
61:21
1 Hour Deep/Tech House Mix (Bondax | French Fries | A1 Bassline | Zombie Disco) (RS Mix #7)
1 Hour deep house mix RS Social Media: topofthesteps.tumblr.com soundcloud.com www.mixclou...
published: 08 Sep 2012
author: robsearcy
1 Hour Deep/Tech House Mix (Bondax | French Fries | A1 Bassline | Zombie Disco) (RS Mix #7)
1 Hour deep house mix RS Social Media: topofthesteps.tumblr.com soundcloud.com www.mixcloud.com DL Link: www.4shared.com Tracklisting: Bondax - Baby I Got That (Justin Martin Endless Summer Remix) 00:00 Chris Malinchak - These Dreams (Ft. Damon C. Scott) 03:47 Ed Congreave - Heal (A1 Bassline Remix) 08:41 Amtrac - Came Along (Oskar Remix) 13:50 Urulu - No More 19:10 Zombie Disco Squad - Do It Like This 23:09 Hotel Child - Abbot (EPLP's Zombie Disco Remix) 28:00 Edwin Organ - When I Hear You Say 30:30 French Fries - Mother French 34:40 Makoto - Hurt So Much 39:33 Sirmo - BeforeYouGo 43:30 LFO - LFO (Mak & Pasteman Leeds Basshouse Mix) 47:34 Obey City - Neva Knew 51:30 XXXY - Bash (French Fries Remix) 54:40
- published: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 3091
- author: robsearcy
27:44
Scott Feinberg Interviews Hailee Steinfeld
Scott Feinberg of ScottFeinberg.com chats with the actress Hailee Steinfeld about her life...
published: 16 Jan 2011
author: Scott Feinberg
Scott Feinberg Interviews Hailee Steinfeld
Scott Feinberg of ScottFeinberg.com chats with the actress Hailee Steinfeld about her life and career. (Los Angeles, 1
- published: 16 Jan 2011
- views: 40165
- author: Scott Feinberg
64:11
Damon Lindelof extended interview - On The Verge
Screenwriter and producer Damon Lindelof sits down with Josh Topolsky to talk about Promet...
published: 21 May 2012
author: TheVerge
Damon Lindelof extended interview - On The Verge
Screenwriter and producer Damon Lindelof sits down with Josh Topolsky to talk about Prometheus, Lost, sci-fi, and viral content. See full episodes of On The Verge at On.TheVerge.com
- published: 21 May 2012
- views: 10866
- author: TheVerge
22:14
Thin Lizzy Interview w/ Ricky Warwick & Damon Johnson - Shockwaves VideoCast Episode 5
SHOCKWAVES VIDEOCAST Episode #5, the full episode in one part featuring Thin Lizzy vocalis...
published: 06 Nov 2011
author: bob nalbandian
Thin Lizzy Interview w/ Ricky Warwick & Damon Johnson - Shockwaves VideoCast Episode 5
SHOCKWAVES VIDEOCAST Episode #5, the full episode in one part featuring Thin Lizzy vocalist/rhythm guitarist Ricky Warwick and newly recruited guitarist Damon Johnson. The interview took place on October 20, 2011 at the Coach House in Orange County, CA and also features great live footage from that show inner-twined with the interview. Be sure to also check out Episode #6 where host Bob Nalbandian interviews legendary Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey. For all episodes check out the Shockwaves VideoCast YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/bnalbandian You can also check out my 2 audio podcast series at: www.roadrunnerrecords.com www.hardradio.com
- published: 06 Nov 2011
- views: 3101
- author: bob nalbandian
108:12
Informant!, The
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midla...
published: 22 Feb 2012
author: warnervoduk
Informant!, The
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company's multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion. But before all that can happen, the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent. Unfortunately for the FBI, their lead witness hasn't been quite so forthcoming about helping himself to the corporate coffers. Whitacre's ever-changing account frustrates the agents (Scott Bakula and Joel McHale) and threatens the case against ADM as it becomes almost impossible to decipher what is real and what is the product of Whitacre's active imagination. © 2009 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
- published: 22 Feb 2012
- author: warnervoduk
20:34
GH - Scott & Dominique prepare for their wedding - February 1993
Scott and Dominique prepare to renew their vows features: Shell Danielson as Dominique Sta...
published: 08 Feb 2013
author: AddieCate007
GH - Scott & Dominique prepare for their wedding - February 1993
Scott and Dominique prepare to renew their vows features: Shell Danielson as Dominique Stanton Jacklyn Zeman as Bobbie Spencer Brad Maule as Tony Jones Crystal Carson as Julia Barrett Lynn Herring as Lucy Coe Kin Shriner as Scott Baldwin Susan Brown as Gail Baldwin John J. York as Mac Scorpio Stephanie Williams as Simone hardy David Wallace as Tom Hardy Sharon Wyatt as Tiffany Hill John Reilly as Sean Donely Peter Hansen as Lee Baldwin Stuart Damon as Alan Quartermaine Leslie Charleson as Monica Quartermaine Rachel Ames as Audrey Hardy John Beradino as Steve Hardy Shell Kepler as Amy Vining
- published: 08 Feb 2013
- views: 31
- author: AddieCate007
80:38
Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America
A Cato Institute Book Forum featuring the author, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano; with comment...
published: 25 Oct 2011
author: LibertarianismDotOrg
Dred Scott's Revenge: A Legal History of Race and Freedom in America
A Cato Institute Book Forum featuring the author, Judge Andrew P. Napolitano; with comments by Damon Root, Associate Editor, Reason; and Jason Kuznicki, Research Fellow, Cato Institute.
- published: 25 Oct 2011
- views: 378
- author: LibertarianismDotOrg
Vimeo results:
3:06
[81435]
This is a little tribute to summer and fall at my home [Telluride, Colorado] filmed over t...
published: 21 Nov 2010
author: FELT SOUL MEDIA
[81435]
This is a little tribute to summer and fall at my home [Telluride, Colorado] filmed over the course of a couple months this year [2010]
Filmed/Edited by Ben Knight
Music by The American Dollar [Licensed]
Client: Telluride Tourism Board
Canon 5D MKII/7D/FCP/Magic Bullet/Kessler Cineslider/ABC Crane/Stemme powered glider
Thanks to Ryan Bonneau, Glider Bob, Justin Clifton, Melissa & Travis Rummel, Matt Beaudin, Josh Johnson, Roudy, Scott McQuade, Dirk DePagter, Kat Keene Hogue, Mountain Sprouts, Damon Johnston & Jim Hurst
0:30
CRACKER BARREL 'By Hand'
With two delightful spots for Cracker Barrel, Director Nieto of Paranoid US creates a magi...
published: 15 Nov 2011
author: Paranoid US
CRACKER BARREL 'By Hand'
With two delightful spots for Cracker Barrel, Director Nieto of Paranoid US creates a magical breakfast voyage, traveling through the preparation of a meal at the famed restaurant. The spots are a debut for Euro RSCG/Chicago’s new brand campaign entitled “Handcrafted by Cracker Barrel”. Through the use of miniature sets built in connected wooden boxes, various scenes take place to reveal a story of comfort and home, concepts that are synonymous with the diner/country store.
Two very important factors contributed to the success of these spots: a detailed set and well-crafted transitions. To create the set’s meticulous features, the team turned to Production Designer Damon Fortier, who brought his extensive experience in model construction. The set was a combination of found objects, such as vintage suitcases, reclaimed wood and old doors, as well as actual Cracker Barrel paraphernalia used in their local stores, which was then shipped out for the Los Angeles production. Custom-made miniature furniture was also fashioned to produce exact dimensions to that of the furniture in the store.
To retain authenticity, both Nieto and the agency were determined to craft as much of the subtle trickery as possible in-camera. In pre-production, the creative team constructed a large-scale mockup of the planned set to assess proportions and sizes. Nieto then did a pre-visualization of the mock-up, which he later converted into a 3D scale. Since virtually every box was a different pass it was important to be completely accurate on set. The shots were ultimately composited in post, by tracking and then combining takes, to create a thoroughly seamless storyline. As both space and time were constrained, Nieto took special care to pace the action perfectly, so that the concept actually worked. The spots were color graded by Mark Gethin at MPC Los Angeles to enhance the warm tones of country life.
And to think Nieto, a Colombian-born director living in France, evokes the American cultural experience of Cracker Barrel so well!
PRODUCTION: PARANOID US
DIRECTOR: NIETO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CLAUDE LETESSIER
LINE PRODUCER: LISA COWAN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: TOM LAZAREVICH
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: DAMON FORTIER
AGENCY: EURO/RSCG/CHICAGO
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER: JASON PETERSON
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR(s): WILLIAM MERICLE
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR(s): CHRISTIAN JACKSON
SR. ART DIRECTOR(s): SCOTT RENCH
SENIOR INTEGRATED PRODUCER: BRITT DROUET
POST PRODUCTION : PARANOID DESIGN STUDIO
HEAD OF POST PRODUCTION: GUILLAUME RAFFI
EDITOR: JOE SHAKULA
VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER: RAENA SINGH
VISUAL EFFECTS ARTISTS: PILON LECTEZ, ANDREW COOK
MUSIC COMPANY & CITY: DUOTONE AUDIO GROUP/NEW YORK CITY
EXECUTIVE INTEGRATED MUSIC PRODUCER: DAVID LEINHEARDT
SOUND DESIGN COMPANY & CITY: DUOTONE AUDIO GROUP/NEW YORK CITY
TELECINE: MOVING PICTURE COMPANY (MPC)/LOS ANGELES
TELECINE ARTIST: MARK GETHIN
25:52
Joystick Presents: Sack Lunch
Healthy Summertime Vibes in Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Performed by:
Khai Krepela
Blake Nyman
Rob...
published: 20 Oct 2011
author: Freeski Brands Productions
Joystick Presents: Sack Lunch
Healthy Summertime Vibes in Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Performed by:
Khai Krepela
Blake Nyman
Rob Heule
Banks Gilberti
Jeff Kiesel
Parker White
Ian Wade
Hayden Price
John Ware
Tyler Barnes
Collin Collins
Scott Damon
Jason Arens
Jay Heule
Alex Gorham
and Friends.
Camera/Edit:
Shayne Metos (http://vimeo.com/user4509430)
Additonal Cinematography by:
Jason Eichhorst (Fromoverhere.com)
Alexandra Erickson (alexandraerickson.com)
Tyler Malay (tylermalay.com)
Jake Strassman (https://vimeo.com/jakestrassman)
Paul Heran (https://vimeo.com/bhappyfilms)
All the Athletes
Massive thanks to all those who contributed to this project. Unity!
3:38
Men In Film
by Philip Scott Johnson
80 Years of Male Actors in Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Rudolph...
published: 02 Aug 2008
author: Philip Scott Johnson
Men In Film
by Philip Scott Johnson
80 Years of Male Actors in Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Errol Flynn, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Tyrone Power, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Gene Kelly, Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck, Richard Burton, Jack Lemmon, Sean Connery, Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Steve McQueen, Peter O'Toole, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, Warren Beatty, Dennis Hopper, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Harrison Ford, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas, Christopher Walken, Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, John Travolta, Antonio Banderas, Tim Robbins, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, George Clooney
Music: Bach's Allemande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 performed by Antonio Meneses
Youtube results:
75:19
PIPER LAURIE ~ INTERVIEW 2012 "Life Of A Legend" ~ by Lucas Alexander
One of Americas best and most versatile actresses PIPER LAURIE has just released her first...
published: 05 Feb 2012
author: LAmanagement
PIPER LAURIE ~ INTERVIEW 2012 "Life Of A Legend" ~ by Lucas Alexander
One of Americas best and most versatile actresses PIPER LAURIE has just released her first autobiography "Learning To Live Out Loud" at age 80. Here is a personal and very in-depth interview with Piper Laurie in conversaton with Danish performer Lucas Alexander, about her exstraordinary 63-year-long movie and stage career. From the pretty girl in many 1950´s Hollywood movies to wild horror queen, to great character actress, Piper Laurie is a 3-time Academy Award nominee, Emmy winner and Golden Globe winner. Her most famous work was in "The Hustler", "Carrie", "Twin Peaks", "The Thorn Birds", "Appointment With Death", "Children Of A Lesser God", "Wrestling Earnest Hemmningway", "Return To Oz", "Mississippi Gambler" and "Tim" starring opposite Mel Gibson. She played the mother of Judy Garland and Mae West in movies about their lives, and the on-screen mother of Patrick Swayze, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Sissy Spacek, Linda Hamilton and many others. In the interview Piper Laurie also talks about working with David Lynch in "Twin Peaks" where she played a male Japanese actor, Fumio Yamaguchi - playing a Japanese business man Mr. Tojomura, and about working with people such as Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Sir Peter Ustinov, Carrie Fisher, Paul Newman, George C. Scott, Mel Gibson, Brian De Palma, Viveca Lindfors, James Woods, James Dean, Dario Argento, Usher, Elijah Wood and many others. The interview was filmed in New York City on February 1, 2012. © Lucas Alexander (lucas ...
- published: 05 Feb 2012
- views: 7058
- author: LAmanagement
106:21
Contagion
When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minneapolis from business in Hong Kong, what...
published: 02 Mar 2012
author: warnervoduk
Contagion
When Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) returns to Minneapolis from business in Hong Kong, what she thought was jet lag takes a virulent turn. Two days later, she's dead in the ER and the doctors tell her shocked and grieving husband (Matt Damon) they have no idea why. Soon more cases are reported as the virus begins to spread. Researchers mobilize to break the code of this unique biological pathogen as it continues to mutate. Deputy Director Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) tries to allay the growing panic despite his own personal concerns, and must send a brave young doctor (Kate Winslet) into harm's way. As the death toll escalates and people struggle to protect themselves and their loved ones in a society breaking down, one activist blogger (Jude Law) claims the public isn't getting the truth about what's really going on, and sets off an epidemic of paranoia and fear as infectious as the virus itself. MPAA Rating: PG-13 © 2011 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- published: 02 Mar 2012
- author: warnervoduk
36:30
05-26-10 All My Children
Amanda goes over wedding plans when Jake comes in and interrupts her. Jake asks her to mov...
published: 28 Apr 2012
author: LoriJoGH
05-26-10 All My Children
Amanda goes over wedding plans when Jake comes in and interrupts her. Jake asks her to move up the wedding date to two weeks. At Krystal's. Liza confronts Krystal about Tad. Tad lets Damon know that DNA tests prove that Stuart is not Damon's son. Annie comes into the Chandler living room, complaining that the roof in the gatehouse is leaking. Scott lets Annie know that he is going public with the new invention but doesn't feel good about stealing it from Palmer. JR rushes in and accuses Annie of leaking the news to the press that someone in Adam's family betrayed him. Scott questions Annie if she had leaked the story. Jake and Amanda plan their wedding day for the date of the 1st wedding anniversary. JR and Scott meet with Stephanie to give her their statements. Annie comes bursting in and complains about Emma's birthday party. Scott and JR lets Annie know that she can have the party here. Marissa comes to see Krystal to complain about things at the Chandler mansion. Krystal urges Marissa to fight for her family. Scott tells Stephanie his new product idea. Annie confesses that it was Scott who she had fallen for. JR accuses Annie of lying. Scott lets JR know that Annie saved him and his marriage. Marissa listens at the door. At Krystal's, Jake asks Tad to be his best man. Amanda comes into Fusion and finds a whole rack full of wedding dresses to pick from thanks to Jake. Liza finds Damon in Colby's bedroom and offers to buy him a car if he will leave Colby alone and leave ...
- published: 28 Apr 2012
- views: 147
- author: LoriJoGH
74:13
F THIS MOVIE! - PROMETHEUS (2012)
Listen as Patrick and JB discuss Ridley Scott's return to Science Fiction... Website: www....
published: 31 Jan 2013
author: bodian26
F THIS MOVIE! - PROMETHEUS (2012)
Listen as Patrick and JB discuss Ridley Scott's return to Science Fiction... Website: www.fthismovie.net Facebook: F This Movie! Twitter: @fthismovie
- published: 31 Jan 2013
- views: 111
- author: bodian26
5:02
Britains got talent - Damon Scott (Semi Final)
Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11...
published: 15 Jun 2007
author: xxdefygravityxx
Britains got talent - Damon Scott (Semi Final)
Please follow BGT at: twitter.com/bgt11
- published: 15 Jun 2007
- views: 1642183
- author: xxdefygravityxx
6:03
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compe...
published: 18 Sep 2007
author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott Audition For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 5922467
- author: billyjames2000
4:52
Damon Scott with Monkey (Bubbles) High Quality V/S 16:9 widescreen
For higher quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the end of the url. Tv Show "Britain's...
published: 12 Jun 2007
author: myredroom
Damon Scott with Monkey (Bubbles) High Quality V/S 16:9 widescreen
For higher quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the end of the url. Tv Show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 12 Jun 2007
- views: 982069
- author: myredroom
5:50
BGT FINAL - Damon Scott & Bubbles high quality video/sound 16:9 widescreen
For better quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the url. Damon Scott's performance in ...
published: 17 Jun 2007
author: myredroom
BGT FINAL - Damon Scott & Bubbles high quality video/sound 16:9 widescreen
For better quality sound and picture add &fmt;=18 to the url. Damon Scott's performance in the final of UK talent show "Brtains Got talent" as broadcast on ITV1. Check their website: talent.itv.com
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 3306368
- author: myredroom
9:59
Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compe...
published: 18 Sep 2007
author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott Live Semi Final For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 18 Sep 2007
- views: 1117413
- author: billyjames2000
8:03
Damon Scott Live Final Performance For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compe...
published: 19 Sep 2007
author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott Live Final Performance For Britains Got Talent
Damon scott with bubbles the monkey performing on the best of british talent show to compete to perform at the royal variety show.
