''Equus'' is a genus of animals in the family Equidae that includes horses, donkeys, and zebras. Within Equidae, ''Equus'' is the only extant genus. Like Equidae more broadly, ''Equus'' has numerous extinct species known only from fossils. This article deals primarily with the extant species.

The term equine refers to any member of this genus, including any horse. The word comes from Latin ''equus'', "horse", cognate with Greek "ἴκκος" (''ikkos''), "horse" (the earliest form of the word is the Mycenaean Greek ''i-qo'', written in Linear B syllabic script).

Characteristics

Equines are medium to large mammals, with long heads, and necks with a mane. Their legs are slender and end in a single, unguligrade toe, protected by a horny hoof. They have long, slender, tails, either ending in a tuft, or entirely covered in flowing hair. They are adapted to generally open terrain, from plains and savannas, to mountains or deserts. The pinnae (outer ears) of equines are mobile, enabling them to easily localise the origin of sounds. They have two-color, or dichromatic vision. Their eyes are set back far on the head, giving them a wide angle of view, without entirely losing binocular vision. Equines also have a vomeronasal organ, that allows males to use the flehmen, or 'lip-curling' response to assess the sexual state of potential mates.

Equines are herbivores, and feed predominantly on tough, fibrous food, such as grasses and sedges. When in need, they will also eat other vegetable matter, such as leaves, fruits, or bark, but are normally grazers, not browsers. Unlike ruminants, with their complex stomachs, equines break down cellulose in the "hindgut" or caecum, a part of the colon. Their dentition is almost complete, with cutting incisors to crop food, and grinding molars set well back behind a diastema. The dental formula for equines is:

Equines are social animals, living in herds or bands. Horses, along with Plains and Mountain Zebras, have permanent herds generally consisting of a single male and a band of females, with the remaining males forming small "bachelor" herds. The remaining species have temporary herds, lasting only a few months, which may be either single-sexed or mixed. In either case, there are clear hierarchies established amongst the individuals, usually with a dominant female controlling access to food and water resources and the lead male controlling mating opportunities.

Females, usually called mares in horses and zebras, or, in the case of asses and donkeys, jennies, usually bear a single foal, after a gestation period of approximately 11 months. Young equines are able to walk within an hour of birth, and are weaned after four to thirteen months (animals living in the wild naturally wean foals at a later date than those under domestication). Depending on species, living conditions and other factors, females in the wild may give birth every year or every other year.

Equines who are not in foal generally have a seasonal estrous cycle, from early spring into autumn. Most females enter an ''anestrus'' period during the winter and thus do not cycle in this period. The reproductive cycle is controlled by the photoperiod (length of the day), with estrus triggered when the days begin to lengthen. Anestrus prevents the female from conceiving in the winter months, as that would result in her foaling during the harshest part of the year, a time when it would be more difficult for the foal to survive. However, equines who live near the equator, where there is less change in length of day from season to season, have no anestrus period, at least in theory. Further, for reasons that are not clear, about twenty percent of domestic mares in the Northern Hemisphere will cycle the year round.

Classification

Family Equidae (in addition to ''Equus'', the family includes approximately 35 other genera, all extinct)

Genus ''Equus''

* Subgenus ''Equus''

* ''Equus ferus'' Wild horse

*** ''Equus ferus caballus'' Domestic horse

*** †''Equus ferus ferus'' Tarpan (historically extinct)

*** ''Equus ferus przewalskii'' Przewalski's Horse or Mongolian Wild Horse or takhi

*** †''Equus algericus'' (Pleistocene of Algeria)

*** † North American caballid horses (Pleistocene; most likely synonymous with ''E. ferus''):

**** †''Equus lambei'' Yukon Wild Ass (or Yukon Wild Horse)

**** †''Equus niobrarensis''

** Subgenus †''Amerhippus'' Hoffstetter, 1950 (jr synonym subgenus ''Tomolabis'' Cope, 1892) (this subgenus and the species therin are possibly synonymous with ''E. ferus'')

**** †''Equus andium''

**** †''Equus neogeus''

**** †''Equus fraternus'' Leidy, 1860 (North America)

**** †''Equus santaeelenae''

**** †''Equus scotti'' Owen

**** †''Equus niobrarensis''

**** †''Equus conversidens'' Owen, 1863 ("Mexican Horse") (North America)

* †New World stilt-legged horse (all following species within the group may be synonyms or regional races of a single species)

*** †''Equus francisci'' Hay, 1915

*** †''Equus semiplicatus'' Cope, 1893 (North America)

* Subgenus ''Asinus''

* ''Equus africanus'' African Wild Ass

*** ''Equus africanus africanus'' Nubian Wild Ass

*** ''Equus africanus asinus'' Domestic Donkey, Ass or Burro

*** †''Equus africanus atlanticus'' Atlas Wild Ass

*** ''Equus africanus somalicus'' Somali Wild Ass

** ''Equus hemionus'' Onager or Asiatic Ass

*** ''Equus hemionus hemionus'' Mongolian Wild Ass, Dziggetai or Gobi Kulan

*** †''Equus hemionus hemippus'' Syrian Wild Ass

*** ''Equus hemionus khur'' Indian Wild Ass or Khur

*** ''Equus hemionus kulan'' Turkmenian Kulan

*** ''Equus hemionus onager'' Persian Onager

** ''Equus kiang'' Kiang

*** ''Equus kiang chu'' Northern Kiang

*** ''Equus kiang kiang'' Western Kiang

*** ''Equus kiang holdereri'' Eastern Kiang

*** ''Equus kiang polyodon'' Southern Kiang

** †''Equus hydruntinus'' European Ass (late Paleolithic of southern Europe)

** †''Equus altidens'' (middle Pleistocene of Tadjikistan)

** †''Equus tabeti'' (early middle Pleistocene of Algeria, known only from teeth and limb bones)

** †''Equus melkiensis'' (late Paleolithic of Algeria, based on teeth and limb bones)

** †''Equus graziosii'' (late Pleistocene of Italy)

* Subgenus ''Dolichohippus''