- published: 19 Sep 2007
- views: 78261
- author: billyjames2000
5:50
Damon Scott THE FINAL Britains Got Talent * Bubbles Monkey
Damon Scott with monkey Bubbles in the final of Britain's Got Talent, performing to a Mich...
published: 17 Jun 2007
author: behindthesecret
Damon Scott THE FINAL Britains Got Talent * Bubbles Monkey
Damon Scott with monkey Bubbles in the final of Britain's Got Talent, performing to a Michael Jackson song.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1358550
- author: behindthesecret
2:38
Damon Scott, Subway Singer, Adele Rolling in the Deep
I taped this man singing on 3/24/12 in the 86th St/Lex subway stop. He is amazing! I found...
published: 29 Mar 2012
author: avrilcharity
Damon Scott, Subway Singer, Adele Rolling in the Deep
I taped this man singing on 3/24/12 in the 86th St/Lex subway stop. He is amazing! I found an article about him online: www.huffingtonpost.com I'm not certain he's homeless or not, but regardless, kudos to his talent!
- published: 29 Mar 2012
- views: 24399
- author: avrilcharity
9:44
Damon Scott Before Britains Got Talent In 1999
In 1999 Damon was part of a real lives docu-series following ordinary people living exraor...
published: 20 Sep 2007
author: billyjames2000
Damon Scott Before Britains Got Talent In 1999
In 1999 Damon was part of a real lives docu-series following ordinary people living exraordinary lives. Here is a 10 minute exerpt from that footage. Damon was 18/19 yrs old when this was filmed and you can see even then the puppets that would later propel him into the limelight.
- published: 20 Sep 2007
- views: 22275
- author: billyjames2000
5:04
Damon Scott - amazing puppet version of Michael Jackson Earthsong
Damon Scott gives an amazing puppetry performance of Michael Jackson's Earthsong at Souths...
published: 21 Jan 2011
author: malcolmdent
Damon Scott - amazing puppet version of Michael Jackson Earthsong
Damon Scott gives an amazing puppetry performance of Michael Jackson's Earthsong at Southsea's Kings Theatre in aid of several charities for Portsmouth Does Variety Filmed & edited by Malcolm Dent of MDDM
- published: 21 Jan 2011
- views: 5909
- author: malcolmdent
2:19
Damon Scott ft. Bubbles (Live Final) Britain's Got Talent 07
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Go...
published: 17 Jun 2007
author: nkitchen
Damon Scott ft. Bubbles (Live Final) Britain's Got Talent 07
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey perform to Michael Jackson's Earth Song on Britain's Got Talent live final 2007.
- published: 17 Jun 2007
- views: 1671338
- author: nkitchen
2:18
Damon C Scott on the 5 train
Damn C Scott, a man with a wonderful voice who you know as the guy who sang Adele's song "...
published: 15 Jun 2012
author: zimskii
Damon C Scott on the 5 train
Damn C Scott, a man with a wonderful voice who you know as the guy who sang Adele's song "some one like you" was spotted again by myself and man he did his thing! You can find him on facebook. You could also find him on i-tunes and contact him at his e-mail adescorned1@yahoo.com
- published: 15 Jun 2012
- views: 7618
- author: zimskii
4:24
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
The HILARIOUS Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey...
published: 27 Nov 2007
author: DrBlockbuster
Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
The HILARIOUS Damon Scott and Bubbles the monkey
- published: 27 Nov 2007
- views: 49206
- author: DrBlockbuster
4:51
Damon Scott in BGT
This is his first attempt! I love this clip the most! That's why I repost it again~ Enjoy~...
published: 11 Dec 2007
author: t33cher
Damon Scott in BGT
This is his first attempt! I love this clip the most! That's why I repost it again~ Enjoy~
- published: 11 Dec 2007
- views: 228240
- author: t33cher
Vimeo results:
3:06
[81435]
This is a little tribute to summer and fall at my home [Telluride, Colorado] filmed over t...
published: 21 Nov 2010
author: FELT SOUL MEDIA
[81435]
This is a little tribute to summer and fall at my home [Telluride, Colorado] filmed over the course of a couple months this year [2010]
Filmed/Edited by Ben Knight
Music by The American Dollar [Licensed]
Client: Telluride Tourism Board
Canon 5D MKII/7D/FCP/Magic Bullet/Kessler Cineslider/ABC Crane/Stemme powered glider
Thanks to Ryan Bonneau, Glider Bob, Justin Clifton, Melissa & Travis Rummel, Matt Beaudin, Josh Johnson, Roudy, Scott McQuade, Dirk DePagter, Kat Keene Hogue, Mountain Sprouts, Damon Johnston & Jim Hurst
0:30
CRACKER BARREL 'By Hand'
With two delightful spots for Cracker Barrel, Director Nieto of Paranoid US creates a magi...
published: 15 Nov 2011
author: Paranoid US
CRACKER BARREL 'By Hand'
With two delightful spots for Cracker Barrel, Director Nieto of Paranoid US creates a magical breakfast voyage, traveling through the preparation of a meal at the famed restaurant. The spots are a debut for Euro RSCG/Chicago’s new brand campaign entitled “Handcrafted by Cracker Barrel”. Through the use of miniature sets built in connected wooden boxes, various scenes take place to reveal a story of comfort and home, concepts that are synonymous with the diner/country store.
Two very important factors contributed to the success of these spots: a detailed set and well-crafted transitions. To create the set’s meticulous features, the team turned to Production Designer Damon Fortier, who brought his extensive experience in model construction. The set was a combination of found objects, such as vintage suitcases, reclaimed wood and old doors, as well as actual Cracker Barrel paraphernalia used in their local stores, which was then shipped out for the Los Angeles production. Custom-made miniature furniture was also fashioned to produce exact dimensions to that of the furniture in the store.
To retain authenticity, both Nieto and the agency were determined to craft as much of the subtle trickery as possible in-camera. In pre-production, the creative team constructed a large-scale mockup of the planned set to assess proportions and sizes. Nieto then did a pre-visualization of the mock-up, which he later converted into a 3D scale. Since virtually every box was a different pass it was important to be completely accurate on set. The shots were ultimately composited in post, by tracking and then combining takes, to create a thoroughly seamless storyline. As both space and time were constrained, Nieto took special care to pace the action perfectly, so that the concept actually worked. The spots were color graded by Mark Gethin at MPC Los Angeles to enhance the warm tones of country life.
And to think Nieto, a Colombian-born director living in France, evokes the American cultural experience of Cracker Barrel so well!
PRODUCTION: PARANOID US
DIRECTOR: NIETO
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: CLAUDE LETESSIER
LINE PRODUCER: LISA COWAN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: TOM LAZAREVICH
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: DAMON FORTIER
AGENCY: EURO/RSCG/CHICAGO
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER: JASON PETERSON
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR(s): WILLIAM MERICLE
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR(s): CHRISTIAN JACKSON
SR. ART DIRECTOR(s): SCOTT RENCH
SENIOR INTEGRATED PRODUCER: BRITT DROUET
POST PRODUCTION : PARANOID DESIGN STUDIO
HEAD OF POST PRODUCTION: GUILLAUME RAFFI
EDITOR: JOE SHAKULA
VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER: RAENA SINGH
VISUAL EFFECTS ARTISTS: PILON LECTEZ, ANDREW COOK
MUSIC COMPANY & CITY: DUOTONE AUDIO GROUP/NEW YORK CITY
EXECUTIVE INTEGRATED MUSIC PRODUCER: DAVID LEINHEARDT
SOUND DESIGN COMPANY & CITY: DUOTONE AUDIO GROUP/NEW YORK CITY
TELECINE: MOVING PICTURE COMPANY (MPC)/LOS ANGELES
TELECINE ARTIST: MARK GETHIN
25:52
Joystick Presents: Sack Lunch
Healthy Summertime Vibes in Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Performed by:
Khai Krepela
Blake Nyman
Rob...
published: 20 Oct 2011
author: Freeski Brands Productions
Joystick Presents: Sack Lunch
Healthy Summertime Vibes in Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Performed by:
Khai Krepela
Blake Nyman
Rob Heule
Banks Gilberti
Jeff Kiesel
Parker White
Ian Wade
Hayden Price
John Ware
Tyler Barnes
Collin Collins
Scott Damon
Jason Arens
Jay Heule
Alex Gorham
and Friends.
Camera/Edit:
Shayne Metos (http://vimeo.com/user4509430)
Additonal Cinematography by:
Jason Eichhorst (Fromoverhere.com)
Alexandra Erickson (alexandraerickson.com)
Tyler Malay (tylermalay.com)
Jake Strassman (https://vimeo.com/jakestrassman)
Paul Heran (https://vimeo.com/bhappyfilms)
All the Athletes
Massive thanks to all those who contributed to this project. Unity!
3:38
Men In Film
by Philip Scott Johnson
80 Years of Male Actors in Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Rudolph...
published: 02 Aug 2008
author: Philip Scott Johnson
Men In Film
by Philip Scott Johnson
80 Years of Male Actors in Cinema
Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Errol Flynn, Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Laurence Olivier, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Tyrone Power, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Gene Kelly, Burt Lancaster, William Holden, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift, Anthony Quinn, Gregory Peck, Richard Burton, Jack Lemmon, Sean Connery, Sidney Poitier, Charlton Heston, Steve McQueen, Peter O'Toole, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Roy Scheider, Warren Beatty, Dennis Hopper, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Harrison Ford, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas, Christopher Walken, Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, John Travolta, Antonio Banderas, Tim Robbins, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, George Clooney
Music: Bach's Allemande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 performed by Antonio Meneses
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2:15
Damon Scott- Blame It On The Alcohol
Subway singer Damon C Scott blows the train away! You can find him on twitter, MySpace, an...
published: 25 Feb 2012
author: bjonesy00
Damon Scott- Blame It On The Alcohol
Subway singer Damon C Scott blows the train away! You can find him on twitter, MySpace, and Facebook.
- published: 25 Feb 2012
- views: 10090
- author: bjonesy00
4:23
Damon Scott and Bubbles from Britain's Got Talent
This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britai...
published: 07 Jan 2008
author: dubdub84
Damon Scott and Bubbles from Britain's Got Talent
This video is hilarious. This is Damon Scott's first audition for the british show "Britain's Got Talent"
- published: 07 Jan 2008
- views: 32477
- author: dubdub84
4:23
Damon Scott and Bubbles - britains got talent
Man impresses the 3 judges with just himself, a monkey and a michael jackson cd...
published: 13 Jun 2007
author: samvjv
Damon Scott and Bubbles - britains got talent
Man impresses the 3 judges with just himself, a monkey and a michael jackson cd
- published: 13 Jun 2007
- views: 14154
- author: samvjv
3:59
Damon Scott Britains Got Talent
At the End watch Amanda's exspression don't u think she looks like the scare crows off of ...
published: 13 Jun 2007
author: anthony140193
Damon Scott Britains Got Talent
At the End watch Amanda's exspression don't u think she looks like the scare crows off of doctor who.
- published: 13 Jun 2007
- views: 292696
- author: anthony140193
photo: AP / Los Angeles Police Department
11 Feb 2013
A San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy searches a home for Christopher Dorner, a former police officer, on Sunday in Big Bear Lake, Calif. (Jae C. Hong, The Associated Press) ... "We will not tolerate anyone undermining the security of the community," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at a news conference. "We will not tolerate this reign of terror." ... "He has targeted those we entrust to protect the public." ... Copyright 2012 The Denver Post ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
12 Feb 2013
A magnitude 5.1 “artificial earthquake” was reported near a nuclear test site in North Korea on Tuesday morning, with South Korean Defence Ministry officials telling local media that the seismic activity was the result of a third nuclear test conducted by the reclusive state ... The reported test has, however, not yet been confirmed by North Korean State media ... The move is set to heighten regional tensions ... Keywords....(size: 3.4Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
12 Feb 2013
JULIAN BORGER. North Korea’s and Iran’s ambitions to become nuclear powers may make US plans to cut its own warheads difficult to pass. President Barack Obama is expected to address the threat posed by North Korea in tonight’s state of the union speech, after news of Pyongyang’s third underground nuclear test triggered some last-minute rewriting of the presidential text ... Obama speech ... ....(size: 4.8Kb)
photo: AP / Kevin Frayer
11 Feb 2013
ALLAHABAD, India (Reuters) - A stampede at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river. Twenty-seven of the dead were women, mostly elderly and poor. An eight-year-old girl was also crushed to death ... Daily Press Eyewitness ... M ... ....(size: 5.2Kb)
photo: AP / Riccardo De Luca
12 Feb 2013
Pope Benedict XVI will not interfere in choosing his successor after his shock decision to resign at the end of the month, the pontiff's brother has said. Georg Ratzinger told the BBC the Pope would only "make himself available" if he were needed. Benedict said on Monday he would resign after nearly eight years as the head of the Catholic Church because he was too old to continue at the age of 85 ... But resignation is extremely rare....(size: 3.8Kb)
Business Journal
13 Feb 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. An ongoing lecture series at the University of New Mexico on water and energy issues will focus on the economic angle at an upcoming event. The series, “Water and Energy in NM. Conversations on Our Common Future” is sponsored by the School of Architecture and Planning. At it’s Feb ... The event takes place from 5.15 p.m. to 6.30 p.m ... The series runs through March 7 ... Environment ... ....(size: 6.4Kb)
Business Journal
12 Feb 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. Using Albuquerque’s weak economy as the backdrop for 2012, CBRE said one of its more interesting statistics is that it completed 21 industrial lease renewals in the fourth quarter, up from six in 2011 and four in 2010. “This exhibits the lack of direction and confidence felt by most businesses,” CBRE industrial team vice president Jim Smith said in the report ... Larger than 20,000 ... 8....(size: 11.0Kb)
Business Journal
08 Feb 2013
Rachel Sams Managing Editor- Albuquerque Business First Email . LinkedIn . Twitter. Life as a doctor keeps getting more complicated. The government and insurance companies are requiring more documentation on patient care issues. Costs are being squeezed by limits on charges for medical procedures ... 8 print edition ... -Reporter Damon Scott talks with the National Institute of Flamenco about their recent expansion ... How-To....(size: 10.5Kb)
Business Journal
07 Feb 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. For the first time, the National Association of Home Builders has included Albuquerque on its First American Improving Markets Index. The index ranked the Albuquerque area No. 158 out of 259 metropolitan areas classified as improving. The index tracks 361 metro areas overall ... Folkman said he anticipates a similar increase this year over 2012 ... and Racine, Wis. 505.348.8315 ... Comments ... ....(size: 10.6Kb)
Business Journal
07 Feb 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. The New Mexico Dance Challenge and Southwest Salsa Championship is coming to Albuquerque next month for the second straight year. Organizer Chip Hindi, president of Enchantment Dancing, said he is expecting the event will draw more participants, spectators and community partners the second time around. Last year, the event drew 250 dance participants and about 500 spectators ... NE ... ... ....(size: 11.2Kb)
Hartford Courant
05 Feb 2013
Business Journal
05 Feb 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. A public meeting is scheduled for Feb. 12 to discuss the preliminary design plans for the forthcoming Paseo Del Norte/Interstate 25 interchange reconstruction project on Albuquerque’s north end. Albuquerque voters approved up to $50 million in gross receipts tax revenue bonds to fund improvements to the interchange Nov. 6 ... 505.348.8315 . damonscott@bizjournals.com ... Your News Made Easy....(size: 11.7Kb)
Business Journal
04 Feb 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. The National Council of La Raza says the future looks good for Latinos in the Albuquerque-area when it comes to landing green jobs. “Green jobs are more than a passing fad; they are a reality with the potential to shape the 21st century job market. But how will this emerging market impact the fastest growing segment of the American workforce — Latinos?” a news release said ... Photos ... ....(size: 10.7Kb)
The Business Review
01 Feb 2013
(6 photos). Randy Siner . Albuquerque Business First. The Mesa del Sol master-planned community is one of the most ambitious such projects in the nation. The 13,000-acre effort has been in the works for 30 years. Its eventual goal. 100,000 residents. Progress has evolved slowly, with fits and starts ... Dennis Domrzalski, Dan Mayfield and Damon Scott, Albuquerque Business First Reporters ... Its eventual goal. 100,000 residents ... Related links. ... , ... ... ... ....(size: 8.5Kb)
Business Journal
01 Feb 2013
And reporter Damon Scott spoke with leaders in the residential building community about the residential development plan for Mesa del Sol....(size: 11.4Kb)
Business Journal
01 Feb 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico’s annual food-tasting fundraiser featured a record 47 Albuquerque-area restaurants at its Jan. 26 “Souper Bowl” event. The event raised more than $76,000 for the organization and more than 1,300 attended. The 20th incarnation of the event offered attendees samples of soups and desserts and then an opportunity to vote for their favorites ... Comments ... ... ....(size: 10.7Kb)
Business Journal
31 Jan 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. A bevy of Albuquerque restaurants, bars and cafes have caught the eye of a national travel writer. George Hobica, a syndicated travel journalist and founder of airfarewatchdog.com, recently blogged on The Huffington Post in an entry titled. “Time To Revisit Underappreciated Albuquerque.” ... For New Mexican Food, Hobica suggests Cervantes, Mary’s & Tito’s Cafe and El Modelo ... Comments ... ... ....(size: 10.7Kb)
Business Journal
29 Jan 2013
Damon Scott Reporter- Albuquerque Business First Email. Sales of single-family homes in the Albuquerque-area jumped 13.24 percent in 2012, as compared to 2011, to 7,672, according to the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors. Sales for each month of 2012 exceeded the same month in 2011 ... The average home sale price was $204,513, up 1.66 percent from 2011 ... GAAR has about 3,000 members and was established in 1921 ... 505.348.8315 ... How-To....(size: 10.6Kb)
| Damon Scott | |
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 Damon on Britain's Got Talent in June 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Damon Charles Scott |
| Also known as | The Monkey Man |
| Born | (1979-10-18) October 18, 1979 (age 32) Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom |
| Occupations | Singer-comedian, puppeteer, |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | www.damonscott.co.uk |
Damon Scott (born 1979 in Salisbury) is a British male entertainer made famous for his appearance in the first series of the hit[1] ITV variety talent show Britain's Got Talent.[2] Although Damon has an extensive range of acts, he is best known for his performances with monkey puppets, earning him the nickname The Monkey Man which became the title of a BBC documentary[3] based on Damon’s achievements to date.[4]
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En-Masse[link]
Before becoming better known for his monkey routines Damon was part of a 40-strong group of singers from Southampton and Salisbury who come together to put on concerts twice a year under the name “En-Masse”.[5] The pop and soul collective, which Damon was associated with covers a wide variety of music ranging from disco to motown and rock to soul. As a member of En-Masse Damon underwent one-to-one vocal training with The Southern School of Popular Singing, as well as rehearsing his "fat harmony" sound every week. As well as performing at the 900-capacity Salisbury City Hall twice a year, en-masse toured many locations and released 3 albums and one single.
British Resorts Association Search for a Star[link]
In 1999, Damon entered the nationwide British Resorts Association Search for a Star Contest which was sponsored by the Southern Daily Echo newspaper, the competition which is now in its 33rd year [6] is open to any kind of act from singers to dancers and musicians. When Damon appeared in the semi-final at the Bournemouth Pavilion he took not just the judges by storm, but the audience as well! Receiving best specialty award, the Stan Sowden Memorial Trophy, cash awards totaling £500, the out-right judges vote and the audience vote.[7][8] The national final saw Damon take first prize, and collect a trophy, a cheque for £2,750, a voucher for a £400 costume, and entries in two stage prestigious publications, again winning the audience vote and best speciality act award.[9]
Following Damon’s success he was “spotted” when the head cameraman from the BBC attended the Southern Daily Echo Star Trail semi-final and he suggested to fellow programme makers that Damon would be a perfect subject for the BBC2 real life series which profiles the lives and careers of people aged 18–25.
When they started filming Damon they decided to make a special one-hour programme for BBC1 just about him and his puppets. In addition, they made a 20-minute pilot sit-com involving Damon playing a character called George, and his monkey puppet Bubbles. This was filmed over five days.
For the documentary Damon was filmed around his home town of Salisbury with Bubbles doing everyday “human” things like withdrawing money from a cash dispenser and buying clothes in Top Man. He was also filmed doing local shows and at home – the family-owned Park House Motel at Cholderton.[10]
Gene Pitney & Damon[link]
Damon later had a chance to celebrate after landing a major UK tour with music legend Gene Pitney. Damon was spotted by music promoter Derek Nicol after he won Southern Daily Echo Star Trail and went on to represent Bournemouth at the British Resorts Association national final in Leamington Spa. Mr Nicol was one of the judges who awarded Damon not only first place but also the award for best speciality act. On the basis of an eight-minute performance, Mr Nicol has asked Damon to do the entire first half of each show on the 22-date tour. The tour started off at South end’s Cliffs Pavilion on April 25, 2000 and ended at the Bristol Hippodrome on May 21, 2000. Damon played his home town of Salisbury on May 20. A total audience of around 60,000 people saw him and many of the venues sold out. This was the third major British tour for the American singer in less than two years and came as a result of the phenomenal demand for the tickets on the two previous outings.[11][12]
[edit] Britain's Got Talent
In the early summer of 2007, ITV broadcast the first series of Britain's Got Talent which was to become a smash hit variety talent show.
Damon's audition[link]
Damon entered the auditions with his unique act with a monkey puppet named Bubbles, lipsynching to Michael Jackson songs. Damon and his monkey puppet, which mimes Jackson's "Earth Song", was the first to be given the thumbs up from the judges after receiving a standing ovation from the 2000-strong live audience and rave reviews from the judges, Watching Damon's bizarre antics from the wings of the Millennium Stadium, hosts Ant & Dec creased up. "A singing monkey." giggled Ant, "....write this down, Dec. This is the future for me and you."[13] Simon went on to say "Your timing is perfect and that's the difference between being talented and entertaining. That was super entertaining"[14] then went on to joke that "It says a lot about the world today that I'm enjoying a monkey puppet more than Michael Jackson!".[15]
Later on, commenting about the semi-final line-up in a column in The Sun titled "Simon's Super Six", Simon Cowell went on to say "Damon's first audition was so likable. But is he a one-trick monkey? This is the challenge. If he can do as well as he did in the auditions, he can make the final."[16]
Semi-final[link]
On 14 June 2007, the first of three semifinals was broadcast live. Damon was among eight acts to perform for a place in the final. His act brought a different monkey puppet, named Stephen which he performed the song No Matter What by the group Boyzone Towards the end of the act, Damon sang with the puppet, getting the thumbs up from two of the three judges.[17]
After the semi-final[link]
After the semi-final in her Daily Mirror column Amanda Holden went on to say "In the auditions Monkey Boy was my top choice one of my personal favorites. I championed him from the start.[18] He's got the talent and he'll give everyone a run for their money. He wasn't just another vent act, he injected new life into this art form. I've got no hint of what he'll do in the final but he'll pull out all the stops."[19]
Bobby Crush, A Pianist Bobby and six-time winner on Opportunity Knocks in 1972, has been impressed by monkey ventriloquist Damon Scott. commenting "He has quite an original act," Bobby said. "I have a soft spot for ventriloquists because I wrote Orville's Song for Keith Harris and Orville the duck." then added: "Lets hope Britain's Got Talent is a sign of a comeback for variety."[20]
Final[link]
The final was broadcast live on 17 June 2007. Damon returned with Bubbles to the delight of the judges. Damon came runner up but ultimately opera singer Paul Potts was crowned the winner.
After the show[link]
Damon was invited to the 'Grand Order Of The Water Rats' Annual ball 2007 as a guest in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, and was delighted to not only be nominated for the 'Serge Ganjou Award' but to win it and collect the £4000 prize which he intends to use on improving & upgrading his act."[21] Damon has recently become a patron and trustee of UK Charity Gambian Enterprise.
Personal life[link]
Damon was born in Salisbury in 1979 where he currently still resides with his parents Sue and Ron, and his brothers, Warren and Justin. His family are all in the catering/hospitality business.
References[link]
- ^ ITV Ratings Smash
- ^ ITV - Britain's Got Talent - Damon Scott
- ^ Documentary In 1999
- ^ MySpace.com - Damon - 28 - Garçon - Andover/Salisbury, UK - www.myspace.com/damo_scott
- ^ En-Masse
- ^ Search For A Star
- ^ Comic Damon Is Star Success
- ^ Damon is all smiles as judges award his dazzling routines
- ^ Damon’s dazzling debut earns praise
- ^ Damon is set for show of his own
- ^ Damon And Pitney
- ^ Damon And Gene Pitney
- ^ Pig Slick
- ^ Simon's Verdict
- ^ Check Out The TALENT
- ^ Simon's Super Six
- ^ Britains Hot Talent
- ^ A Show To Go Apre For
- ^ Amandas Top Six
- ^ Stars In OUR eyes
- ^ News.
External links[link]
- Damon Scott website Damon's official website.
- Damon Scott on Myspace.
- Damon Scott on Facebook Fan Page
- Damon Scott on Facebook
- Damon Scott - Britain's Got Talent Final Performance
- Damon Scott - ITV interview
- Gambian Enterprise - UK charity Gambian Enterprise
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| Date of birth | 1979-10-18 |
| Place of birth | Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom |
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| Michael Jackson | |
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 Jackson at the White House in 1984 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Joseph Jackson[1] |
| Also known as | King of Pop, MJ |
| Born | (1958-08-29)August 29, 1958 Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 2009(2009-06-25) (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B, pop, rock, soul, dance, funk, disco, new jack swing |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, dancer, choreographer, record producer, actor, businessman, philanthropist |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1964–2009 |
| Labels | Motown, Epic, Legacy, MJJ Productions |
| Associated acts |
 Michael Jackson's Signature |
| Website | www.michaeljackson.com |
Michael Joseph Jackson[1] (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ,[2] Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and rock 'n' roll. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 American Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century"); 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 750 million records worldwide. Jackson won hundreds of awards, which made him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.[3] He was also one of the world's most prominent humanitarians and philanthropists; personally, and through his Heal the World Foundation, he donated more than $300 million in charity, and held the Guinness World Record for having supported the most charities out of any pop star.[4][5]
Aspects of Jackson's personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy. In 1993, he was accused of child sexual abuse, but the case was settled out of court and no formal charges were brought. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further child sexual abuse allegations and several other charges after the jury found him not guilty on all counts. While preparing for his concert series titled This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson's death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and as many as one billion people around the world reportedly watched his public memorial service on live television. In March 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017, and to release seven posthumous albums over the decade following his death.[6]
Life and career[link]
Early life and The Jackson 5 (1958–1975)[link]
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, the eighth of ten children in an African American working-class family who lived in a small 3-room house in Gary, Indiana,[7] an industrial city near Chicago. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and his father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, was a steel mill worker who performed with an R&B band called The Falcons. Jackson had three sisters: Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet, and five brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy.[8] A sixth brother, Brandon, died shortly after birth.[9]
Jackson had a troubled relationship with his father, Joe.[10][11][12] Joseph acknowledged in 2003 that he regularly whipped Jackson as a boy.[12] Jackson stated that he was physically and emotionally abused during incessant rehearsals, though he also credited his father's strict discipline with playing a large role in his success.[10] Jackson first spoke openly about his childhood abuse in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, broadcast in February 1993. He admitted that he had often cried from loneliness and he would vomit on the sight of his father. Jackson's father was also said to have verbally abused Jackson, saying that he had a fat nose on numerous occasions.[13] In fact, Michael Jackson's deep dissatisfaction with his appearance, his nightmares and chronic sleep problems, his tendency to remain hyper-compliant especially with his father, and to remain child-like throughout his adult life are in many ways consistent with the effects of this chronic maltreatment he endured as a young child.[14]
In an interview with Martin Bashir, later included in the 2003 broadcast of Living with Michael Jackson, Jackson acknowledged that his father hurt him when he was a child, but was nonetheless a "genius", as he admitted his father's strict discipline played a huge role in his success. When Bashir dismissed the positive remark and continued asking about beatings, Jackson put his hand over his face and objected to the questions. He recalled that Joseph sat in a chair with a belt in his hand as he and his siblings rehearsed, and that "if you didn't do it the right way, he would tear you up, really get you".[15][16]
In 1964, Michael and Marlon joined the Jackson Brothers—a band formed by brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine—as backup musicians playing congas and tambourine. Jackson later began performing backup vocals and dancing. When he was eight, Jackson began sharing the lead vocals with his older brother Jermaine, and the group's name was changed to The Jackson 5.[8] The band toured the Midwest extensively from 1966 to 1968, frequently performing at a string of black clubs known as the "chitlin' circuit", where they often opened stripteases and other adult acts. In 1966, they won a major local talent show with renditions of Motown hits and James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)", led by Michael.[17]
The Jackson 5 recorded several songs, including "Big Boy", for the local record label Steeltown in 1967, before signing with Motown Records in 1968.[8] Rolling Stone magazine later described the young Michael as "a prodigy" with "overwhelming musical gifts," writing that he "quickly emerged as the main draw and lead singer."[18] The group set a chart record when its first four singles ("I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There") peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[8] Between 1972 and 1975, Michael released four solo studio albums with Motown, among them Got to Be There and Ben, released as part of the Jackson 5 franchise, and producing successful singles such as "Got to Be There", "Ben", and a remake of Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin".
The Jackson 5 "became a cutting-edge example of black crossover artists... five working-class black boys with afros and bell bottoms, and they really didn't have to trade any of that stuff in order to become mainstream stars."[19]
The group's sales began declining in 1973, and the band members chafed under Motown's strict refusal to allow them creative control or input. Although they scored several top 40 hits, including the top 5 disco single "Dancing Machine" and the top 20 hit "I Am Love", the Jackson 5 left Motown in 1975.[20]
[edit] Move to Epic and Off the Wall (1975–81)
In June 1975, the Jackson 5 signed with Epic Records, a subsidiary of CBS Records[20] and renamed themselves the Jacksons. Younger brother Randy formally joined the band around this time, while Jermaine left to pursue a solo career.[21] They continued to tour internationally, releasing six more albums between 1976 and 1984, during which Michael was the lead songwriter, writing hits such as "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", "This Place Hotel", and "Can You Feel It".[17] In 1978, he starred as the scarecrow in the musical, The Wiz, a box-office disaster. It was here that he teamed up with Quincy Jones, who was arranging the film's musical score. Jones agreed to produce Jackson's next solo album, Off the Wall.[22] In 1979, Jackson broke his nose during a complex dance routine. His subsequent rhinoplasty was not a complete success; he complained of breathing difficulties that would affect his career. He was referred to Dr. Steven Hoefflin, who performed Jackson's second rhinoplasty and subsequent operations.[23]
Jones and Jackson produced the Off the Wall album together. Songwriters for the album included Jackson, Rod Temperton, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney. Released in 1979, it was the first solo album to generate four U.S. top 10 hits, including the chart-topping singles "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" and "Rock with You".[24][25] It reached number three on the Billboard 200 and eventually sold over 20 million copies worldwide.[26] In 1980, Jackson won three awards at the American Music Awards for his solo efforts: Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, and Favorite Soul/R&B Single for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".[27][28] That year, he also won Billboard Year-End for Top Black Artist and Top Black Album and a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, also for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".[24] Jackson again won at the American Music Awards in 1981 for Favorite Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist.[29] Despite its commercial success, Jackson felt Off the Wall should have made a much bigger impact, and was determined to exceed expectations with his next release.[30] In 1980, he secured the highest royalty rate in the music industry: 37 percent of wholesale album profit.[31]
[edit] Thriller and Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1982–83)
In 1982, Jackson contributed the song "Someone In the Dark" to the storybook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; the record won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1984. In the same year he won another seven Grammys and eight American Music Awards (including the Award of Merit, the youngest artist to win it), making him the most awarded in one night for both award shows.[32][33] These awards were thanks to the Thriller album, released in late 1982, which was 1983's best-selling album worldwide[34][35] and became the best-selling album of all time in the United States,[36] as well as the best-selling album of all time worldwide, selling an estimated 110 million copies so far.[37] The album topped the Billboard 200 chart for 37 weeks and was in the top 10 of the 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. It was the first album to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".[38] Thriller was certified for 29 million shipments by the RIAA, giving it Double Diamond status in the United States. The album won also another Grammy for Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical in 1984, awarding Bruce Swedien for his work.[39] Jackson's attorney John Branca noted that Jackson had the highest royalty rate in the music industry at that point: approximately $2 for every album sold. He was also making record-breaking profits from sales of his recordings. The videocassette of the documentary The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller sold over 350,000 copies in a few months. The era saw the arrival of novelties like dolls modeled after Michael Jackson, which appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12.[40] Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli writes that, "Thriller stopped selling like a leisure item—like a magazine, a toy, tickets to a hit movie—and started selling like a household staple."[41] In 1985, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Longform.[32] In December 2009, the music video for "Thriller" was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, "Thriller" is the first music video ever to be inducted.[42][43][44]
Time described Jackson's influence at that point as "Star of records, radio, rock video. A one-man rescue team for the music business. A songwriter who sets the beat for a decade. A dancer with the fanciest feet on the street. A singer who cuts across all boundaries of taste and style and color too".[40] The New York Times wrote that, "in the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson and there is everybody else".[45]
On March 25th 1983, Michael Jackson reunited with his brothers for a legendary live performance which was taped for a Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special. The show aired on May 16, 1983, to an audience of 47 million viewers, and featured the Jacksons and a number of other Motown stars. It is best remembered for Jackson's solo performance of "Billie Jean". Wearing a distinctive black sequin jacket and golf glove decorated with rhinestones, he debuted his signature dance move, the moonwalk, which former Soul Train dancer and Shalamar member Jeffrey Daniel had taught him three years before. The Jacksons' performance drew comparisons to Elvis Presley's and The Beatles' appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.[46] Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times later wrote, "The moonwalk that he made famous is an apt metaphor for his dance style. How does he do it? As a technician, he is a great illusionist, a genuine mime. His ability to keep one leg straight as he glides while the other bends and seems to walk requires perfect timing."[47]
Pepsi, "We Are the World" and business career (1984–85)[link]
On January 27, 1984, Michael and other members of the Jacksons filmed a Pepsi Cola commercial, overseen by executive Phil Dusenberry,[48] from ad agency BBDO and Pepsi's Worldwide Creative Director, Alan Pottasch at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. In front of a full house of fans during a simulated concert, pyrotechnics accidentally set Jackson's hair on fire. He suffered second-degree burns to his scalp. Jackson underwent treatment to hide the scars on his scalp, and he also had his third rhinoplasty shortly thereafter.[23] Jackson never recovered from this injury. Pepsi settled out of court, and Jackson donated his $1.5 million settlement to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California, which now has a "Michael Jackson Burn Center" in honor of his donation.[49] Dusenberry later recounted the episode in his memoir, Then We Set His Hair on Fire: Insights and Accidents from a Hall of Fame Career in Advertising.