** ''Equus grevyi'' Grevy's Zebra

** †''Equus koobiforensis'' Eisenmann, 1983 (East Africa, ~2 million years (late Pliocene), similar but more derived than ''E.simplicidens'' and ''E.sanmeniensis''

*** †''Equus oldowayensis'' Hopwood, 1937 (East Africa, late Pleiocene, early Pleistocene, likely conspecific with ''E.koobiforensis''

* Subgenus ''Hippotigris''

** ''Equus quagga'' Plains Zebra

*** ''Equus quagga boehmi'' Grant's Zebra

*** ''Equus quagga borensis'' Selous' zebra

*** ''Equus quagga chapmani'' Chapman's Zebra

*** ''Equus quagga crawshayi'' Crawshay's Zebra

*** ''Equus quagga burchellii'' Burchell's Zebra

*** †''Equus quagga quagga'' Gmelin, 1788 Quagga (South Africa, extinction in early 20th century)

** ''Equus zebra'' L.,1758 Mountain Zebra

*** ''Equus zebra hartmannae'' Hartmann's Mountain Zebra

*** ''Equus zebra zebra'' Cape Mountain Zebra

** †''Equus mauritanicus'' Pomel, 1897 (Pleistocene transitional form between ''E. (Dolichohippus)'' and ''E. (Hippotigris)'', possibly via ''E.koobiforensis'')

* Subgenus †''Parastylidequus''

** †''Equus parastylidens'' Mooser’s Horse

* incertae sedis

* †''Equus simplicidens'' Hagerman Horse (North American Pleiocene - earliest known species of genus ''Equus'') (perhaps closest to ''Dolichohippus'')

** †''Equus cumminsii'' Cope, 1893 (North America; based on a single, 3 million year old tooth)

** †''Equus livenzovensis'' Baihusheva, 1978 (southern Russia and western Europe, Pleiocene - highly similar to ''E. simplicidens''

** †''Equus sanmeniensis'' Teilhard&Piveteau;, 1930 (south China, late? Pliocene; similar but more derived than ''E.livenzovensis''

** †''Equus teilhardi'' Eisenmann, 1975 (south China, late(?) Pliocene; similar to ''E.sanmeniensis'' but smaller, likely synonym)

** †''Equus numidicus'' Pomel, 1897

** †''Equus plicidens'' Owen, 1844 (late Pliocene, only teeth known)

** †''Equus stenonis'' group

*** †''Equus stenonis'' Cocchi, 1867 (Europe to China, late Pleiocene)

**** †''Equus stenonis vireti'' (late Pliocene)

**** †''Equus stenonis senezensis'' (late Pliocene)

**** †''Equus stenonis guthi'' (late Pliocene, France)

**** †''Equus stenonis pamirensis'' (=''Hippotigris pamirensis'') (late Pliocene, central Asia)

*** †''Equus sivalensis'' (late Pleiocene (?), India; similar to ''E.stenonis in skull shape)

*** †''Equus stehlini'' (early Pleistocene, ~1 million years ago; similar but smaller than ''E. stenonis''

*** †''Equus bressanus'' (early Pleistocene, ~1 million years ago; similar but much larger than ''E. stenonis''

*** †''Equus sussenbornensis'' Wüst, 1901 (early middle Pleistocene of Europe)

*** †''Equus verae'' Sher, 1971 (middle Pleistocene of north eastern Asia)

*** †''Equus namadicus'' (middle paleolithic sites in India)

** †subgenus ''Allozebra'' & ''Hesperohippus'' (N. American lineage of middle to late Pleistocene)

*** †''Equus idahoensis''

*** †''Equus (A.) occidentalis''

*** †''Equus (A.) excelsus''

*** †''Equus (H.) pacificus''

** †''Equus complicatus''

** †''Equus fraternus''

** ''Equus major'' Boule (nomen dubium)

** †''Equus giganteus'' group

*** †''Equus giganteus''

*** †''Equus pectinatus''

*** †''Equus crinidens''

Cross-breeds

Different species of ''Equus'' can crossbreed, though the ensuing offspring are usually infertile. Hybrids include:

Mule, a cross between a male donkey and a female horse. Mules are the most common type of hybrid equine and are renowned for their toughness, surefootedness, and working ability.

Hinny, a cross between a female donkey and a male horse. Considered a less desirable cross than a mule, generally smaller in size and not as hardy.

Any equine with partial zebra ancestry is called a zebroid.

See also

Domestication of the horse

Evolution of the horse

References

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Duncan, P. (ed.). 1992. Zebras, Asses, and Horses: an Action Plan for the Conservation of Wild Equids. IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Equid Specialist Group 1996. ''Equus ferus''. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 21 January 2006.

Equid Specialist Group 1996. ''Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii''. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 21 January 2006.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2003. Opinion 2027 (Case 3010). Usage of 17 specific names based on wild species which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic animals (Lepidoptera, Osteichthyes, Mammalia): conserved. Bull.Zool.Nomencl., 60:81-84.

Moehlman, P.D. 2002. Equids. Zebras, Assess and Horses. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. (http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/publications/actionplans.htm#Equids2002)

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Birth name	Daniel Jacob Radcliffe
Birth date	July 23, 1989
Birth place	London, England
Occupation	Actor
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Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor who rose to prominence playing the titular character in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. His work on the series has earned him several awards and more than £60 million.

Radcliffe made his acting debut at age ten in BBC One's television movie ''David Copperfield'' (1999), followed by his film debut in 2001's ''The Tailor of Panama''. Cast as Harry at the age of eleven, Radcliffe has starred in eight ''Harry Potter'' films since 2001, with the final instalment released in July 2011. In 2007 Radcliffe began to branch out from the series, starring in the London and New York productions of the play ''Equus'', and the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. ''The Woman in Black'' (2012) will be his first film project following the final ''Harry Potter'' movie.