On May 14, 1984, Jackson was invited to the White House to receive an award from President Ronald Reagan for his support of charities that helped people overcome alcohol and drug abuse.[50] Jackson won eight awards during the Grammys that year. Unlike later albums, Thriller did not have an official tour to promote it, but the 1984 Victory Tour, headlined by The Jacksons, showcased much of Jackson's new solo material to more than two million Americans. He donated all the funds (around $8 million) raised from the Victory Tour to charity.[51] He also co-wrote the charity single "We Are the World" in 1985 with Lionel Richie, which was released worldwide to aid the poor in the U.S. and Africa. It became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with nearly 30 million copies sold and millions of dollars donated to famine relief. In 1986, "We Are the World" won four Grammys (one for Jackson for Song of the Year). American Music Award directors removed the charity song from the competition because they felt it would be inappropriate, but recognized it with two special honors (one for the creation of the song and one for the USA for Africa idea). They are the only AMAs that Jackson won as non-solo artist.[52][53][54][55]
In 1984, ATV Music Publishing, which had the copyrights to nearly 4000 songs, including the Northern Songs catalog that contained the majority of the Lennon–McCartney compositions recorded by The Beatles, was put up for sale by Robert Holmes à Court.[56] Jackson had become interested in owning music catalogs after working with Paul McCartney in the early 1980s: Jackson had learned McCartney made approximately $40 million a year from other people's songs.[57] In 1981,[58] McCartney was offered the ATV music catalog for £20 million ($40 million).[57][59] According to McCartney, he contacted Yoko Ono about making a joint purchase by splitting the cost equally at £10 million each, but Ono thought they could buy it for £5 million each.[57][59] When they were unable to make the joint purchase, McCartney let the offer fall through, not wanting to be the sole owner of the Beatles' songs.[58][59]
According to a negotiator for Holmes à Court in the 1984 sale, "We had given Paul McCartney first right of refusal but Paul didn't want it at that time."[60] Also, an attorney for McCartney assured Jackson's attorney, John Branca, that McCartney was not interested in bidding: McCartney reportedly said "It's too pricey".[57][58] But there were several other companies and investors bidding. In September 1984, Jackson was first informed about the sale by Branca and sent a bid of $46 million on November 20, 1984.[56] Jackson's agents thought they had a deal several times, but encountered new bidders or new areas of debate.[56] In May 1985, Jackson's team walked away from talks after having spent over $1 million on four months of due diligence and on the negotiations.[56]
In June 1985, Jackson and Branca learned that Charles Koppelman's and Marty Bandier's The Entertainment Co. had made a tentative agreement with Holmes à Court to buy ATV Music for $50 million.[56] But in early August, Holmes à Court's team contacted Jackson and talks resumed. Jackson raised his bid to $47.5 million and it was accepted because he could close the deal more quickly, having already completed due diligence of ATV Music.[56] He also agreed to visit Holmes à Court in Australia, where he would appear on the Channel Seven Perth Telethon.[56][60] Jackson's purchase of ATV Music was finalized August 10, 1985.[56]
[edit] Appearance, tabloids, Bad, films, autobiography and Neverland (1986–90)
See also: Michael Jackson's health and appearance
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Jackson two years after he was diagnosed with vitiligo, here in the early stages of the disease
Jackson's skin had been a medium-brown color for the entire duration of his youth, but starting in the mid 1980s, it gradually grew paler. The change gained widespread media coverage, including rumors that he might be bleaching his skin.[61] According to J. Randy Taraborrelli's biography, in 1986, Jackson was diagnosed with vitiligo and lupus; the vitiligo partially lightened his skin, and the lupus was in remission; both illnesses made him sensitive to sunlight. The treatments he used for his condition further lightened his skin tone, and, with the application of pancake makeup to even out blotches, he could appear very pale.[62] Jackson was also diagnosed with vitiligo in his autopsy.[63] By the mid 1990s several surgeons speculated that he had undergone various nasal surgeries, a forehead lift, thinned lips, and cheekbone surgery—although Jackson denied this and insisted that he only had surgery on his nose.[64] Jackson claimed that he had only two rhinoplasties and no other surgery on his face, although at one point he mentioned having a dimple created in his chin.[65] Jackson lost weight in the early 1980s because of a change in diet and a desire for "a dancer's body".[65] Witnesses reported that he was often dizzy and speculated that he was suffering from anorexia nervosa; periods of weight loss would become a recurring problem later in life.[66]
During the course of his treatment, Jackson made two close friends: his dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, and Klein's nurse Debbie Rowe. Rowe eventually became Jackson's second wife and the mother of his two eldest children. Long before becoming romantically involved with her, Jackson relied heavily on Rowe for emotional support. He also relied heavily on Klein, for medical and business advice.[67]
Jackson became the subject of increasingly sensational reports. In 1986, the tabloids ran a story claiming that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to slow the aging process; he was pictured lying down in a glass box. Although the claim was untrue, according to tabloid reports that are widely cited, Jackson had disseminated the fabricated story himself.[68][69] When Jackson bought a chimpanzee called Bubbles from a laboratory, he was reported to be increasingly detached from reality.[70] It was reported that Jackson had offered to buy the bones of Joseph Merrick (the "elephant man") and although untrue, Jackson did not deny the story.[68][69] Although initially he saw these stories as opportunities for publicity, he stopped leaking untruths to the press as they became more sensational. Consequently the media began making up their own stories.[69][71][72] These reports became embedded in the public consciousness, inspiring the nickname "Wacko Jacko", which Jackson came to despise.[73] Responding to the gossip, Jackson remarked to Taraborrelli:
Why not just tell people I'm an alien from Mars? Tell them I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight. They'll believe anything you say, because you're a reporter. But if I, Michael Jackson, were to say, "I'm an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight," people would say, "Oh, man, that Michael Jackson is nuts. He's cracked up. You can't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth."[74]
Jackson collaborated with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola on the 17-minute 3-D film Captain EO, which debuted in September 1986 at both the original Disneyland and at EPCOT in Florida, and in March 1987 at Tokyo Disneyland. The $30 million movie was a popular attraction at all three parks. A Captain EO attraction was later featured at Euro Disneyland after that park opened in 1992. All four parks' Captain EO installations stayed open well into the 1990s: Paris' installation was the last one to close, in 1998.[75] The attraction would later return to Disneyland in 2010 after Jackson's death.[76]
In 1987, Jackson disassociated himself from the Jehovah's Witnesses, in response to their disapproval of the Thriller video.[77] With the industry expecting another major hit, Jackson's first album in five years, Bad (1987), was highly anticipated.[78] It did not top Thriller as a commercial or artistic triumph, but Bad was still a substantial success in its own right.
The Bad album spawned seven hit singles in the U.S., five of which ("I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana") reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. This was a record for most number one Hot 100 singles from any one album, including Thriller.[79] Although the title track's video was arguably derivative of the video for the earlier single "Beat It", the "Bad" video still proved to be one of Jackson's iconic moments. It was a gritty but colorful epic set against the backdrop of the New York City Subway system, with costuming and choreography inspired by West Side Story. As of 2012, the album sold between 30 and 45 million copies worldwide.[80][81][82][83][84][85][86] Thanks to the Bad album, Bruce Swedien and Humberto Gatica won one Grammy in 1988 for Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical and Michael Jackson won one Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form for "Leave Me Alone" in 1989.[32][39] In the same year, Jackson won an Award of Achievement at the American Music Awards because Bad is the first album ever to generate five number one singles in the US, the first album to top in 25 countries and the best-selling album worldwide in 1987 and in 1988.[87][88][89][90] In 1988, "Bad" won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.[91]
The Bad World Tour began on September 12 that year, finishing on January 14, 1989.[92] In Japan alone, the tour had 14 sellouts and drew 570,000 people, nearly tripling the previous record of 200,000 in a single tour.[93] Jackson broke a Guinness World Record when 504,000 people attended seven sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium. He performed a total of 123 concerts to an audience of 4.4 million people. The Bad Tour turned out to be the last of Jackson's concert tours to include shows in the continental United States, although later tours did make it to Hawaii.
In 1988, Jackson released his first and only autobiography, Moonwalk, which took four years to complete and sold 200,000 copies.[94] Jackson wrote about his childhood, The Jackson 5, and the abuse he had suffered.[95] He also wrote about his facial appearance, saying he had had two rhinoplastic surgeries and a dimple created in his chin.[65] He attributed much of the change in the structure of his face to puberty, weight loss, a strict vegetarian diet, a change in hair style, and stage lighting.[65] Moonwalk reached the top position on The New York Times best sellers' list.[96] The musician then released a film called Moonwalker, which featured live footage and short films that starred Jackson and Joe Pesci. The film was originally intended to be released to theaters but due to financial issues, the film was released direct-to-video. It saw a theatrical release in Germany, though. It debuted atop the Billboard Top Music Video Cassette chart, staying there for 22 weeks. It was eventually knocked off the top spot by Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues.[97]
In March 1988, Jackson purchased land near Santa Ynez, California, to build Neverland Ranch at a cost of $17 million. He installed Ferris wheels, a menagerie, and a movie theater on the 2,700-acre (11 km2) property. A security staff of 40 patrolled the grounds. In 2003, it was valued at approximately $100 million.[18][98] In 1989, his annual earnings from album sales, endorsements, and concerts was estimated at $125 million for that year alone.[99] Shortly afterwards, he became the first Westerner to appear in a television ad in the Soviet Union.[97]
His success resulted in his being dubbed the "King of Pop".[100][101][102][103] The nickname was popularized by Elizabeth Taylor when she presented him with the Soul Train Heritage Award in 1989, proclaiming him "the true king of pop, rock and soul."[104] President George H. W. Bush designated him the White House's "Artist of the Decade".[105] From 1985 to 1990, he donated $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund, and all of the profits from his single "Man in the Mirror" went to charity.[106][107] Jackson's live rendition of "You Were There" at Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th birthday celebration received an Emmy nomination.[97]
[edit] Dangerous, Heal the World Foundation and Super Bowl XXVII (1991–93)
In March 1991, Jackson renewed his contract with Sony for $65 million, a record-breaking deal at the time,[108] displacing Neil Diamond's renewal contract with Columbia Records.[109] He released his eighth album Dangerous in 1991. As of 2008, Dangerous had shipped seven million copies in the U.S. and had sold 32 million copies worldwide. The Dangerous album was co-produced by Teddy Riley, one of the pioneers of "new jack swing" which convinced Michael to feature a rapper on his album for the first time, the act worked and it turned out to be the best-selling album associated with that movement.[110][111][112] In the United States, the album's first single "Black or White" was its biggest hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining there for seven weeks, with similar chart performances worldwide.[113] The album's second single "Remember the Time" spent eight weeks in the top five in the United States, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[114] At the end of 1992, Dangerous was awarded 1992's best-selling album worldwide and "Black or White" was awarded 1992's best-selling single worldwide at the Billboard Music Awards. Additionally, he won an award as best-selling artist of the '80s.[115] In 1993, Jackson performed the song at the Soul Train Music Awards in a chair, saying he had suffered an injury in rehearsals.[116] In the UK and other parts of Europe, "Heal the World" was the biggest hit from the album; it sold 450,000 copies in the UK and spent five weeks at number two in 1992.[114]
Jackson founded the Heal the World Foundation in 1992. The charity organization brought underprivileged children to Jackson's ranch to enjoy theme park rides that Jackson had built on the property. The foundation also sent millions of dollars around the globe to help children threatened by war, poverty, and disease. In the same year Jackson published his second book, the bestselling collection of poetry, Dancing the Dream. While it was a commercial success and revealed a more intimate side to Jackson's nature, the collection was mostly critically unacclaimed at the time of release. In 2009, the book was republished by Doubleday and was more positively received by some critics in the wake of Jackson's untimely death. The Dangerous World Tour grossed $100 million. The tour began on June 27, 1992, and finished on November 11, 1993. Jackson performed to 3.5 million people in 67 concerts.[114][117] He sold the broadcast rights to his Dangerous world tour to HBO for $20 million, a record-breaking deal that still stands.[118]
Following the illness and death of Ryan White, Jackson helped draw public attention to HIV/AIDS, something that was still controversial at the time. He publicly pleaded with the Clinton Administration at Bill Clinton's Inaugural Gala to give more money to HIV/AIDS charities and research.[119][120] In a high-profile visit to Africa, Jackson visited several countries, among them Gabon and Egypt.[121] His first stop to Gabon was greeted with a sizable and enthusiastic reception of more than 100,000 people, some of them carrying signs that read, "Welcome Home Michael."[121] In his trip to Côte d'Ivoire, Jackson was crowned "King Sani" by a tribal chief.[121] He then thanked the dignitaries in French and English, signed official documents formalizing his kingship and sat on a golden throne while presiding over ceremonial dances.[121]
In January 1993, Jackson made a memorable appearance at the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVII. The performance began with Jackson catapulting onto the stage as fireworks went off behind him. As he landed on the canvas, he maintained a motionless "clenched fist, standing statue stance", dressed in a gold and black military outfit and sunglasses; he remained completely motionless for a minute and a half while the crowd cheered. He then slowly removed his sunglasses, threw them away and sang four songs: "Jam", "Billie Jean", "Black or White" and "Heal the World". It was the first Super Bowl where the audience figures increased during the half-time show, and was viewed by 135 million Americans alone; Jackson's Dangerous album rose 90 places up the album chart.[61] Jackson was given the "Living Legend Award" at the 35th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. "Black or White" was Grammy-nominated for best vocal performance. "Jam" gained two nominations: Best R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song.[114] The Dangerous album won a Grammy for Best Engineered – Non Classical, awarding the work of Bruce Swedien and Teddy Riley. In the same year, Michael Jackson won three American Music Awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Dangerous), Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Remember the Time") and was the first to win the International Artist Award, for his global performances and humanitarian concerns. This award will bear his name in the future.[32][39][122]
First child sexual abuse allegations and first marriage (1993–94)[link]
Jackson gave a 90-minute interview to Oprah Winfrey on February 10, 1993, his second television interview since 1979. He grimaced when speaking of his childhood abuse at the hands of his father; he believed he had missed out on much of his childhood years, admitting that he often cried from loneliness. He denied tabloid rumors that he had bought the bones of the Elephant Man, slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, or bleached his skin, stating for the first time that he had vitiligo. The interview was watched by an American audience of 90 million. Dangerous re-entered the album chart in the top 10, more than a year after its original release.[16][61][114]
In the summer of 1993, Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse by a 13-year-old boy named Jordan Chandler and his father, Dr. Evan Chandler, a dentist.[123][124][125] The Chandler family demanded payment from Jackson, and the singer initially refused. Jordan Chandler eventually told the police that Jackson had sexually abused him.[126] Dr. Chandler was tape-recorded discussing his intention to pursue charges, saying, "If I go through with this, I win big-time. There's no way I lose. I will get everything I want and they will be destroyed forever ... Michael's career will be over". Jordan's mother was, however, adamant that there had been no wrongdoing on Jackson's part.[125] Jackson later used the recording to argue that he was the victim of a jealous father whose only goal was to extort money from the singer.[125]
Later that year, on December 20, Jackson's home was raided by the police, and Jackson submitted to a 25-minute strip search.[127] Jordan Chandler had reportedly given police a description of Jackson's intimate parts, notably claiming that his bleach-damaged penis was circumcised; the strip search revealed, to the contrary, that Jackson was actually uncircumcised,[128] a fact confirmed in his autopsy.[129] His friends said he never recovered from the humiliation of the strip search. The investigation was inconclusive and no charges were ever filed.[130][131] Jackson described the search in an emotional public statement, and proclaimed his innocence.[123][127][132] On January 1, 1994, Jackson's insurance carrier settled with the Chandlers out of court for $22 million. A Santa Barbara County grand jury and a Los Angeles County grand jury disbanded on May 2, 1994 without indicting Jackson.[133] After which time the Chandlers stopped co-operating with the criminal investigation around July 6, 1994.[134][135][136] The out-of-court settlement's documentation specifically stated Jackson admitted no wrongdoing and no liability; the Chandlers and their family lawyer Larry Feldman signed it without contest.[137] The Chandlers' lawyer Mr. Feldman also explicitly stated "nobody bought anybody's silence".[138] A decade after the fact, during the second round of child abuse allegations, Jackson's lawyers would file a memo stating that the 1994 settlement was done without his consent.[135]
In May 1994, Jackson married the daughter of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley. They had first met in 1975, when a seven-year-old Presley attended one of Jackson's family engagements at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, and were reconnected through a mutual friend.[139] According to a friend of Presley's, "their adult friendship began in November 1992 in L.A."[140] They stayed in contact every day over the telephone. As the child molestation accusations became public, Jackson became dependent on Presley for emotional support; she was concerned about his faltering health and addiction to drugs.[141] Presley explained, "I believed he didn't do anything wrong and that he was wrongly accused and yes I started falling for him. I wanted to save him. I felt that I could do it."[142] She eventually persuaded him to settle the allegations out of court and go into rehabilitation to recover.[141]
Jackson proposed to Presley over the telephone towards the fall of 1993, saying, "If I asked you to marry me, would you do it?"[141] They married in the Dominican Republic in secrecy, denying it for nearly two months afterwards.[143] The marriage was, in her words, "a married couple's life ... that was sexually active".[144] At the time, the tabloid media speculated that the wedding was a ploy to prop up Jackson's public image.[143] The marriage lasted less than two years and ended with an amicable divorce settlement.[145] In a 2010 interview with Oprah, Presley admitted that they spent four more years after the divorce "getting back together and breaking up", until she decided to stop.[146]
[edit] HIStory, second marriage and fatherhood (1995–99)
In 1995, Jackson merged his ATV Music catalog with Sony's music publishing division creating Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Jackson retained half-ownership of the company, earned $95 million upfront as well as the rights to even more songs.[147][148] He then released the double album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. The first disc, HIStory Begins, was a 15-track greatest hits album, and was later reissued as Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I in 2001, while the second disc, HIStory Continues, contained 15 new songs. The album debuted at number one on the charts and has been certified for seven million shipments in the US.[149] It is the best-selling multiple-disc album of all-time, with 20 million copies (40 million units) sold worldwide.[113][150] HIStory received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.[151]
The first single released from the album was the double A-side "Scream/Childhood". "Scream" was a duet, performed with Jackson's youngest sister Janet. The song fights against the media, mainly for what the media made him out to be during his 1993 child abuse allegations. The single had the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number five, and received a Grammy nomination for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals".[151] "You Are Not Alone" was the second single released from HIStory; it holds the Guinness World Record for the first song ever to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[99] It was seen as a major artistic and commercial success, receiving a Grammy nomination for "Best Pop Vocal Performance".[151] In late 1995, Jackson was rushed to a hospital after collapsing during rehearsals for a televised performance; the incident was caused by a stress-related panic attack.[152] "Earth Song" was the third single released from HIStory, and topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks over Christmas 1995; it sold a million copies, making it Jackson's most successful single in the UK.[151] The track "They Don't Care About Us" became controversial when the Anti-Defamation League and other groups criticized its allegedly antisemitic lyrics. Jackson quickly put out a revised version of the song without the offending lyrics.[153] In 1996, Jackson won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form for "Scream" and an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.[32][154]
The album was promoted with the successful HIStory World Tour. The tour began on September 7, 1996, and finished on October 15, 1997. Jackson performed 82 concerts in 58 cities to over 4.5 million fans, and grossed up a total of $165 million. The show, which visited five continents and 35 countries, became Jackson's most successful in terms of audience figures.[92] During the tour, Jackson married his longtime friend Deborah Jeanne Rowe, a dermatology nurse, in an impromptu ceremony in Sydney, Australia. Rowe was approximately six months pregnant with the couple's first child at the time. Originally, Rowe and Jackson had no plans to marry, but Jackson's mother Katherine persuaded them to do so.[155] Michael Joseph Jackson Jr (commonly known as Prince) was born on February 13, 1997; his sister Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson was born a year later on April 3, 1998.[145][156] The couple divorced in 1999, and Jackson got full custody of the children. The divorce was relatively amicable, but a subsequent custody suit was not settled until 2006.[157][158]
In 1997, Jackson released Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, which contained remixes of hit singles from HIStory and five new songs. Worldwide sales stand at 6 million copies as of 2007, it is the best selling remix album ever released.[159] It reached number one in the UK, as did the title track.[159][160] In the US, the album was certified platinum, but only reached number 24.[110][151] Forbes placed his annual income at $35 million in 1996 and $20 million in 1997.[98] Throughout June 1999, Jackson was involved in a number of charitable events. He joined Luciano Pavarotti for a benefit concert in Modena, Italy. The show was in support of the nonprofit organization War Child, and raised a million dollars for the refugees of Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia, as well as additional funds for the children of Guatemala.[161] Later that month, Jackson organized a set of "Michael Jackson & Friends" benefit concerts in Germany and Korea. Other artists involved included Slash, The Scorpions, Boyz II Men, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey, A. R. Rahman, Prabhu Deva Sundaram, Shobana, Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti. The proceeds went to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, the Red Cross and UNESCO.[162]
[edit] Label dispute, Invincible and third child (2000–03)
At the turn of the century, the American Music Awards honored Jackson as Artist of the '80s.[163] Throughout 2000 and 2001, Jackson worked in the studio with Teddy Riley and Rodney Jerkins, as well as other collaborators. These sessions would result in the album Invincible, released in October 2001. Invincible was Jackson's first full-length album in six years, and it would be the last album of new material he released while still alive. The release of the album was preceded by a dispute between Jackson and his record label, Sony Music Entertainment. Jackson had expected the licenses to the masters of his albums to revert to him sometime in the early 2000s. Once he had the licenses, he would be able to promote the material however he pleased and he would also be able to keep all the profits. However, due to various clauses in the contract, the revert date turned out to be many years away. Jackson discovered that the attorney who represented him in the deal was also representing Sony.[160] Jackson was also concerned about the fact that for a number of years, Sony had been pressuring him to sell his share in their music catalog venture. Jackson feared that Sony might have a conflict of interest, since if Jackson's career failed he would have to sell his share of the catalog at a low price.[164] Jackson sought an early exit from his contract.[160] Just before the release of Invincible, Jackson informed the head of Sony Music Entertainment, Tommy Mottola, that he was leaving Sony.[160] As a result, all singles releases, video shootings and promotions concerning the Invincible album were suspended.
In September 2001, two 30th Anniversary concerts were held at Madison Square Garden to mark the singer's 30th year as a solo artist. Jackson appeared onstage alongside his brothers for the first time since 1984. The show also featured performances by Mýa, Usher, Whitney Houston, 'N Sync, Destiny's Child, Monica, Luther Vandross, and Slash, among other artists.[165] The second of the two shows took place the night before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.[166] After 9/11, Jackson helped organize the United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The concert took place on October 21, 2001, and included performances from dozens of major artists, including Jackson, who performed his song "What More Can I Give" as the finale.[164] Jackson's solo performances were omitted from the televised version of the benefit concert, although he could still be seen singing background vocals. This omission happened because of contractual issues related to the earlier 30th Anniversary concerts: those concerts were boiled down into a two-hour TV special titled Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration: The Solo Years which debuted in November 2001.
In spite of the events preceding its release, Invincible came out in October 2001 to much anticipation. Invincible proved to be a hit, debuting atop the charts in 13 countries and going on to sell approximately 13 million copies worldwide. It received double-platinum certification in the US.[110][113][167] However, the sales for Invincible were lower than those of his previous releases, due in part to a lack of promotion, no supporting world tour and the label dispute. The album also came out at a bad time for the music industry in general.[164] The album cost $30 million to record, not including promotional expenditures.[168] Invincible spawned three singles, "You Rock My World", "Cry" and "Butterflies", the latter without a music video. Jackson alleged in July 2002 that Mottola was a "devil" and a "racist" who did not support his African-American artists, using them merely for his own personal gain.[164] He charged that Mottola had called his colleague Irv Gotti a "fat nigger".[169] Sony refused to renew Jackson's contract, and claimed that a $25 million promotional campaign had failed because Jackson refused to tour in the United States.[168]
In 2002, Michael Jackson won his 22nd American Music Award for Artist of the Century.[170] In the same year, Jackson's third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (nicknamed "Blanket") was born.[171] The mother's identity is unknown, but Jackson has said the child was the result of artificial insemination from a surrogate mother and his own sperm.[157] On November 20 of that year, Jackson brought his newborn son onto the balcony of his room at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin, as fans stood below, holding him in his right arm, with a cloth loosely draped over the baby's face. The baby was briefly extended over a railing, four stories above ground level, causing widespread criticism in the media. Jackson later apologized for the incident, calling it "a terrible mistake".[172] Sony released Number Ones, a compilation of Jackson's hits on CD and DVD. In the US, the album was certified triple platinum by the RIAA; in the UK it was certified six times platinum for shipments of at least 1.2 million units.[110][173]
Second child sexual abuse allegations and acquittal (2003–05)[link]
Further information: Living with Michael Jackson and People v. Jackson
Beginning in May 2002, Jackson allowed a documentary film crew, led by British TV personality Martin Bashir, to follow him around just about everywhere he went. Bashir's film crew was with Jackson during the "baby-dangling incident" in Berlin. The program was broadcast in March 2003 as Living with Michael Jackson, and painted an extraordinarily unflattering portrait of the singer.
In a particularly controversial scene, Jackson was seen holding hands and discussing sleeping arrangements with a young boy.[174] As soon as the documentary aired, the Santa Barbara county attorney's office began a criminal investigation. Jackson was arrested in November 2003, and was charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering an intoxicating agent in relation to the 13 year old boy shown in the film.[174] Jackson denied the allegations, saying the sleepovers were not sexual in nature. The People v. Jackson trial began on January 31, 2005, in Santa Maria, California, and lasted five months, until the end of May. On June 13, 2005, Jackson was acquitted on all counts.[175][176][177] After the trial, in a highly publicized relocation he moved to the Persian Gulf island of Bahrain, as a guest of Sheikh Abdullah.[178] Bahrain was also where the family intended to send Jackson if he was convicted (though Jackson did not know about the plan), according to a statement by Jermaine Jackson printed in The Times of London in September 2011.[179]
[edit] Closure of Neverland, final years and This Is It (2006–09)
In March 2006, the main house at the Neverland Ranch was closed as a cost-cutting measure.[180] There were numerous reports around that time that Jackson was having financial problems. Jackson had been delinquent on his repayments of a $270 million loan secured against his music publishing holdings, even though those holdings were reportedly making him as much as $75 million a year.[181] Bank of America sold the debt to Fortress Investments. Sony reportedly proposed a restructuring deal which would give them a future option to buy half of Jackson's stake in their jointly owned publishing company (leaving Jackson with a 25% stake).[148] Jackson agreed to a Sony-backed refinancing deal in April 2006, although the exact details were not made public.[182] Jackson did not have a recording contract in place with Sony or any other major record label at the time.
In early 2006, there was an announcement that Jackson had signed a contract with a Bahrain-based startup called Two Seas Records. However, nothing ever came of that deal, and the CEO of Two Seas, Guy Holmes, later stated that the deal had never been finalized.[183][184] Throughout 2006, Sony repackaged 20 singles from the 1980s and 1990s as the Michael Jackson: Visionary series, which subsequently became a box set. Most of those singles returned to the charts as a result. In September 2006, Jackson and his ex-wife Debbie Rowe confirmed reports that they had settled their long-running child custody suit. The terms were never made public. Jackson continued to be the custodial parent of the couple's two children.[158] In October 2006, Fox News entertainment reporter Roger Friedman said that Jackson had been recording at a studio in rural Westmeath, Ireland. It was not known at the time what Jackson might be working on, or who might be paying for the sessions, since his publicist had recently issued a statement claiming that he had left Two Seas.[184][185]
In November 2006, Jackson invited an Access Hollywood camera crew into the studio in Westmeath, and MSNBC broke the story that he was working on a new album, produced by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas.[113] Jackson performed at the World Music Awards, in London on November 15, 2006, and accepted a Diamond Award for selling over 100 million records.[113][186] Jackson returned to the United States after Christmas 2006 to attend James Brown's funeral in Augusta, Georgia. He gave one of the eulogies, saying that "James Brown is my greatest inspiration."[187] In the spring of 2007, Jackson and Sony teamed up to buy yet another music publishing company: Famous Music LLC, formerly owned by Viacom. This deal gave him the rights to songs by Eminem, Shakira and Beck, among others.[188] Jackson recorded extensively during this period in New York with songwriter and producer will.i.am and also in Las Vegas with producers Akon and RedOne.[189][190] In March 2007, Jackson gave a brief interview to the Associated Press in Tokyo, where he said, "I've been in the entertainment industry since I was 6 years old, and as Charles Dickens would say, 'It's been the best of times, the worst of times.' But I would not change my career ... While some have made deliberate attempts to hurt me, I take it in stride because I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me."[191]
In September 2007, Jackson was reportedly still working with will.i.am, but the album was apparently never completed.[192] However, in 2008, Jackson and Sony released Thriller 25 to mark the 25th anniversary of the original Thriller. This album featured the previously unreleased song "For All Time" (an outtake from the original sessions) as well as remixes, where Jackson collaborated with younger artists who had been inspired by his work.[193] Two of the remixes were released as singles with only modest success: "The Girl Is Mine 2008" (with will.i.am) and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" (with Akon). The first single was based on an early demo version, without Paul McCartney. The album itself was a hit, however.[193][194][195][196] In anticipation of Jackson's 50th birthday, Sony BMG released a series of greatest-hits albums called King of Pop. Slightly different versions were released in various countries, based on polls of local fans.[197] King of Pop reached the top 10 in most countries where it was issued, and also sold well as an import in other countries (such as the United States.)[198][199]
In the fall of 2008, Fortress Investments threatened to foreclose on Neverland Ranch, which Jackson used as collateral for loans running into many tens of millions of dollars. However, Fortress opted to sell Jackson's debts to Colony Capital LLC. In November, Jackson transferred Neverland Ranch's title to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC, which was a joint venture between Jackson and Colony Capital LLC. This deal cleared Jackson's debt, and he reportedly even gained an extra $35 million from the venture. At the time of his death, Jackson still owned a stake in Neverland/Sycamore Valley, but it is unknown how large that stake was.[200][201][202] In September 2008, Jackson entered negotiations with Julien's Auction House to display and auction a large collection of memorabilia amounting to approximately 1,390 lots. The auction was scheduled to take place between April 22 and April 25.[203] An exhibition of the lots opened as scheduled on April 14, but the actual auction was eventually cancelled at Jackson's request.[204]
In March 2009, Jackson held a press conference at London's O2 Arena and announced a series of comeback concerts titled This Is It. The shows would be Jackson's first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour finished in 1997. Jackson suggested possible retirement after the shows; he said it would be his "final curtain call". The initial plan was for 10 concerts in London, followed by shows in Paris, New York City and Mumbai. Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, stated that the first 10 dates alone would earn the singer approximately £50 million.[205] The London residency was increased to 50 dates after record breaking ticket sales: over one million were sold in less than two hours.[206] Jackson rehearsed in Los Angeles in the weeks leading up to the tour under the direction of choreographer Kenny Ortega. Most of these rehearsals took place at the Staples Center, which was owned by AEG.[207] The concerts would have commenced on July 13, 2009, and finished on March 6, 2010. Less than three weeks before the first show was due to begin in London and with all concerts being sold out, Jackson died after suffering cardiac arrest.[208] Some time before his death, it was widely stated that he was starting a clothing line with Christian Audigier; due to his death, the current status of the label remains unknown.[209][210]
Jackson's first posthumous single was a song titled "This Is It" which Jackson cowrote in the 1980s with Paul Anka. It was not on the set lists for the concerts, and the recording was based on an old demo tape. The surviving brothers reunited in the studio for the first time since 1989 to record backing vocals. On October 28, 2009, a documentary film about the rehearsals titled Michael Jackson's This Is It was released.[211] Even though it ran for a limited two-week engagement, it became the highest grossing documentary or concert movie of all time, with earnings of more than $260 million worldwide.[212] Jackson's estate received 90% of the profits.[213] The film was accompanied by a compilation album of the same name. Two versions of the new song appear on the album, which also featured original masters of Jackson's hits in the order in which they appear in the movie, along with a bonus disc with previously unreleased versions of more Jackson hits as well as a spoken-word poem titled "Planet Earth".[214] At the 2009 American Music Awards Jackson won four posthumous awards, two for him and two for his album Number Ones, bringing his total American Music Awards to 26.[215][216]
Death and memorial[link]
Main articles: Death of Michael Jackson and Michael Jackson memorial service
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Michael Jackson's Tomb in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
On June 25, 2009, Jackson died while in his bed at his rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles. Attempts at resuscitating him by Conrad Murray, his personal physician, were unsuccessful.[217] Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics received a 911 call at 12:22 (PDT, 19:22 UTC), arriving three minutes later at Jackson's location.[218][219] He was reportedly not breathing and CPR was performed.[220] Resuscitation efforts continued en route to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and for more than an hour after arriving there at 1:13 (20:13 UTC). He was pronounced dead at 2:26 local time (21:26 UTC).[221][222] Jackson's death triggered a global outpouring of grief.[217]
The news spread quickly online, causing websites to slow down and crash from user overload. Both TMZ and the Los Angeles Times suffered outages.[223] Google initially believed that the input from millions of people searching for "Michael Jackson" meant that the search engine was under DDoS attack, and blocked searches related to Michael Jackson for 30 minutes. Twitter reported a crash, as did Wikipedia at 3:15 p.m. PDT (22:15 UTC).[224] The Wikimedia Foundation reported nearly a million visitors to Jackson's biography within one hour, probably the most visitors in a one-hour period to any article in Wikipedia's history.[225] AOL Instant Messenger collapsed for 40 minutes. AOL called it a "seminal moment in Internet history", adding, "We've never seen anything like it in terms of scope or depth."[226]
Around 15% of Twitter posts—or 5,000 tweets per minute—reportedly mentioned Jackson after the news broke,[227][228] compared to the 5% recalled as having mentioned the Iranian elections or the flu pandemic that had made headlines earlier in the year.[228] Overall, web traffic ranged from 11% to at least 20% higher than normal.[227][229] MTV and Black Entertainment Television (BET) aired marathons of Jackson's music videos.[230] Jackson specials aired on multiple television stations around the world. The British soap opera EastEnders added a last-minute scene, in which one character tells another about the news, to the June 26 episode.[231] Jackson was the topic of every front-page headline in the daily British tabloid The Sun for about two weeks following his death.[232] During the same period, the three major U.S. networks' evening newscasts—ABC World News, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News—devoted 34% of their broadcast time to him.[233] Magazines including Time published commemorative editions.[234] A scene that had featured Jackson's sister La Toya was cut from the film Brüno out of respect toward Jackson's family.[235]
Jackson's memorial was held on July 7, 2009, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, preceded by a private family service at Forest Lawn Memorial Park's Hall of Liberty. Jackson's casket was present during the memorial but no information was released about the final disposition of the body. While some unofficial reports claimed a worldwide audience as high as one billion people,[236][237] the U.S. audience was estimated by Nielsen to be 31.1 million, an amount comparable to the estimated 35.1 million that watched the 2004 burial of former president Ronald Reagan, and the estimated 33.1 million Americans who watched the 1997 funeral for Princess Diana.[238]
Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, John Mayer, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Jermaine Jackson, and Shaheen Jafargholi performed at the event. Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson gave eulogies, while Queen Latifah read "We had him", a poem written for the occasion by Maya Angelou.[239] The Reverend Al Sharpton received a standing ovation with cheers when he told Jackson's children, "Wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with. But he dealt with it anyway."[240] Jackson's 11-year-old daughter, Paris Katherine, cried as she told the crowd, "Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine ... I just wanted to say I love him ... so much."[166] Reverend Lucious Smith provided a closing prayer.[241] On August 24, several news outlets quoted anonymous sources as stating that the Los Angeles coroner had decided to treat Jackson's death as a homicide; this was later confirmed by the coroner on August 28.[242][243] At the time of death, Jackson had been administered propofol, lorazepam and midazolam.[244] Law enforcement officials conducted a manslaughter investigation of his personal physician, Conrad Murray.[245] On February 8, 2010, Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter by prosecutors in Los Angeles.[246] Jackson was entombed on September 3, 2009, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[247]
On June 25, 2010, the first anniversary of Jackson's death, fans traveled to Los Angeles to pay their tribute to him. They visited Jackson’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his family’s home, as well as Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Many of the fans were carrying sunflowers and other tribute items to drop off at the sites. Members of the Jackson family and close friends arrived to pay their respects.[248][249] Katherine returned to Gary, Indiana to unveil a granite monument constructed in the front yard of the family home. The memorial continued with a candlelight vigil and a special performance of "We Are the World".[250][251] On June 26, there was a protest march in front of the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Division at the old Parker Center building and a petition with thousands of signatures demanding justice was delivered.[252][253] The Jackson Family Foundation in conjunction with Voiceplate presented "Forever Michael", an event bringing together Jackson family members, celebrities, fans, supporters and the community to celebrate and honor his legacy. A portion of the proceeds were presented to some of Jackson's favorite charities. Katherine also introduced her new book "Never Can Say Goodbye".[254][255][256]
Death aftermath[link]
After his death, Jackson became the best-selling albums artist of 2009. In the United States selling over 8.2 million albums and a total of 35 million albums worldwide in the 12 months that followed his death.[257][258] Following this surge in sales, Sony announced that they had extended their relationship with his material. The distribution rights held by Sony Music were due to expire in 2015.[259] On March 16, 2010, Sony Music Entertainment, in a move spearheaded by its Columbia/Epic Label Group division, signed a new deal with the Jackson estate to extend their distribution rights to his back catalogue until at least 2017, as well as to obtain permission to release ten new albums with previously unreleased material and new collections of released work. On November 4, 2010 Sony announced the release of Michael, the first posthumous album set to be released on December 14, with the promotional single released to the radios on November 8, titled "Breaking News".[260] The deal was unprecedented in the music industry as it is the most expensive music contract pertaining to a single artist in history; it reportedly involved Sony Music paying $250 million for the deal, with the Jackson estate getting the full sum as well as its share of royalties for all works released.[259][261] Video game developer Ubisoft announced it would release a new dancing-and-singing game featuring Michael Jackson for the 2010 holiday season. The game titled Michael Jackson: The Experience will be among the first to use Kinect and PlayStation Move, the respective motion-detecting camera systems for Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 due out later that year.[262]
On November 3, 2010, the theatrical performing company Cirque du Soleil announced that it would launch "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour" in October 2011 in Montreal, while a permanent show will reside in Las Vegas.[263] The 90-minute US$57M production will combine Jackson's iconic musical oeuvre and choreography with the Cirque's signature artistry, dance and aerial displays involving 65 artists.[264] The tour was written and directed by Jamie King[265] and centers on Jackson's "inspirational Giving Tree – the wellspring of creativity where his love of music and dance, fairy tale and magic, and the fragile beauty of nature are unlocked."[266] On October 3, 2011, the accompanying compilation soundtrack album Immortal was announced to have over 40 Jackson’s original recordings re-produced by Kevin Antunes.[267]
In April 2011, Jackson's longtime friend and billionaire businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, chairman of Fulham F.C., unveiled a statue of Jackson outside the club's stadium, Craven Cottage.[268] Fulham fans were however bemused by the statue and failed to understand the relevance of Jackson to the club.[269] Al Fayed however defended the statue and told the fans to 'go to hell' if they didn't appreciate the statue.[270]
Artistry[link]
Influences[link]
Jackson's music took root in R&B, pop and soul. He had been influenced by the work of contemporary musicians such as Little Richard, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Diana Ross, David Ruffin, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis, Jr., The Isley Brothers, the Bee Gees and the West Side Story dancers, to whom he made a tribute in "Beat It" and in the "Bad" video.[271] According to David Winters, who met and befriended Jackson while choreographing the 1971 Diana Ross TV Special "Diana!", (which was also Jackson's first solo debut outside of The Jackson 5), Jackson watched West Side Story almost every week and it was his favorite film.[272][273][274] While Little Richard had a substantial influence on Jackson,[275][276] James Brown was Jackson's greatest inspiration. In reference to Brown, Jackson declared: "Ever since I was a small child, no more than like six years old, my mother would wake me no matter what time it was, if I was sleeping, no matter what I was doing, to watch the television to see the master at work. And when I saw him move, I was mesmerized. I had never seen a performer perform like James Brown, and right then and there I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my life because of James Brown."[277]