Radcliffe has contributed to many charities, including Demelza House Children's Hospice and The Trevor Project. He has also made public service announcements for the latter. In 2011 the actor was awarded the Trevor Project's "Hero Award".

Early life

Radcliffe was born on 23 July 1989 in West London, England, the only child of Alan George Radcliffe, a literary agent, and Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Marcia Gresham Jacobson), a casting agent who was involved in several films for the BBC, including ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'' and ''Walk Away And I Stumble.'' Radcliffe's mother is Jewish and a native of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex (her family's surname was anglicised from "Gershon"); his father, originally from Northern Ireland, is Protestant. Radcliffe first expressed a desire to act at the age of five. In December 1999, aged ten, he made his acting debut in the BBC One's televised two-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel ''David Copperfield'', portraying the title character as a young boy. Radcliffe was educated at independent schools for boys, including Sussex House School, a day school in Cadogan Square in Chelsea, London.

Following the release of the first ''Harry Potter'' movie, attending school became hard, with some students becoming hostile. Radcliffe said it was people just trying to "have a crack at the kid that plays Harry Potter" rather than jealousy. As his acting career began to consume his schedule, Radcliffe continued his education through on-set tutors. The actor admitted he was not very good at school, considered it useless, and found the work to be "really, really difficult." However, he did achieve A grades in the three Advanced levels he sat in 2006 but then decided to take a break from education and did not go to college or university. Part of the reason was he already knew he wanted to act and write. Another reason was it would be difficult to have a normal college experience. "The paparazzi, they’d love it,” he told ''Details'' magazine in 2007. "If there were any parties going on, they’d be tipped off as to where they were, and it would be all of that stuff."

Career

''Harry Potter''

In 2000, producer David Heyman asked Radcliffe to audition for the role of Harry Potter for the film adaptation of ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', the best-selling book by British author J.K. Rowling. The author had been searching for an unknown British actor to personify the character. However, Radcliffe's parents did not want him to audition for the role as the contract required shooting all seven films in Los Angeles, California, so they did not tell him. Once the movie's director Chris Columbus saw a video of the young actor in ''David Copperfield'', he recalled thinking, "This is what I want. This is Harry Potter". Eight months later, after several auditions, he was selected to play the part. Rowling also endorsed the selection, saying the filmmaker could not "have found a better Harry". Warner Bros offered him a two-movie contract, with shooting in the UK, and assured his parents he would be protected. When signing up, Radcliffe was unsure if he would do any more pictures.

The release of ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (released as ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' in the United States) took place in 2001. The story follows Harry, a young boy who learns he is a wizard and is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his magical education. He got a seven figure salary for the lead role but asserted that the fee was not "that important" to him. His parents chose to invest the money for him. The film broke records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings and became the highest-grossing film of 2001. With a total of US$974 million in ticket sales, ''Philosopher's Stone'' stands as the second most commercially successful in the series, behind the final installment. The adaptation met with strong reviews, and critics took notice of Radcliffe: "Radcliffe is the embodiment of every reader's imagination. It is wonderful to see a young hero who is so scholarly looking and filled with curiosity and who connects with very real emotions, from solemn intelligence and the delight of discovery to deep family longing," wrote Bob Graham of the ''San Francisco Chronicle''.

A year later, Radcliffe starred in ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', the second instalment of the series. Reviewers were positive about the lead actors' performances but had polarised opinions on the movie as a whole. Stephen Hunter of the ''Washington Post'' labelled it "big, dull and empty", whereas Desson Thomson of the same publication had more positive feelings. Observing that Radcliffe and his peers had matured, ''Los Angeles Times'''s staff writer Kenneth Turan believed the novel's magic could not be successfully duplicated in the film. Nonetheless, it still managed to earn US$878 million, taking the second spot of the highest-grossing 2002 films worldwide behind ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''

The 2004 release ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'' marked the third in the series. While garnering the highest critical acclaim of the series and grossing US$795.6 million worldwide, the film's performance at the box office ranks the lowest in the series. Meanwhile, Radcliffe's performance was panned by critics, who found him to be "wooden", with ''New York Times'' journalist A. O. Scott writing that Watson had to carry him with her performance. Next was ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' in 2005. The film explored romantic elements, included more humour and saw Harry selected as a competitor in a dangerous multi-wizard school competition. ''Goblet of Fire'' set records for a ''Harry Potter'' opening weekend, as well as for a non-May opening weekend in the US and an opening weekend in the UK. In a 2005 interview, Radcliffe singled out the humour as being a reason for the movie's creative success.

Despite the success of the past movies, the future of the franchise was put into question as all three lead actors were unsure about signing on to continue their roles for the final two episodes. However, by 2 March 2007, Radcliffe signed for the final films, which put an end to weeks of press speculation that he would be denied the part due to his involvement in ''Equus''. Radcliffe reprised his role for the fifth time in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007), which details Harry's return to Hogwarts after his recent encounter with Lord Voldemort. It opened to positive responses from the press. IGN movie critic Steven Horn found ''Order of the Phoenix'' to be one of "those rare films that exceeds the source material" and Colin Bertram of New York's ''Daily News'' publication dubbed it the best movie in the series. Radcliffe has stated that he had formed a special bond with actor Gary Oldman while working with him on set and that director David Yates and actress Imelda Staunton made ''Order of the Phoenix'' the "most fun" film in the series to work on. His performance earned several nominations, and he picked up the 2008 National Movie Award for "Best Male Performance". As the fame of the actor and the series continued, Radcliffe and fellow ''Harry Potter'' cast members Rupert Grint and Emma Watson left imprints of their hands, feet, and wands in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

On 15 July 2009, the series's sixth instalment, ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', was released. It centres around Harry discovering an old book belonging to the Half-Blood Prince and beginning to learn more about Lord Voldemort's past. The film did considerably better than the previous movie, breaking the then-record for biggest midnight US showings, with US$22.2 million at 3,000 theatres and with US$7 million, giving the UK its biggest Wednesday ever. In its total run, ''Half-Blood Prince'' totalled in US$933 million ticket sales. The film remains one of the most positively reviewed entries within the series among film critics, who praised the film's "emotionally satisfying" story, direction, cinematography, visuals and music. At the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, Radcliffe received nominations for "Best Male Performance" and "Global Superstar".