The young Michael Jackson owed his vocal technique in large part to Diana Ross. Not only a mother figure to him, she was often observed in rehearsal as an accomplished performer. He later expressed: "I got to know her well. She taught me so much. I used to just sit in the corner and watch the way she moved. She was art in motion. I studied the way she moved, the way she sang – just the way she was." He told her: "I want to be just like you, Diana." She said: "You just be yourself."[278] But Jackson owed part of his enduring style—especially his use of the oooh interjection—to Ross. From a young age, Jackson often punctuated his verses with a sudden exclamation of oooh. Diana Ross had used this effect on many of the songs recorded with The Supremes.[279]
Musical themes and genres[link]
Unlike many artists, Jackson did not write his songs on paper. Instead he would dictate into a sound recorder, and when recording he would sing the lyrics from memory.[280] In most of his songs, such as "Billie Jean", "Who Is It", and "Tabloid Junkie", he would beatbox and imitate the instruments using his voice instead of playing the actual instruments, along with other sounds. Jackson noted that it is easier to sing a drum line, or sing a bass, instead of playing a drum line or a bass with an instrument. Several critics have said that Jackson's distinct voice was able to replace any instrument convincingly. Steve Huey of Allmusic said that, throughout his solo career, Jackson's versatility allowed him to experiment with various themes and genres.[281] As a musician, he ranged from Motown's dance fare and ballads to techno and house-edged new jack swing to work that incorporates both funk rhythms and hard rock guitar.[18][282][283]
According to Huey, Thriller refined the strengths of Off the Wall; the dance and rock tracks were more aggressive, while the pop tunes and ballads were softer and more soulful.[281] Notable tracks included the ballads "The Lady in My Life", "Human Nature" and "The Girl Is Mine"; the funk pieces "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"; and the post-disco set "Baby Be Mine" and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)".[281][282][283][284][285] With Thriller, Christopher Connelly of Rolling Stone commented that Jackson developed his long association with the subliminal theme of paranoia and darker imagery.[285] Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted this is evident on the songs "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".[283] In "Billie Jean", Jackson sings about an obsessive fan who alleges he has fathered a child of hers.[281] In "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" he argues against gossip and the media.[285] "Beat It" decried gang violence in an homage to West Side Story, and was Jackson's first successful rock cross-over piece, according to Huey.[18][281] He also observed that the title track "Thriller" began Jackson's interest with the theme of the supernatural, a topic he revisited in subsequent years.[281] In 1985, Jackson co-wrote the charity anthem "We Are the World"; humanitarian themes later became a recurring theme in his lyrics and public persona.[281]
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One of Jackson's signature pieces, "Thriller", released as a single in 1984, utilizes cinematic sound effects, horror film motifs and vocal trickery to convey a sense of danger.[22]
A single from the album Bad, released 1988, "Smooth Criminal" features digital drum sounds, keyboard-created bass lines and other percussion elements designed to give the impression of a pulsing heart.[286]
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In Bad, Jackson's concept of the predatory lover can be seen on the rock song "Dirty Diana".[290] The lead single "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is a traditional love ballad, while "Man in the Mirror" is an anthemic ballad of confession and resolution.[78] "Smooth Criminal" was an evocation of bloody assault, rape and likely murder.[78] Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that Dangerous presents Jackson as a very paradoxical individual.[291] He comments the album is more diverse than his previous Bad, as it appeals to an urban audience while also attracting the middle class with anthems like "Heal the World".[291] The first half of the record is dedicated to new jack swing, including songs like "Jam" and "Remember the Time".[292] The album is Jackson's first where social ills become a primary theme; "Why You Wanna Trip on Me", for example, protests against world hunger, AIDS, homelessness and drugs.[292] Dangerous contains sexually charged efforts such as the multifaceted love song, "In the Closet".[292] The title track continues the theme of the predatory lover and compulsive desire.[292] The second half includes introspective, pop-gospel anthems such as "Will You Be There", "Heal the World" and "Keep the Faith"; these songs show Jackson opening up about various personal struggles and worries.[292] In the ballad "Gone Too Soon", Jackson gives tribute to his friend Ryan White and the plight of those with AIDS.[293]
HIStory creates an atmosphere of paranoia.[294] Its content focuses on the hardships and public struggles Jackson went through just prior to its production. In the new jack swing-funk-rock efforts "Scream" and "Tabloid Junkie", along with the R&B ballad "You Are Not Alone", Jackson retaliates against the injustice and isolation he feels, and directs much of his anger at the media.[295] In the introspective ballad "Stranger in Moscow", Jackson laments over his "fall from grace", while songs like "Earth Song", "Childhood", "Little Susie" and "Smile" are all operatic pop pieces.[294][295] In the track "D.S.", Jackson launched a verbal attack against Tom Sneddon. He describes Sneddon as an antisocial, white supremacist who wanted to "get my ass, dead or alive". Of the song, Sneddon said, "I have not—shall we say—done him the honor of listening to it, but I've been told that it ends with the sound of a gunshot".[296] Invincible found Jackson working heavily with producer Rodney Jerkins.[281] It is a record made up of urban soul like "Cry" and "The Lost Children", ballads such as "Speechless", "Break of Dawn" and "Butterflies" and mixes hip-hop, pop and R&B in "2000 Watts", "Heartbreaker" and "Invincible".[297][298]
Vocal style[link]
Jackson sang from childhood, and over time his voice and vocal style changed noticeably. Between 1971 and 1975, Jackson's voice descended from boy soprano to high tenor.[299] His vocal range as an adult was F2-E♭6. Jackson first used a technique called the "vocal hiccup" in 1973, starting with the song "It's Too Late to Change the Time" from The Jackson 5's G.I.T.: Get It Together album.[300] Jackson did not use the hiccup technique— somewhat like a gulping for air or gasping— fully until the recording of Off the Wall: it can be seen in full force in the "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" promotional video.[20] With the arrival of Off the Wall in the late 1970s, Jackson's abilities as a vocalist were well regarded. At the time, Rolling Stone compared his vocals to the "breathless, dreamy stutter" of Stevie Wonder. Their analysis was also that "Jackson's feathery-timbred tenor is extraordinarily beautiful. It slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very daringly".[301][302] 1982 saw the release of Thriller, and Rolling Stone was of the opinion that Jackson was then singing in a "fully adult voice" that was "tinged by sadness".[285]
A distinctive deliberate mispronunciation of "come on", used frequently by Jackson, occasionally spelled "cha'mone" or "shamone", is also a staple in impressions and caricatures of him.[303] The turn of the 1990s saw the release of the introspective album Dangerous. The New York Times noted that on some tracks, "he gulps for breath, his voice quivers with anxiety or drops to a desperate whisper, hissing through clenched teeth" and he had a "wretched tone".[292] When singing of brotherhood or self-esteem the musician would return to "smooth" vocals.[292] When commenting on Invincible, Rolling Stone were of the opinion that—at the age of 43—Jackson still performed "exquisitely voiced rhythm tracks and vibrating vocal harmonies".[304] Nelson George summed up Jackson's vocals by stating "The grace, the aggression, the growling, the natural boyishness, the falsetto, the smoothness—that combination of elements mark him as a major vocalist".[286]
Music videos and choreography[link]
Jackson has also been referred to as the King of Music Videos,[305] Steve Huey of Allmusic observed how Jackson transformed the music video into an art form and a promotional tool through complex story lines, dance routines, special effects and famous cameo appearances; simultaneously breaking down racial barriers.[281] Before Thriller, Jackson struggled to receive coverage on MTV, allegedly because he was African American.[306] Pressure from CBS Records persuaded MTV to start showing "Billie Jean" and later "Beat It", leading to a lengthy partnership with Jackson, also helping other black music artists gain recognition.[307] MTV employees deny any racism in their coverage, or pressure to change their stance. MTV maintains that they played rock music, regardless of race.[308] The popularity of his videos on MTV helped to put the relatively young channel "on the map"; MTV's focus shifted in favor of pop and R&B.[309][307] His performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever changed the scope of live stage show; "That Jackson lip-synced 'Billie Jean' is, in itself, not extraordinary, but the fact that it did not change the impact of the performance is extraordinary; whether the performance was live or lip-synced made no difference to the audience" thus creating an era in which artists re-create the spectacle of music video imagery on stage.[310] Short films like Thriller largely remained unique to Jackson, while the group dance sequence in "Beat It" has frequently been imitated.[311] The choreography in Thriller has become a part of global pop culture, replicated everywhere from Indian films to prisons in the Philippines.[312] The Thriller short film marked an increase in scale for music videos, and has been named the most successful music video ever by the Guinness World Records.[99]
In the 19-minute music video for "Bad"—directed by Martin Scorsese—Jackson began using sexual imagery and choreography not previously seen in his work. He occasionally grabbed or touched his chest, torso and crotch. When asked by Oprah in the 1993 interview about why he grabbed his crotch, he replied, "I think it happens subliminally" and he described it as something that was not planned, but rather, as something that was compelled by the music. "Bad" garnered a mixed reception from both fans and critics; Time magazine described it as "infamous". The video also featured Wesley Snipes; in the future Jackson's videos would often feature famous cameo roles.[71][313] For "Smooth Criminal", Jackson experimented with an innovative "anti-gravity lean" in his performances. The maneuver required special shoes for which he was granted U.S. Patent No. 5,255,452.[314] Although the music video for "Leave Me Alone" was not officially released in the US, in 1989, it was nominated for three Billboard Music Video Awards;[315] the same year it won a Golden Lion Award for the quality of the special effects used in its production. In 1990, "Leave Me Alone" won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form.[97]
He received the MTV Video Vanguard Award in 1988 and the MTV Video Vanguard Artist of the Decade Award in 1990 to celebrate his accomplishments in the art form in the 1980s; in 1991 the first award was renamed in his honor.[114] "Black or White" was accompanied by a controversial music video, which, on November 14, 1991, simultaneously premiered in 27 countries with an estimated audience of 500 million people, the largest viewing ever for a music video.[113] It featured scenes construed as having a sexual nature as well as depictions of violence. The offending scenes in the final half of the 14-minute version were edited out to prevent the video from being banned, and Jackson apologized.[316] Along with Jackson, it featured Macaulay Culkin, Peggy Lipton and George Wendt. It helped usher in morphing as an important technology in music videos.[317]
"Remember the Time" was an elaborate production, and became one of his longest videos at over nine minutes. Set in ancient Egypt, it featured groundbreaking visual effects and appearances by Eddie Murphy, Iman and Magic Johnson, along with a distinct complex dance routine.[318] The video for "In the Closet" was Jackson's most sexually provocative piece. It featured supermodel Naomi Campbell in a courtship dance with Jackson. The video was banned in South Africa because of its imagery.[114]
The music video for "Scream", directed by Mark Romanek and production designer Tom Foden, is one of Jackson's most critically acclaimed. In 1995, it gained 11 MTV Video Music Award Nominations—more than any other music video—and won "Best Dance Video", "Best Choreography", and "Best Art Direction".[319] The song and its accompanying video are a response to the backlash Jackson received from the media after being accused of child molestation in 1993.[320] A year later, it won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form; shortly afterwards Guinness World Records listed it as the most expensive music video ever made at a cost of $7 million.[151][321]
"Earth Song" was accompanied by an expensive and well-received music video that gained a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, Short Form in 1997. The video had an environmental theme, showing images of animal cruelty, deforestation, pollution and war. Using special effects, time is reversed so that life returns, wars end, and the forests re-grow.[151][322] Released in 1997 and premiering at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, Michael Jackson's Ghosts was a short film written by Jackson and Stephen King and directed by Stan Winston. The video for Ghosts is over 38 minutes long and holds the Guinness World Record as the world's longest music video.[151][160][323][324]
Legacy and influence[link]
Jackson throughout his career transformed the art of the music video and paved the way for modern pop music. Daily Telegraph writer Tom Utley described Jackson in 2003 as "extremely important" and a "genius".[239] For much of his career, he had an "unparalleled" level of worldwide influence over the younger generation through his musical and humanitarian contributions.[153] Jackson's music and videos, such as Thriller, fostered racial diversity in MTV's roster, helped to put the relatively new channel into public awareness, and steered the channel's focus from rock to pop music and R&B, shaping the channel into a form that proved enduring. Jackson's work continues to influence numerous hip hop, rock, pop and R&B artists, including Patrick Stump,[325] Jennifer Lopez,[326] Beyoncé,[327] Mariah Carey,[328] Mýa,[329] Usher,[330] Adam Lambert,[331] Green Day,[332] Justin Timberlake,[333] Britney Spears,[334] Madonna,[335] Alien Ant Farm[164] and Ludacris, among others.[336]
Allmusic's Steve Huey describes Jackson as "an unstoppable juggernaut, possessed of all the skills to dominate the charts seemingly at will: an instantly identifiable voice, eye-popping dance moves, stunning musical versatility and loads of sheer star power".[281] In the mid-1980s, Time magazine's pop music critic, Jay Cocks, noted "Jackson is the biggest thing since The Beatles. He is the hottest single phenomenon since Elvis Presley. He just may be the most popular black singer ever".[40] In 1990, Vanity Fair cited Jackson as the most popular artist in the history of show business.[97] In 2007, Jackson said, "Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it, my music, I know I will live forever."[337]
Shortly after Jackson's death, on June 25, 2009, MTV briefly returned to its original music video format to celebrate and pay tribute to his work.[338] The channel aired many hours of Jackson's music videos, accompanied by live news specials featuring reactions from MTV personalities and other celebrities. The temporary shift in MTV's programming culminated the following week in the channel's live coverage of Jackson's memorial service.[339] At the memorial service on July 7, 2009, founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy proclaimed Jackson as "the greatest entertainer that ever lived".[340][341][342]
In 2010, two university librarians found that Jackson's influence extended into academia, and was detectable in scholarly literature pertaining to a range of subject matter.[343][344] The two researchers combed through various scholars' writings, and compiled an annotated bibliography of those writings that appeared to meet at least one of several criteria. Among these criteria were appearance in a peer-reviewed journal, and the provision of insight into the nature of "popular icons including Jackson".[345] The bibliography located references to Jackson in research reports concerning music, popular culture, and an array of other topics. The bibliographers identified as their most peculiar finding an argument that certain aspects of chemistry can be effectively taught by altering and imitating elements of Jackson's singing.[346] One of the research librarians later reflected that "the fact that someone would take a Michael Jackson song and co-opt it as a means to convey chemistry concepts just shows the pervasiveness of Jackson's influence".[343]
Honors and awards[link]
Michael Jackson was inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1980 as member of The Jacksons and in 1984 as solo artist. Throughout his career he received numerous honors and awards, including the World Music Awards' Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium, the American Music Award's Artist of the Century Award and the Bambi Pop Artist of the Millennium Award.[165][347] He was a double-inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, once as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1997 and later as a solo artist in 2001. Jackson was also inducted in several other hall of fames, including Vocal Group Hall of Fame (as The Jackson 5 member) in 1999, Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002 and Hit Parade Hall of Fame (with his brothers) in 2009.[165][348] In 2010, Jackson was inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and rock 'n' roll.[349] His awards include many Guinness World Records (eight in 2006 alone),[350] 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), 26 American Music Awards (24 only as a solo artist, including the "Artist of the Century", but not the poll of "Artist of the '80s")—more than any artist—, 13 number one singles in the US in his solo career—more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era[351]—and estimated sales of up to 750 million records worldwide, making him the world's best selling male solo pop artist.[32][99][113][163][215][216][352][353][354][355][356] On December 29, 2009, the American Film Institute recognized Jackson's death as a "moment of significance" saying, "Michael Jackson's sudden death in June at age 50 was notable for the worldwide outpouring of grief and the unprecedented global eulogy of his posthumous concert rehearsal movie This Is It."[357] Michael Jackson also received a Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from the United Negro College Fund[358] and also an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Fisk University.[359]
Lifetime earnings[link]
His total lifetime earnings from royalties on his solo recordings and music videos, revenue from concerts and endorsements have been estimated at US$500 million; some analysts have speculated that his music catalog holdings could be worth billions of dollars.[98][360] This speculation however is contradicted by financial documents obtained by the Associated Press, which showed that as of March 31, 2007, Jackson's 50 percent stake in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog (his most prized asset) was worth $390.6 million and Michael Jackson's net worth was $236 million.[361] Billboard has estimated that Jackson has generated at least $1 billion in revenue in the year following his death.[362]
Discography[link]
Main articles: Michael Jackson albums discography, Michael Jackson singles discography, and Michael Jackson videography
See also: Jackson 5 discography
- Got to Be There (1972)
- Ben (1972)
- Music & Me (1973)
- Forever, Michael (1975)
- Off the Wall (1979)
- Thriller (1982)
- Bad (1987)
- Dangerous (1991)
- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
- Invincible (2001)
Filmography[link]
Main article: Michael Jackson videography
| Year | Film | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Wiz[363] | Scarecrow | Lumet, SidneySidney Lumet |
| 1986 | Captain EO[364] | Captain EO | Coppola, Francis FordFrancis Ford Coppola |
| 1988 | Moonwalker[365] | Himself | Kramer, JerryJerry Kramer |
| 1997 | Michael Jackson's Ghosts[366] | Maestro/Mayor/Ghoul/Skeleton | Winston, StanStan Winston |
| 2002 | Men in Black II[367] | Agent M (cameo) | Sonnenfeld, BarryBarry Sonnenfeld |
| 2004 | Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls[368] | Agent MJ (cameo) | Stoller, Bryan MichaelBryan Michael Stoller |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson's This Is It[369] | Himself | Ortega, KennyKenny Ortega |
Tours[link]
- Bad World Tour (1987–89)
- Dangerous World Tour (1992–93)
- HIStory World Tour (1996–97)
- This Is It (2009–10) (cancelled)
See also[link]
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- Honorific nicknames in popular music
- Michael Jackson-related games
- List of awards received by Michael Jackson
- List of best-selling albums
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of best-selling music artists in the United States
- List of most expensive music videos
- List of unreleased Michael Jackson material
- List of cover versions of Michael Jackson songs
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- Grant, Adrian (1994, 1997, 2002 and 2005). Michael Jackson: The Visual Documentary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-432-2.