For financial and scripting reasons, the last book was divided into two films that were shot back to back, drawing criticism from the book's fanbase. The actor defended the split, pointing out that it would have been impossible to properly adapt the final novel into a single film. He added that the last movie was going to be extremely fast-paced with a lot of action, while the first part would be far more sedate, focussing on character development. Had they combined them, those things would not have made it to the final cut. Filming lasted for a year, concluding in June 2010. On the last day of shooting, like most of the cast and crew, Radcliffe openly wept. ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1'' (2010) was released in November and grossed over US$950 million. Its most lucrative territory was the UK, where it reportedly had the highest-grossing three-day opening in history. Overseas, its earnings of US$205 million in 91 markets made it the top-grossing foreign opening for a non-summer picture. The movie received mostly favourable reviews in the media.

The final film, ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2'', was released worldwide starting on 13 July 2011 in Australia. It was named the most highly anticipated film of 2011 by Fandango users and won the National Movie Awards's "Must See Movie of the Summer" accolade. Radcliffe admitted that some people would never be able to separate him from the character but also said he is "proud to be associated with this film series forever." Despite positive feelings about the movies, he has no interest in doing more ''Harry Potter'' films. After Rowling suggested writing an eighth book, Radcliffe was asked if he would do another film; he replied: "[It is] very doubtful. I think 10 years is a long time to spend with one character." Despite devoting so much time to the series, Radcliffe has asserted that he did not miss out on a childhood like other child actors: "I’ve been given a much better perspective on life by doing ''Potter''.

Other acting work

Prior to ''Harry Potter'', Radcliffe made his film debut in ''The Tailor of Panama'', an American 2001 film based on John le Carré's 1996 spy novel and a moderate commercial success. In 2002, he made his stage debut as a celebrity guest in the West End production ''The Play What I Wrote'' directed by Kenneth Branagh, who appeared with him in the second ''Harry Potter'' movie. In 2007, he appeared in ''December Boys'', an Australian family drama about four orphans that was shot in 2005 and released to theatres in mid-September 2007. Also in 2007, Radcliffe co-starred with Carey Mulligan in ''My Boy Jack'', a television drama film shown on ITV on Remembrance Day. The TV film received mostly good reviews, with several critics praising Radcliffe's performance as an 18 year-old who goes missing in action during a battle. Radcliffe stated, "For many people my age, the First World War is just a topic in a history book. But I've always been fascinated by the subject and think it's as relevant today as it ever was."

At age 17, in a bid to show people he was not a kid anymore, he performed onstage in Peter Shaffer's play ''Equus'', which had not been revived since its first run in 1973. Radcliffe took on the lead role as Alan Strang, a stable boy who has an obsession with horses, at the Gielgud Theatre. The role generated significant pre-opening media interest and advance sales topped £1.7 million, as Radcliffe appeared in a nude scene. ''Equus'' opened on 27 February 2007 and ran until 9 June 2007. Radcliffe's performance received positive reviews as critics were impressed by the nuance and depth of his against-type role. Charles Spencer of ''The Daily Telegraph'' wrote that he "displays a dramatic power and an electrifying stage presence that marks a tremendous leap forward." He added: "I never thought I would find the diminutive (but perfectly formed) Radcliffe a sinister figure, but as Alan Strang, [...] there are moments when he seems genuinely scary in his rage and confusion." The production then transferred to Broadway in September 2008 with Radcliffe still in the lead role. Radcliffe stated he was nervous about repeating the role on Broadway because he considered American audiences more discerning than those in London. Radcliffe's performance was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.

After voicing a character in an episode of the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' in late 2010, Radcliffe debuted as J. Pierrepont Finch in the 2011 Broadway revival ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', a role previously held by Broadway veterans Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick. Other cast members included Rose Hemingway and Mary Faber. Both the actor and production received favourable reviews, with the latter receiving 9 Tony Award nominations. His first post-''Harry Potter'' project will be the 2012 supernatural thriller ''The Woman in Black'', which is adapted from the 1983 novel by Susan Hill and set for a February release in the UK. Radcliffe portrays a man sent to deal with the legal matters of a mysterious woman who has just died. Soon after, he begins to experience strange events and hauntings from the ghost of a woman dressed in black. He said he was "incredibly excited" to be part of the film and described the script as "beautifully written". ''Variety'' confirmed Radcliffe will star in the indie comedy ''The Amateur Photographer'', a film adaptation of the book of the same name, directed by Christopher Monger. Set in 1970, it follows a man (Radcliffe) who discovers his calling after being drafted by the residents of a small England mill town to serve as a photographer for their most personal moments.

Personal life

In 2007, Radcliffe was in a relationship with Laura O'Toole, an understudy for one of his co-stars in a play. Following the break-up, they remained friends. He is an atheist and has also stated that he is "very proud of being Jewish." In 2008, he revealed that he suffers from a mild form of the neurological disorder dyspraxia. The motor skill disorder sometimes gets so bad that he has trouble doing simple activities, such as writing or tying his own shoelaces. "I was having a hard time at school, in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent," the actor commented. In August 2010, he stopped drinking alcohol after finding himself becoming too reliant on it.

Radcliffe is a supporter of the Liberal Democrats. He has voiced support for the political party's Nick Clegg and pledged to spend more time in the UK to help increase his profile to a younger audience. At the age of 16, Radcliffe became the youngest non-royal ever to have an individual portrait in Britain's National Portrait Gallery. On 13 April 2006, his portrait, drawn by Stuart Pearson Wright, was unveiled as part of a new exhibition opening at the Royal National Theatre, then moved to NPG where it resides.