- Jackson, Michael (2006). My World, The Official Photobook, Vol. 1. Triumph International. ISBN 0-9768891-1-0.
- Jones, Bob (2005). Michael Jackson: The Man Behind the Mask. Select Books Inc. ISBN 1-59079-072-3. http://books.google.ca/books?id=8j4ILUllObsC&lpg=PP1&dq=Michael%20Jackson%3A%20The%20Man%20Behind%20the%20Mask&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
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| Alternative names | Jackson, Michael Joe; Jackson, Michael J. |
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| Date of birth | August 29, 1958 |
| Place of birth | Gary, Indiana, United States |
| Date of death | June 25, 2009 |
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| Matt Damon | |
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 Damon in 2009 |
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| Born | Matthew Paige Damon (1970-10-08) October 8, 1970 (age 41) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (Dropped out) |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse | Luciana Barroso (m. 2005–present) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay |
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, screenwriter, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting (1997) from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck. The pair won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for their work. Damon alone received multiple Best Actor nominations, including an Academy Award for his lead performance in the film.
Damon has since starred in commercially successful films such as Saving Private Ryan (1998), the Ocean's trilogy, and the Bourne series, while also gaining critical acclaim for his performances in dramas such as Syriana (2005), The Good Shepherd (2006), and The Departed (2006). He garnered a Golden Globe nomination for portraying the title character in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Invictus (2009). He is one of the top 40 highest grossing actors of all time. In 2007, Damon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine. Damon has been actively involved in charitable work, including the ONE Campaign, H2O Africa Foundation, and Water.org.
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Early life[link]
Matt Damon was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Kent Telfer Damon, a stockbroker, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, an early childhood education professor at Lesley University.[1][2] Damon is of Scottish, English, Finnish, and Swedish ancestry.[3] He has a brother, Kyle, who is an accomplished sculptor and artist.[2][4] He and his family moved to Newton and lived there for two years. After his parents divorced, Damon and his brother moved with their mother back to Cambridge,[2][5] where they lived in a six-family communal house.[6][7] Damon grew up near actor Ben Affleck, a close friend since childhood and collaborator on several films. (Damon is Affleck's tenth cousin, once removed, through a common New England ancestor.)[8] Another neighbor of Damon's was historian and author Howard Zinn,[9] whose biographical film You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train and audio version of A People's History of the United States Damon later narrated.[7]
Damon took to role-playing as a child partly because his mother raised him "by the book,"[6] which made him feel as though "you couldn’t define yourself, because you already had been defined by her."[6] He attended Cambridge Alternative School (now Graham & Parks) and then Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, where he was a disciplined student[10] but had a "terrifying" first two years due to his short height at the time.[11] As a lonely adolescent, Damon has described feeling "such pain in wanting to belong somewhere and not belonging."[6] Damon performed as an actor in several high school theater productions;[2] he has credited his drama teacher at Rindge and Latin, Gerry Speca, as an important artistic influence, even though Damon recalls that, "Mr. Speca always seemed to trust Ben [Affleck] with the biggest roles and longest speeches."[10]
Damon attended Harvard University from 1988 to 1992 but did not graduate.[12] While at Harvard, he studied English and lived in Lowell House. He took part in student theater,[13] appearing in plays such as Burn This in Winthrop House and A... My Name is Alice (in one of the three male roles usually performed by women).[14] Damon dropped out of the university to pursue his acting career in Los Angeles because he mistakenly expected Geronimo: An American Legend to become a big success.[15] "By the time I figured out I had made the wrong decision, it was too late. I was living out here with a bunch of actors, and we were all scrambling to make ends meet," Damon has said.[16]
Acting career[link]
Early years[link]
Damon made his film debut in 1988 when he was eighteen, with a single line of dialogue in the romantic comedy Mystic Pizza.[17] As a student at Harvard University, he continued to pursue acting and performed small roles in projects such as the TNT original film Rising Son and the ensemble prep-school drama School Ties.[18] In 1992, he landed a big part in Geronimo: An American Legend with Gene Hackman and Jason Patric.[18] Four years later, he auditioned for a small role in Cutthroat Island, but was turned away.[19] Damon next appeared as an opiate-addicted soldier in 1996's Courage Under Fire. He was required to lose 40 pounds (18 kg) in 100 days (for only two days of filming).[20][21] After following a self-prescribed diet and fitness regimen to lose the weight, Damon was told after filming that he was fortunate his heart did not shrink. He took medication for several years afterwards to correct the stress inflicted on his adrenal gland. Courage Under Fire gained him some critical notice, as The Washington Post labeled his performance "impressive";[22] Damon has stated that it was worthwhile to risk his health in order to properly portray his character and show the industry how committed he was to his work as an actor.[17][21]
Breakthrough[link]
During the early 1990s, Damon and Affleck wrote a screenplay about a young math genius, which they then pitched around Hollywood for a long time. Receiving advice from director Rob Reiner, screenwriter William Goldman, and their friend writer/director Kevin Smith, the two made changes to the script.[15] The script eventually became Good Will Hunting (1997), and received nine Academy Awards nominations, earning Damon and Affleck Oscars for Best Original Screenplay.[23][24] Damon was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the same film, which also netted an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for co-star Robin Williams.[23] He and Affleck were each paid salaries of $600,000, while the film grossed over $225 million at the worldwide box office.[25][26] The two later parodied their roles from the film in Kevin Smith's 2001 movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Also in 1997, Damon was the lead in the critically acclaimed drama The Rainmaker, where he was recognized by the Los Angeles Times as "a talented young actor on the brink of stardom."[27] After meeting Damon on the set of Good Will Hunting, director Steven Spielberg cast Damon as the titular character in the 1998 World War II film Saving Private Ryan.[15]
Hollywood star[link]
Damon has become known for choosing a wide variety of film roles,[28] from his portrayal of Patricia Highsmith's anti-hero Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)[17] to a fallen angel who discusses pop culture as intellectual subject matter with Affleck in Dogma (1999); from a conjoined twin in Stuck on You (2003), which got a mixed critical reception,[29] to the low budget experimental film Gerry (2002), which he co-wrote with Casey Affleck and Gus Van Sant. Damon garnered generally positive critical reaction for his Golden Globe-nominated[30] portrayal of Ripley, with Variety stating, "Damon outstandingly conveys his character's slide from innocent enthusiasm into cold calculation."[31]
Damon's attempts at essaying leading characters in romantic dramas such as 2000's All the Pretty Horses and The Legend of Bagger Vance were commercially and critically unsuccessful.[25] Variety said of his work in All the Pretty Horses: "[Damon] just doesn't quite seem like a young man who's spent his life amidst the dust and dung of a Texas cattle ranch. Nor does he strike any sparks with [Penelope] Cruz."[32] He was similarly deemed "uncomfortable being the center" of Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance.[33]
From 2001 to 2007, Damon gained wider international recognition as part of two major film franchises. He co-starred as thief Linus Caldwell, alongside George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts, in Steven Soderbergh's 2001 remake of the Rat Pack's 1960 caper film Ocean's 11; the successful crime dramedy spawned two sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).[17] He played amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in the hit action thrillers The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).[17] Entertainment Weekly placed Damon as an "action star" on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "When he first signed on as the ass-kicking amnesiac Jason Bourne in 2002, no one would've predicted that Damon would become the decade's best mixer of brawn and brains. Shows what we know."[34] In August 2007, financial magazine Forbes created a list of actors who generated the best box office performance related to their salaries; the list placed Damon as the most bankable star of the actors reviewed, revealing that Damon had averaged USD29 at the box office for every dollar he earned for his last three films.[35][36]
Damon played a fictionalized version of Wilhelm Grimm in Terry Gilliam's fantasy adventure The Brothers Grimm (2005), which was a critically panned commercial failure;[25] The Washington Post concluded, "Damon, constantly flashing his newscaster's teeth and flaunting a fake, 'Masterpiece Theatre' dialect, comes across like someone who got lost on the way to an audition for a high school production of 'The Pirates of Penzance.'"[37] Later that year, he appeared as an energy analyst in Syriana.[38] In 2006, Damon joined Robert De Niro in The Good Shepherd as a career CIA officer, and played an undercover mobster working for the Massachusetts State Police in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, a remake of the Hong Kong police thriller Infernal Affairs.[17] Assessing his work in the two films, Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote that Damon "does what few stars with his kind of billing do: he disappears."[28] The Departed was a success amongst critics and audiences alike.[25][39]
Damon had an uncredited cameo in Francis Ford Coppola's Youth Without Youth (2007) and another cameo in the 2008 Che Guevara biopic Che. He lent his voice to the English version of the animated film Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, which was released in the United States in August 2009.[40] He also made a guest appearance in 2009 on the sixth season finale of Entourage as himself, where he tries to pressure Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) into donating to his charity OneXOne — a real foundation for which Damon is an ambassador — and gets increasingly irritated when Chase does not seem to comply.[41][42]
Damon next appeared in Steven Soderbergh's dark comedy, The Informant! (2009),[43] in which his Golden Globe-nominated work was described by Entertainment Weekly as such: "The star – who has quietly and steadily turned into a great Everyman actor – is in nimble control as he reveals his character's deep crazies."[44] Also in 2009, Damon portrayed South Africa national rugby union team captain François Pienaar in the Clint Eastwood-directed film Invictus, which is based on the 2008 John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation and features Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.[45] Invictus earned Damon an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The New Republic observed, "It is not a demanding role, but the ever-more-actorly Damon brings it off with low-key charm and integrity."[46]
In 2010, Damon re-teamed with director Paul Greengrass, who directed him in the Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum, for the action thriller Green Zone, which flopped commercially[47] and received ambivalent reception from critics.[48]
In motion pictures that feature him either as a leading actor or as a supporting co-star, his films have grossed a total of U.S.$1.94[49] to U.S.$2.42 billion[50] (based on counting his roles as strictly lead or including supporting roles, respectively) at the North American box office, placing him in the top forty grossing actors of all time.
He has appeared as a guest star in an episode of Arthur, titled "The Making of Arthur", as himself.[51] During Season 5 of 30 Rock, he appeared as guest star in the role of Liz Lemon's boyfriend in the episodes "I Do I Do", "The Fabian Strategy", "Live Show", and "Double Edged Sword".
Damon's 2010 projects included Clint Eastwood's Hereafter and the Coen Brothers' remake of the 1969 John Wayne-starring Western True Grit; the latter movie started filming in March 2010 and was released in December of that year.[52]
In 2011, he starred in The Adjustment Bureau, Contagion, and We Bought a Zoo.
Upcoming films[link]
Damon will next work with frequent collaborator Steven Soderbergh on a project as Liberace's longtime partner, Scott Thorsen, opposite Michael Douglas in an upcoming film centered on the pianist's life.[53] He will also star in Elysium. He will shoot Promised Land, directed by Gus Van Sant, in April 2012, which he co-wrote with John Krasinski.[54]
Producing career[link]
Along with Affleck and producers Chris Moore and Sean Bailey, Damon founded the production company LivePlanet, through which the four created the documentary series Project Greenlight to find and fund worthwhile film projects from novice filmmakers.[55] The company produced and founded the short-lived mystery-hybrid series Push, Nevada, among other projects. Project Greenlight was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program in 2002, 2004, and 2005.[15]
In March 2010, Damon and Affleck teamed up again to sign a first-look production deal with Warner Bros.[56]
Humanitarian work[link]
Damon was the founder of H2O Africa Foundation, the charitable arm of the Running the Sahara expedition,[15][57] which merged with WaterPartners to create Water.org in July 2009.[58] He, along with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, and Jerry Weintraub, is one of the founders of Not On Our Watch, an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities such as in Darfur.[59] Damon supports the ONE Campaign, which is aimed at fighting AIDS and poverty in Third World countries. He has appeared in their print and television advertising. Damon is also an ambassador for OneXOne, a non-profit foundation committed to supporting, preserving and improving the lives of children at home in Canada, the United States, and around the world.[60] Damon is also a spokesperson for Feeding America, the largest USA-focused hunger-relief organization, and a member of their Entertainment Council, participating in their Ad Council PSAs.
Damon is a board member of Tonic Mailstopper (formerly GreenDimes), a company that attempts to halt junk mail delivered to American homes each day.[61] Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 20, 2007, Damon promoted the organization's efforts to prevent the trees used for junk mail letters and envelopes from being chopped down. Damon stated: "For an estimated dime a day they can stop 70 percent of the junk mail that comes to your house. It's very simple, easy to do, great gift to give, I've actually signed up my entire family. It was a gift given to me this past holiday season and I was so impressed that I'm now on the board of the company."[62]
In 2011, the documentary which he narrated, American Teacher, opened in New York prior to national screening.[63]
In the media[link]
Kimmel and Damon[link]
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel at some point started stating near the end of his ABC television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, "My apologies to Matt Damon; we ran out of time." The line is a gag lampooning instances where shows cannot feature their last guest due to time constraints. On September 12, 2006, after a segment highlighting the running gag and a lengthy introduction by Kimmel, Damon finally appeared on the show, only for Kimmel to apologetically cut his interview and head to credits, as Damon cursed him. This encounter was entirely planned by Kimmel and Damon.[64]
Kimmel's girlfriend at the time, comedian Sarah Silverman, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on January 31, 2008 and aired a clip where she is singing a song entitled "I'm Fucking Matt Damon." Damon appeared in the song with Silverman.[65] Kimmel responded by airing his own music video in which he announced, through song, that he is "fucking Ben Affleck." The video aired on February 24, 2008, and featured Affleck along with a host of celebrities, including Don Cheadle, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Harrison Ford, and Robin Williams.
Later on, Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon as he cursed about Kimmel being behind all this.
The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with other "Handsome Men" including Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe and Lenny Kravitz. At the end of the skit Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by Damon stating that they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh.[66]
Political views[link]
Damon appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews in December 2006 and, while discussing the ongoing war in Iraq, he stated: "It seems like we have a fighting class in our country that's comprised of people who have to go for financial reasons... I don't think that that is fair. If you're gonna send people to war... then that needs to be shared by everybody, you know, and if the president has daughters who are of age then maybe they should go too."[67]
On September 10, 2008, a video was released on YouTube by the Associated Press in which Damon commented on the Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whom he viewed unready to lead the country in case John McCain were to not make it through his first term. Damon referred to Palin as a "...bad Disney movie... 'I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska here to take on the White House,'" and added, "It's absurd ... I need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. Because she’s gonna have the nuclear codes."[68]
Damon narrated the audiobook version of historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, published in 2003.[69] Zinn had been his next-door neighbor growing up in Cambridge.