He is a fan of underground and punk rock music, and is a keen follower of cricket, including cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Writing short stories and poetry is also a passion. In November 2007, the actor published several poems under the pen name Jacob Gershona combination of his middle name and the Jewish version of his mother's maiden name Gresham in ''Rubbish'', an underground fashion magazine. He enjoys a close friendship with his fellow ''Harry Potter'' co-stars Emma Watson and Tom Felton and is tight-knit with his family, whom he credits for keeping him grounded.

Speaking out against homophobia, Radcliffe filmed public service announcements for The Trevor Project promoting awareness of gay teen suicide prevention beginning in 2009. He first learned of the organisation while working on ''Equus'' on Broadway in 2008 and has contributed financially to it. "I have always hated anybody who is not tolerant of gay men or lesbians or bisexuals. Now I am in the very fortunate position where I can actually help or do something about it," he said in a 2010 interview. In the same interview, he spoke of the importance of public figures advocating for equal rights. Radcliffe considers his involvement to be one of the most important things in his career. For his work for the organisation, he was given the "Hero Award" in 2011.

Radcliffe has supported various charities. He designed a Cu-Bed for Habitat's VIP Kids range, and all the royalties from the sale of the bed went directly to his favourite charity, Demelza House Children's Hospice, in Sittingbourne, Kent. Radcliffe has urged his fans to make donations in lieu of Christmas presents to him to that charity's Candle for Care program. In 2008, he was among several celebrities to donate their old eyeglasses to an exhibit honouring victims of the Holocaust. During the Broadway run of ''Equus'', the actor also auctioned off a pair of jeans he wore in the show for several thousand dollars. He has also donated money to Get Connected UK, a London-based free confidential national helpline for troubled youth.

He is reported to have earned £1 million for the first ''Potter'' film and around £15 million for the sixth movie. Radcliffe appeared on the ''Sunday Times'' Rich List in 2006, which estimated his personal fortune to be £14 million, making him one of the richest young people in the UK. In March 2009, he was ranked number one on the ''Forbes'' list of "Most Valuable Young Stars". By April, ''The Daily Telegraph'' measured his net worth at £30m, making him the 12th richest young person in the UK. According to the publication, he is expected to have amassed £70m by the time the series of movies concludes. Radcliffe was considered to be the richest teenager in England as of June 2009. In February 2010, he was named the sixth highest paid Hollywood male star and placed at number five on ''Forbes''s December list of Hollywood's highest-grossing actors, with the revenue of US$780 million thanks to one movie released that year: ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. The actor was reported in 2010 to have personal assets of £28.5 million, making him richer than Princes William and Harry. Despite his wealth, Radcliffe has said he does not have expensive tastes. His main expense is buying books: "I read a lot." He also stated that money would never be the focus of his life.

Screen and stage credits

Films

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2001	''The Tailor of Panama''	Mark Pendel
2001			Released as ''Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' in the US and India
2002		Harry Potter
2004		Harry Potter
2005		Harry Potter
2007		Harry Potter
2007	''December Boys''	Maps
2009		Harry Potter
2010	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1''	Harry Potter
2011	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2''	Harry Potter
2012		Arthur Kipps	Post-production

Television

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1999		young David Copperfield	Television film shown on BBC One
2005	''Foley and McColl: This Way Up''	Traffic Warden/Himself
2006		Boy Scout/Himself
2007		Jack Kipling	Television film shown on ITV
2010	''The Simpsons''	Edmund	"Treehouse of Horror XXI", voice part
2010		Himself	BBC comedy panel game television program

Stage

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2002	''The Play What I Wrote''	Guest	Wyndham's Theatre
2007		Alan Strang	Gielgud Theatre
2008	''Equus''	Alan Strang	Broadhurst Theatre
2011	''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''	J. Pierrepont Finch	Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Awards

! Year !! Organisation !! Award !! Work !! Result
2001		Best Young Performer
2001	Hollywood Women's Press Club	Male Youth Discovery of the Year	''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
2001	MTV Movie Awards		''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
2001	Young Artist Awards	Best Ensemble in a Feature Film (shared with the movies cast)	''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
2002	Bravo Silver Otto	Best Male Actor	''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''
2003	Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor
2003	Bravo Silver Otto	Best Male Actor	''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
2003	SyFy Portal Genre Awards	Best Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
2003	Portal Awards	Best Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''
2004	Bravo Bronze Otto	Best Male Actor
2004	ITV Celebrity Awards	Young Talent of the Year	''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''
2005	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''
2005	Portal Awards	Best Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''
2006	Bravo Golden Otto	Male Film Star
2006	MTV Movie Awards		''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''
2006	MTV Movie Awards		''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''
2006	Portal Awards	Best Actor/Movie	''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''
2006	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''
2007	Scream Awards	Fantasy Hero
2007	National Movie Awards	Best Male Performance	''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''
2008	Empire Award	Best Actor	''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''
2008	Bravo Golden Otto	Best Male Actor	''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''
2008	MTV Movie Awards		''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''
2008	Saturn Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''
2008	Theatregoers' Choice Awards	Dewynters London Newcomer of the Year
2009	Broadway.com Audience Award	Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play
2009	Broadway.com Audience Award	Favorite Breakthrough Performance	''Equus''
2009	Drama Desk Awards		''Equus''
2009	Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance Award	''Equus''
2009	Scream Awards	Best Fantasy Actor	''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
2010	National Movie Awards	Best Performance	''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
2010	Portal Awards	Best Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
2010		Iconic Movie Star
2010	People's Choice Awards	Best On-Screen Team (shared with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson)	''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
2010	MTV Movie Award	Best Male Performance	''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''
2010	MTV Movie Award	Global Superstar
2011	National Movie Awards	Performance Of The Year	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1''
2011	Broadway.com Audience Award	Favorite Actor in a Broadway Play	''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''
2011	Broadway.com Audience Award	Favorite Onstage Pair (with John Larroquette)	''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''
2011	Drama Desk Award		''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''
2011	Outer Critic's Circle Award	Outstanding Actor In A Musical	''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''
2011	BroadwayWorld.com	Best Leading Actor in a Musical	''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
2011	MTV Movie Award	Best Kiss (shared with Emma Watson)	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1''
2011	MTV Movie Award	Best Fight (shared with Rupert Grint and Emma Watson)	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1''
2011	MTV Movie Award	Best Male Performance	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1''
2011	Trevor Project	Trevor Hero Award
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1''
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Liplock (shared with Emma Watson)	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1''
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer Movie Star: Male	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2''
2011	Do Something Awards	Movie Star
2011	Portal Awards	Best Young Actor	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1''

See also

List of Harry Potter films cast members

References

Further reading

External links

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name	Eric Whitacre
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Eric Whitacre (born January 2, 1970 in Reno, Nevada) is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD ''Cloudburst'' (released by the British ensemble Polyphony on Hyperion Records) became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination. Robert Hollingworth commented: "what hits you straight between the eyes is the honesty, optimism and sheer belief that passes any pretension. This is music that can actually make you smile." Whitacre's Virtual Choir projects on YouTube exposed his music to a new audience. Whitacre signed a long-term recording deal with Decca in 2010 and continues to develop his award winning musical ''Paradise Lost''. A condensed concert version was given at Carnegie Hall in 2010. Plans for the stage show and soundtrack extend into 2011.

Biography

Whitacre began his musical training while an undergraduate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he studied composition with avant garde Ukrainian composer Virko Baley and choral conducting with David Weiller. He wrote his setting of ''Go, Lovely Rose'' for his college choir and presented the composition as a gift to David Weiller. Eric went on to earn his Master's degree in composition at the Juilliard School, where he studied with John Corigliano. His works ''Water Night'', ''Cloudburst'', ''Sleep'', ''Lux Aurumque'', ''A Boy and a Girl'' and "The Seal Lullaby" are amongst the most popular choral works in the standard repertory; his ''Ghost Train'', ''Godzilla Eats Las Vegas'' and ''October'' and "Equus" have achieved similar success in the symphonic wind community. His cutting edge musical ''Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings'', which combines influences including trance, electronica, and anime with choral, cinematic, and operatic traditions, won the ASCAP Harold Arlen Award, the Richard Rogers award, and 10 Ovation Award nominations. He has received composition awards from the Barlow International Composition Competition, the American Choral Directors Association and the American Composers Forum. In 2001, Whitacre became the youngest recipient ever awarded the Raymond C. Brock commission by the American Choral Directors Association.

Since 2000, he has conducted concerts of his choral and symphonic music in Japan, Australia, China, Singapore, South America and much of Europe, as well as in American Universities and colleges where he regularly conducts seminars and lectures with young musicians. 2010-11 commissions include works for Chanticleer, The King's Singers, Julian Lloyd Webber, and The London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

Whitacre's first recording, ''The Music of Eric Whitacre'', was named by the American Record Guide as one of the top ten classical albums of 1997. In 2006, a full collection of his a cappella music, ''Cloudburst and Other Choral Works'', was released on the British label Hyperion Records. The album became an international best seller, appearing in the top ten of both Billboard's and iTunes Top Classical Albums charts. Two years after its release, it continues to be a top-seller and won a 2007 Grammy nomination for Best Choral Performance. In 2010, Whitacre signed a long-term contract with Decca as a performer. "Light & Gold," Whitacre's first album with the label, was released in October 2010, and features Whitacre himself as conductor and musical director.

In October 2010 Whitacre was named Composer-in-Residence and Visiting Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University. He lived on campus for the duration of the 2010 Michaelmas term. In March 2011 it was announced that he had joined the fashion models agency, Storm.

Whitacre is married to Grammy-award winning soprano Hila Plitmann.

Style

Whitacre writes music that incorporates contemporary sounds and influences while demanding precision, intonation and ensemble. He is probably best known for his choral works; however, both his choral and instrumental styles use his signature "Whitacre chords," or pan-diatonic clusters usually arranged in successive increasing or decreasing density. Whitacre achieves this growth and decay by splitting voices ''divisi''—in one case up to 18 parts. These sonorities can often be read as seventh or ninth chords, with or without suspended seconds and fourths. Perhaps his most famous chord is a root-position major triad with an added major second and/or perfect fourth. Whitacre makes frequent use of quartal, quintal and secundal harmonies, and is also known for his use of unconventional chord progressions. His use of rhythm often involves mixed, complex, and/or compound meters. His pieces sometimes include frequent meter changes and unusual rhythmic patterns. Another trademark of Whitacre's pieces is the use of aleatoric and indeterminate sections, as well as unusual score instructions involving, in some cases, hand actions and/or props.

Projects

Virtual Choir

Whitacre's Virtual Choir projects were inspired by a video sent to him of a young girl singing one of his choral pieces he then began with a test run of ''Sleep'', then ''Lux Aurumque'' in 2009 and was followed again by ''Sleep'' in 2010. The video for ''Lux Aurumque'', featuring a virtual choir of 185 voices from 12 countries, was described as a "musical experience that works better than anyone might have expected", their video receiving over 1,000,000 hits in the first two months of its release.

The 2010 version of the Virtual Choir 2.0 "Sleep" began in October 2010 and the video submission process was completed on 10 January 2011. Whitacre spoke at TED.com and this video was released on April 1, 2011, accompanied with a short 2 minute example of the "Sleep" project. The YouTube release was on April 7, 2011.

Recording projects

Whitacre's first album with Decca, Light & Gold was released in October 2010. From October to December 2010, Whitacre was a visiting Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge during Michaelmas (Autumn) Term. He composed a piece for the college choir, and worked with students in masterclasses and workshops. The concert version of his musical ''Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings'' was performed to a sold out audience at Carnegie Hall in June 2010.