Advertizing[link]
In January 2012 it was announced that Damon had signed a multi-year deal to be the voice of TD Ameritrade advertisements, replacing Sam Waterston as the discount brokerage's spokesman. Damon provides all fees from the advertisements to charity.[70]
Personal life[link]
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Damon dated his Good Will Hunting co-star Minnie Driver.[71] He later had a two-year relationship with actress Winona Ryder.[17] From 2001 to 2003, he dated Odessa Whitmire, a former personal assistant of Billy Bob Thornton and Ben Affleck.[17] While filming Stuck on You in 2003,[72] Damon met Argentine-born Luciana Bozán Barroso (born 1976) in Miami, where she was working as a bartender.[73] They married in a private civil ceremony on December 9, 2005, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau near New York City Hall.[73] Damon became stepfather to Barroso's young daughter, Alexia, from her previous marriage. The couple's first child together, daughter Isabella, was born on June 11, 2006.[74] On August 20, 2008, Barroso gave birth to the couple's second child, Gia Zavala Damon, both girls born in Miami, Florida.[75] On October 20, 2010, Barroso gave birth to their third daughter, Stella Zavala Damon, in New York.[76] As of 2011, Damon and his family reside in Manhattan.[56]
Damon is a fan of the Boston Red Sox.[77] After the team won the 2007 World Series, he narrated the commemorative DVD release of the event.[78]
Damon enjoys playing poker and has competed in several World Series of Poker (WSOP) events[79][80] including the 2010 World Series of Poker main event.[81] He dropped $25,000 at the WSOP while researching his role as a professional poker player in Rounders (1998)[82] and after filming the movie Damon was busted out of the 1998 WSOP by poker professional Doyle Brunson.[83]
Awards and honors[link]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Matt Damon
- Damon won multiple awards for Good Will Hunting, a film he co-wrote with Ben Affleck. He was nominated for the Academy Award as "Best Actor in a Leading Role" and won for "Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen".[23][24]
- On July 25, 2007, Damon became the 2,343rd person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[84] He reacted to the award by stating: "A few times in my life I've had these experiences that are just kind of too big to process and this looks like it's going to be one of those times."[85]
- Damon has been nominated for four Screen Actors Guild awards and seven MTV Movie Awards for various films. Additionally, he has three Emmy nominations for his work as producer on three seasons of Project Greenlight.[86]
- Damon was named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2007.[87]
- Damon won 'Best Ass-Kicker' and 'Guy of the Year' at the Spike Guys' Choice Awards of 2008.[88]
- On March 27, 2010, Damon received the 24th Annual American Cinematheque Award, which was presented to him by Ben Affleck at a ceremony comprising roasts from Damon's colleagues and friends in the entertainment industry.[89]
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Mystic Pizza | Steamer | |
| 1988 | Good Mother, TheThe Good Mother | Extra | |
| 1989 | Field of Dreams | Fenway Park extra | |
| 1992 | School Ties | Charlie Dillon | |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | 2nd Lt. Britton Davis | |
| 1996 | Glory Daze | Edgar Pudwhacker | |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | Specialist Ilario | |
| 1997 | Good Will Hunting | Will Hunting | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (with Ben Affleck) Berlin International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Single Achievement[90] Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Artist Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Newcomer of the Year for Screenwriting (with Ben Affleck) Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Humanitas Prize for Feature Film Category (with Ben Affleck) Sierra Award for Most Promising Actor National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Special Achievement in Filmmaking (with Ben Affleck) Satellite Award for Best Screenplay (with Ben Affleck) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Original Screenplay (shared with Ben Affleck) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—London Critics Circle Film Award for Actor of the Year Nominated—London Critics Circle Film Award for Screenwriter of the Year (shared with Ben Affleck) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Minnie Driver) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Awards for Best Screenplay Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award (with Ben Affleck) |
| 1997 | Rainmaker, TheThe Rainmaker | Rudy Baylor | Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in a Drama Film Nominated—London Critics Circle Film Award for Actor of the Year |
| 1997 | Chasing Amy | Shawn Oran | Cameo |
| 1998 | Rounders | Mike McDermott | |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Private James Francis Ryan | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—London Critics Circle Film Award for Actor of the Year Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast |
| 1999 | Talented Mr. Ripley, TheThe Talented Mr. Ripley | Tom Ripley | Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in a Suspense Film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Nominated—Sierra Award for Best Actor Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance (with Jude Law and Fiorello) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liar |
| 1999 | Dogma | Loki | |
| 2000 | Finding Forrester | Steven Sanderson | Cameo |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses | John Grady Cole | Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor in a Drama or Romance Nominated—Sierra Award for Best Actor |
| 2000 | Legend of Bagger Vance, TheThe Legend of Bagger Vance | Rannulph Junuh | |
| 2000 | Titan A.E. | Cale Tucker | Voice |
| 2001 | Majestic, TheThe Majestic | Luke Trimble | Voice only |
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven | Linus Caldwell | Nominated—DVD Exclusive Award for Best Audio Commentary (with Brad Pitt and Andy Garcia) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble |
| 2001 | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Himself | Cameo |
| 2002 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Matt, bachelor #2 | Cameo |
| 2002 | Bourne Identity, TheThe Bourne Identity | Jason Bourne | |
| 2002 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Spirit | Voice Western Heritage Award for Best Motion Picture Nominated—Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie |
| 2002 | Gerry | Gerry | Also co-writer |
| 2002 | Third Wheel, TheThe Third Wheel | Kevin | Cameo |
| 2003 | Stuck on You | Bob Tenor | |
| 2004 | Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | Narrator | Voice |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve | Linus Caldwell | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast |
| 2004 | Bourne Supremacy, TheThe Bourne Supremacy | Jason Bourne | Empire Award for Best Actor Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor |
| 2004 | Jersey Girl | PR Exec #2 | Cameo |
| 2004 | EuroTrip | Donny | Cameo |
| 2005 | Syriana | Bryan Woodman | |
| 2005 | Brothers Grimm, TheThe Brothers Grimm | Will (Wilhelm) Grimm | |
| 2006 | Good Shepherd, TheThe Good Shepherd | Edward Wilson | |
| 2006 | Departed, TheThe Departed | Staff Sergeant Colin Sullivan | National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Ensemble People's Choice Award for Best On-Screen Match-Up (with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast |
| 2007 | Ocean's Thirteen | Linus Caldwell | Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry in a Movie |
| 2007 | Bourne Ultimatum, TheThe Bourne Ultimatum | Jason Bourne | Nominated—Empire Award for Best Actor Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (with Joey Ansah) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance |
| 2007 | Youth Without Youth | Ted Jones, Life Magazine Reporter | Cameo |
| 2007 | Arthur | Himself | Voice |
| 2008 | Che: Part Two | Fr. Schwarz | Cameo |
| 2009 | Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | Koichi | Voice (English version) |
| 2009 | Informant!, TheThe Informant! | Mark Whitacre | Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 2009 | Invictus | Francois Pienaar | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Himself | Also producer |
| 2010 | Green Zone | Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller | Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Actor of the Year (Also for True Grit and Hereafter) Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor |
| 2010 | 30 Rock | Carol | TV series (episodes: "I Do Do," "The Fabian Strategy," and "Live Show") Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (2011) |
| 2010 | Inside Job | Narrator | |
| 2010 | Hereafter | George Lonegan | Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Actor of the Year (Also for True Grit and Green Zone) |
| 2010 | True Grit | La Boeuf | Bronze Wrangler for Theatrical Motion Picture (shared with A.C. Lyles, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schwake, Ethan and Joel Coen, Scott Ruben, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin and Hailee Steinfeld) Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Actor of the Year (Also for Hereafter and Green Zone) Nominated — Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Ensemble Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2011 | Adjustment Bureau, TheThe Adjustment Bureau | David Norris | |
| 2011 | Contagion | Mitch Emhoff | |
| 2011 | Margaret | Aaron Caije | |
| 2011 | Happy Feet Two | Bill the Krill | Voice |
| 2011 | We Bought a Zoo | Benjamin Mee | |
| 2013 | Elysium |
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Further reading[link]
- Altman, Sheryl and Berk, Sheryl. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck: On and Off Screen. HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. ISBN 0-06-107145-5.
- Bego, Mark. Matt Damon: Chasing a Dream. Andrews Mcmeel Pub, 1998. ISBN 0-8362-7131-9.
- Diamond, Maxine and Hemmings, Harriet. Matt Damon a Biography. Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 1998. ISBN 0-671-02649-6.
- Nickson, Chris. Matt Damon: An Unauthorized Biography. Renaissance Books, 1999. ISBN 1-58063-072-3.
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| Scott Bakula | |
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 Bakula at the Hamilton Benefit on May 10, 2005. |
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| Born | Scott Stewart Bakula (1955-10-09) October 9, 1955 (age 56) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Height | 5 ft 11.75 in (1.82 m)[1] |
| Spouse | Krista Neumann (1981–1995) Chelsea Field (1996–present) |
Scott Stewart Bakula ( /ˈbækjʊlə/; born October 9, 1955) is an American actor, known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television series Quantum Leap, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 1991 and was nominated for four Emmy Awards. He also had a prominent role as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise. Bakula also guest starred in seasons two and three of NBC's Chuck as the title character's father Stephen Bartowski.
Bakula's most recent role was on Desperate Housewives as the lawyer named Trip which happened to be his chief engineer's nickname in Enterprise.
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Early life[link]
Bakula was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Sally and Stewart J. Bakula, a concert pianist/lawyer. He graduated from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri, in 1973. During high school, he was active in soccer, tennis, and theatre. Also during high school, he had the lead roles in Godspell and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at First Presbyterian Church in Kirkwood. He also played Tevye in an Independent Theatre Production of Fiddler on the Roof at Kirkwood High. Bakula attended college at the University of Kansas until his sophomore year. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta while attending the University.
Career[link]
Bakula left college to pursue acting, having been cast in the leading role in a national tour of Godspell. The tour was canceled before it began and he soon moved to New York. Shortly after, he was cast in a dinner theater production of Shenandoah in North Carolina.
In 1983, Bakula, having previously appeared as a standby, made his Broadway debut playing Joe DiMaggio in Marilyn: An American Fable. His television debut came in commercials for Canada Dry and for de-caffeinated Folgers coffee. He appeared in an off Broadway production, Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down.[2]
His performance in the Broadway musical Romance/Romance, starring him and Alison Fraser and subsequent Tony Award nomination helped Bakula win the lead role opposite Dean Stockwell in the critically acclaimed television series Quantum Leap.[3] In this science fiction series, Bakula played the time traveler Dr. Sam Beckett, who was trapped by a malfunction of his time machine to correct things gone wrong in the past.[4] His performance in this program would earn him a Golden Globe award (along with three nominations) and four Emmy nominations for Best Actor as well as five consecutive Viewers For Quality Television Awards for Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series.
In 1995, Bakula appeared on the cover of Playgirl. In 1997, Bakula voiced Danny Cat in Cats Don't Dance, a high-rated, but little-known, animated movie, singing in one number with Natalie Cole. In 1998, Bakula played the aging veteran pitcher Gus Cantrell in Major League: Back to the Minors, the final movie in the Major League trilogy. He also played Jim Olmeyer, same-sex partner of Sam Robards' Jim Berkley, in the Academy Award–winning American Beauty in 1999.
As Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise, Bakula played the captain of Earth's first long-range interstellar ship. In 2006, he reprised the role of Archer for the Star Trek Legacy PC and Xbox 360 video games as a voiceover. Bakula starred in the musical Shenandoah, a play which also provided his first professional theatrical role in 1976, at Ford's Theatre, in 2006. Bakula is heard singing "Pig Island" on Sandra Boynton's children's CD Philadelphia Chickens, which is labeled as being "For all ages except 43."
Some of Bakula's other musical appearances include the Hollywood Bowl in 1996 and 2004, Carnegie Hall, a benefit performance of Stephen Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle in 1995, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1993 and 2003, in honor of Sondheim and Carol Burnett, respectively.[citation needed] Scott Bakula said that he might be starring as Sam in a Quantum Leap film as stated in TV Guide Magazine along with Dean Stockwell. At Comic Con 2010, he announced that a script was being worked on and that while he would be in the movie, he would not be in the main role.[6]
Performances since 2008[link]
Bakula performed various songs from his career for a one-night-only performance entitled An Evening with Scott Bakula at Sidney Harman Hall on January 18, 2008, as a benefit for the restoration of the historic Ford's Theater.[7] Bakula had three appearances in 2008. He appeared as Atty. Jack Ross in an episode of Boston Legal, "Glow in the Dark", which aired on February 12, 2008 on the ABC network.[8] From March 4 - April 20 he starred as Tony Hunter in the world premiere of Dancing in the Dark at The Old Globe in San Diego, California. Dancing in the Dark is based on the 1950s movie The Band Wagon, which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.[9] Bakula appeared as the character Chris Fulbright in the five episode run of the Tracey Ullman sketch comedy series State of the Union on Showtime.
Bakula appeared in the 2009 dark comedy film The Informant! as Brian Shepard, an FBI agent working with the title character, Mark Whitacre, (played by Matt Damon).[10]
In April 2009, Bakula began a recurring role on the television series Chuck as Stephen Bartowski, the eponymous character's long lost father. From July 31 to August 2, 2009, he starred as Nathan Detroit in three performances of Guys and Dolls at Hollywood Bowl. Beginning in December 2009, Bakula began appearing as Terry, one of the three lead characters, along with Ray Romano (Joe) and Andre Braugher (Owen), in TNT's hour long comedy/drama Men of a Certain Age. In 2011, he performed a voice cameo in the film Source Code as a slight nod to his character on Quantum Leap, with his catchphrase of "Oh, boy."[11]
Also in 2011, Bakula appeared in the feature length documentary The Captains. In the film, which was written and directed by William Shatner, Bakula is interviewed by the original Star Trek captain about his life and career leading up to his performances as Captain Jonathan Archer in Star Trek: Enterprise. In the movie Shatner interviews Bakula at his ranch in California where the pair ride horses and discuss the pitfalls that come with a career in television.[12]
In September 2011, Bakula starred in Terrible Advice by Saul Rubinek at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
In April to May 2012, Bakula guest starred in the last five episodes of Desperate Housewives as Bree Van de Kamp's criminal defence lawyer and third husband three years after the series end.
Personal life[link]
Bakula married Krista Neumann in 1981; they divorced in 1995. The couple had two children, Chelsy (born 1984), Cody (born 1991 - adopted)[citation needed]. Although he and actress Chelsea Field have been together for "16 years, almost" as of December 2010, they have only been married for "a year," according to a radio interview Scott did, with Todd 'n Tyler, on December 14, 2010.[13] Scott and Chelsea have two children, Wil and Owen.
Filmography[link]
- I-Man (1986)
- Gung Ho (TV Series) (1986)[14]
- My Sister Sam (1 episode 1986)
- Designing Women (1986–1988)
- Matlock (2 episodes 1987)
- Eisenhower and Lutz (1988)
- Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
- Sibling Rivalry (1990)
- Necessary Roughness (1991)
- Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 (1993) see Air New Zealand Flight 103
- Color of Night (1994)
- A Passion to Kill (1994)
- Nowhere to Hide TV movie (1994)
- Murphy Brown (14 episodes 1994–1996)
- The Invaders (mini-series) (1995)
- Lord of Illusions (1995)
- The Bachelor's Baby CBS movie-of-the-week (1996)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996)
- Cats Don't Dance (1997)
- Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
- NetForce (1999)
- American Beauty (1999)
- Above Suspicion (2000)
- In the Name of the People (2000)
- Life as a House (2001)
- A Girl Thing (2001)
- What Girls Learn Lifetime original movie (2001)
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
- Papa's Angels (2000)
- The Trial of Old Drum (2000) – George Graham Vest
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (3 episodes, 2 in 2006, 1 in 2009)
- Blue Smoke Lifetime original movie (2007)
- American Body Shop (1 episode, 2007)
- Boston Legal (1 episode, 2008)
- State of the Union (5 episodes, 2008)
- The Informant! (2009)[15]
- Chuck (8 episodes, 2009–2010)
- Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011)
- Source Code (2011) (voice cameo)
- The Captains (2011)
- Desperate Housewives (2012) (5 episodes)
References[link]
- ^ Ryder James. "Scott Bakula - IMDb". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086883/bio. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ^ castalbumdb.com
- ^ Quantum Leap at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (November 22, 1989). "Review/Television; An Actor's 'Quantum Leap' Through Times and Roles". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/22/arts/review-television-an-actor-s-quantum-leap-through-times-and-roles.html?scp=7&sq=Quantum%20Leap&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ Mark O. Piggott (2002-02-28). "Image". Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet. http://www.news.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/020228-N-3312P-001.jpg. Retrieved 2002-05-10. "Sailors of the Year for the year 2001 meet cast members of the latest "Star Trek" television series entitled "Enterprise". Pictured here on the set of the series are (from left) Conner Trinneer, who plays Chief Engineer Charles "Trip" Tucker, III; Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Robert S. Pickering, Sailor of the Year; Personnelman 3rd Class Sarah E. Pizzo, Blue Jacket of the Year; Aviation Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Timothy J. Whittington, Junior Sailor of the Year; and Scott Bakula, who plays Capt. Jonathan Archer. The three Sailors were given the opportunity to appear in a scene during an episode which aired recently. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Mark O. Piggott. (RELEASED)"
- ^ "Scott Bakula says Quantum Leap movie is in the works". http://trekmovie.com/2010/08/07/scott-bakula-says-quantum-leap-movie-is-in-the-works.
- ^ 'An Evening with Scott Bakula' at Ford's Theatre Jan.18 (DC.BroadwayWorld.com)
- ^ Daily News Releases
- ^ Dancing in the Dark
- ^ The Informant opening
- ^ Meredith Woerner (2011-04-04). "Duncan Jones tells us what really happened at the end of Source Code". io9. http://io9.com/5788795/duncan-jones-unravels-the-mysteries-behind-source-code. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ^ "Exclusive Clips from William Shatner's 'The Captains'". Trekmovie.com. http://trekmovie.com/2011/07/18/exclusive-clips-from-william-shatners-the-captains-how-to-watch-doc-for-free-online/.
- ^ 'Todd n Tyler interview, December 14, 2010'
- ^ http://tv.yahoo.com/gung-ho/show/30858/castcrew
- ^ Reuters - "Funny people to get serious for Informant" by Gregg Goldstein, 4/1/08
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| Name | Bakula, Scott |
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| Short description | Actor |
| Date of birth | October 9, 1954 |
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
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