Performance projects

Whitacre has worked collaboratively with Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) and is due to collaborate with them again in 2011 in New York, Vancouver and Los Angeles. With regard to his musical "Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings", he was described by the New York Times as a "younger, hipper Andrew Lloyd Webber, with fleeting hints of Bernstein and Sondheim".

On 24 October 2010, he conducted an all-American programme with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the Barbican London, in a performance that featured his commission for the London Symphony Chorus entitled ''Songs of Immortality''. On 28 November 2010, he sat on the panel of judges for the final episode of Choir of the Year, broadcast on BBC Four and BBC Radio 3. In December 2010, Whitacre conducted the I Vocalisti choir in Hamburg, and was a guest conductor of the Christmas performance of the Berlin Rundfunkchor.

On 6 November 2010, Whitacre conducted Côrdydd, a Cardiff-based mixed choir, and friends in a concert of his work at the BBC Hoddinott Hall in the Wales Millennium Centre.

Whitacre is a founding member of BCM International, a quartet of composers consisting of himself, Steven Bryant, Jonathan Newman and James Bonney, which aspires to "enrich the wind ensemble repertoire with music unbound by traditional thought or idiomatic cliché."

Awards and honors

Whitacre has won awards from the Barlow international composition competition, American Choral Directors Association, American Composers' Forum and in 2001 became the youngest recipient ever of The Raymond C Brock Commission given by the American Choral Directors Association. His musical ''Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings'' earned him a ASCAP Richard Rodgers Award|Richard Rodgers Award and received 10 nominations at the 2007 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. The album ''Cloudburst and Other Choral Works'' received a Grammy nomination in 2007 for Best Choral Performance.

Works

Wind symphony

Equus

Ghost Train Triptych

* Ghost Train

* At the Station

* Motive Revolution

Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!

Noisy Wheels of Joy

October

Sleep (choral transcription)

The Seal Lullaby (choral transcription for wind symphony and piano)

Lux Aurumque (choral transcription, transposed a semitone lower from C-Sharp Minor to C Minor)

Cloudburst (choral transcription)

Libertas Imperio (From Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings)

SATB choral

Animal Crackers, Volume 1 (Poems by Ogden Nash)

* The Panther

* The Cow

* The Firefly

Animal Crackers, Volume 2 (Poems by Ogden Nash)

* The Canary

* The Eel

* The Kangaroo

A Boy and A Girl (poem by Octavio Paz)

Cloudburst (poem by Octavio Paz)

Five Hebrew Love Songs (poem by Hila Plitmann)

* Temuna

* Kala Kalla (Light Bride)

* Larov (Mostly)

* Eyze Sheleg! (What snow!)

* Rakut (Tenderness)

Her Sacred Spirit Soars (poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri)

Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (libretto by Charles Anthony Silvestri)

Little Birds (poem by Octavio Paz)

little tree (poem by E. E. Cummings)

Lux Aurumque (poem by Edward Esch; translated into Latin by Charles Anthony Silvestri) (also set for male chorus)

Nox Aurumque (poem by Charles Anthony Silvestri)

The Seal Lullaby (poem by Rudyard Kipling)

She Weeps Over Rahoon (poem by James Joyce)

Sleep (originally a setting of Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"; for copyright reasons the published version uses a specially-written text by Charles Anthony Silvestri)

Sleep, My Child (Choral transcription from Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings)

The Stolen Child (setting of a poem by William Butler Yeats, commissioned in 2008 by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The King's Singers for their respective 25th and 40th anniversaries)

This Marriage (poem by Jalal al-Din Rumi)

Three Flower Songs

* I Hide Myself (poem by Emily Dickinson)

* With a Lily in Your Hand (poem by Federico García Lorca)

* Go, Lovely Rose (poem by Edmund Waller)

Three Songs of Faith (poems by E. E. Cummings))

** i will wade out

* hope, faith, life, love

i thank You God for most this amazing day

Water Night (poem by Octavio Paz; translated by Muriel Rukeyser)

When David Heard (from II Samuel 18:33)

Winter (poem by Edward Esch)

What If (lyrics by David Norona and Eric Whitacre)

SSA choral

She Weeps Over Rahoon (text by James Joyce)

Five Hebrew Love Songs (poem by Hila Plitmann)

The Seal Lullaby (text by Rudyard Kipling)

TTBB choral

Lux Aurumque (poem by Edward Esch, translated into Latin by Charles Anthony Silvestri)

The Seal Lullaby (text by Rudyard Kipling)

Choral works not yet published

The City and the Sea (poems by e. e. Cummings)

* i walked the boulevard

* the moon is hiding in her hair

* maggie and millie and molly and may

* as is the sea marvelous (commissioned by the Greater Washington Independent Schools Choral Festival)

* little man in a hurry (Written for Mahtomedi High School, among others.)

Songs of Immortality

* Lie still, sleep becalmed (poem by Dylan Thomas)

After Great Pain (poem by Emily Dickenson)

Orchestral

October

Winter

A Boy and a Girl

Lux Aurumque

Water Night

The River Cam

Solo voice

The City and the Sea (poems by e. e. Cummings)

Five Hebrew Love Songs (poem by Hila Plitmann)

Orchestra

Winter (for strings, choir and sitar)

Music theatre

Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings, a musical featuring electronic, world, and orchestral instruments; classical singers; and many different styles of music.

Other arrangements

Rak HaHatchala (Only the Beginning) [aka Five Hebrew Love Songs]; for soprano voice, solo violin, piano

Publishers

Whitacre is published by Chester Music; G. Schirmer; Walton Music; Santa Barbara Music; Shadow Water Music; and Carpe Ranam Music.

References

External links

Eric_Whitacre on WikiMusicGuide

Biography on Hyperion Records

NPR Review of ''Cloudburst'' and choral audio. September 28, 2006

Music Productions Ltd (Management company of Eric Whitacre)

Eric Whitacre write-up on ChesterNovello web site

TED about the virtual choir">Eric talking at TED about the virtual choir

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 2.0, 'Sleep'

Classical Archives Interview

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Name	Charlie Rose
Birthname	Charles Peete Rose, Jr.
Birth date	January 05, 1942
Birth place	Henderson, North Carolina, U.S.
education	Duke University B.A. (1964) Duke University J.D. (1968)
occupation	Talk show hostJournalist
years active	1972–present
credits	''Charlie Rose'', ''60 Minutes II'', ''60 Minutes'', ''CBS News Nightwatch'', ''CBS This Morning''
url	http://www.charlierose.com/ }}

Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted ''Charlie Rose'', an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. He has also co-anchored ''CBS This Morning'' since January 2012. Charlie, along with Lara Logan, has revamped the CBS classic Person to Person, a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted by the legendary Edward R. Murrow.

Early life

Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of Margaret Frazier and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers who owned a country store. As a child, Rose lived above his parents' store in Henderson and helped out with the family business from age seven.. Rose admitted in a Fresh Dialogues interview that as a child his insatiable curiosity was constantly getting him in trouble. A high school basketball star, Rose entered Duke University intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track, but an internship in the office of Democratic North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics. Rose graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968. He met his wife, Mary (''née'' King), while attending Duke.

Career

After his wife was hired by the BBC (in New York), Rose handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV. His break came in 1974, after Bill Moyers hired Rose as managing editor for the PBS series ''Bill Moyers' International Report''. In 1975, Moyers named Rose executive producer of ''Bill Moyers Journal''. Rose soon began appearing on camera. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter," one installment of Moyers's series ''U.S.A.: People and Politics'', won a 1976 Peabody Award. Rose worked at several networks honing his interview skills until KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth hired him as program manager and gave him the late-night time slot that would become the ''Charlie Rose'' show.

Rose worked for CBS News (1984–1990) as the anchor of ''CBS News Nightwatch'', the network's first late-night news broadcast. The ''Nightwatch'' broadcast of Rose's interview with Charles Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987. In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of ''Personalities'', a syndicated program produced by Fox Broadcasting Company, but he got out of his contract after six weeks because of the tabloid-style content of the show. ''Charlie Rose'' premiered on PBS station Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991, and has been nationally syndicated since January 1993. In 1994, Rose moved the show to a studio owned by Bloomberg Television, which allowed for improved satellite interviewing.

Rose was a correspondent for ''60 Minutes II'' from its inception in January 1999 until its cancellation in September 2005, and was later named a correspondent on ''60 Minutes''.

Rose was a member of the board of directors of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation from 2003 to 2009. In May 2010, Charlie Rose delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State University.

On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Rose would return to CBS to help anchor ''CBS This Morning'', replacing ''The Early Show'', commencing January 9, 2012, along with co-anchors Erica Hill and Gayle King.

Cameo appearances

Rose has appeared as himself in the 1998 film ''Primary Colors'', in a 2000 episode of ''The Simpsons'' and in the 2008 movie ''Elegy''. He and his show were also used in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, ''The Ides of March''.

Accusations of conflict of interest

While hosting the 2002 Coca-Cola Company shareholders' meeting, Rose said "few companies are able to connect as completely with consumers in the way that Coca-Cola is. It is a privilege to be associated with [The Coca-Cola family] ... This is the business of Coca-Cola: being part of a family, being worldwide, doing well and doing good at the same time." Afterward, Coca-Cola agreed to become what Rose called "a leading underwriter" of ''The Charlie Rose Show'', paying "six or possibly seven figures." Even the Charlie Rose mugs used on his PBS show feature a Coca-Cola logo on one side. Although CBS News policy bars correspondents from doing commercials and product endorsements, the ''Washington Post'' reported CBS was "comfortable" with Rose's actions. Rose insists he "would never do a story on ''60 Minutes II'' about anybody who underwrites my PBS show."

Quiet influence

''The New York Times'' reported that Rose encouraged a discussion between the leaders of NBC and Fox, that led eventually to a mutual reduction in ad hominem attacks between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly on their respective news programs.

Rose has attended several Bilderberg Group conference meetings, including meetings held in the United States in 2008; Spain in 2010; and Switzerland in 2011. These unofficial conferences hold guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are political leaders and businessmen. Details of meetings are closed off to the public and strictly invitation-only, and critics speculate the controversial nature of these meetings of highly influential people. Accusations from conspiracy theorists against The Charlie Rose show claim that it has become the US media outlet for Bilderberg.

Personal life

Rose's twelve-year marriage to Mary Rose (née King) ended in divorce in 1980. Mary is the sister-in-law of Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack. Since 1993, his companion has been socialite and city-planning advocate Amanda Burden, a stepdaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley.

On March 29, 2006, after experiencing shortness of breath in Syria, Rose was flown to Paris and underwent surgery for mitral valve repair in the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital. His surgery was performed under the supervision of Alain F. Carpentier, a pioneer of the procedure. Rose returned to the air on June 12, 2006, with Bill Moyers and Yvette Vega (the show's executive producer), to discuss his surgery and recuperation.

In a 2009 Fresh Dialogues interview Rose described his life as "great and glorious." He added, '"I get up every morning with a new adventure. The adventure is fueled by interesting people. I get a chance to control my own destiny. I do something that is immediately either appreciated or not. I get feedback."

Rose owns a farm in Oxford, North Carolina, an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, a beach house in Bellport, New York, an apartment in Washington D.C..and an apartment in Paris, France.

References

External links

Charlie Rose Official website of his eponymous show

Charlie Rose official channel on ''YouTube''

Charlie Rose collected news and commentary at the ''Los Angeles Times''

Charlie Rose shows on Hulu

celebritynetworth.com, Celebrity Net Worth, Charlie Rose

Why Business Loves Charlie Rose David A. Kaplan, ''Fortune'', September 28, 2009

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