Coordinates: 52°05′24″N 1°01′26″W / 52.090°N 1.024°W / 52.090; -1.024

Silverstone
Silverstone  Silverstone shown within Northamptonshire
Population	1,989 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference	SP670440
Civil parish	Silverstone
District	South Northamptonshire
Shire county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Towcester
Postcode district	NN12
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Northamptonshire South
Website	Silverstone Village
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire

Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) from Towcester on the former A43 main road, 10 miles (16 km) from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about 12 miles (19 km) from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury. The A43 now bypasses to the south-east of the village, between the village and the race circuit.

History[link]

The village is listed in the Domesday Book.

In the Middle Ages the village trade was primarily in timber from the surrounding Whittlewood forest, through the use of coppicing. Linnell Brothers still operate a woodyard to this day.

On the north side of the parish churchyard are the remains of mediaeval fish ponds.

Parish church[link]

St. Michael's church

Silverstone had a chapel by AD 1200.^[2] In about 1780 the mediaeval building was replaced by a Georgian one, which was enlarged by the addition of a chancel in 1841 and a north aisle and vestry in 1852.^[2] The entire church was demolished^[2] in the 1880's and replaced by the present Church of England parish church of Saint Michael, which is a Gothic Revival building designed by JP St Aubyn and completed in 1884.^[3]

Facilities[link]

The village has a public house, the White Horse Inn.

About 0.5 miles (1 km) south of the village is the Silverstone Circuit, a former Royal Air Force World War II bomber base and now the traditional home of the British Grand Prix, a Formula One race that attracts more than 300,000 visitors each year.

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973). The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 404. 

External links[link]

Media related to Silverstone at Wikimedia Commons

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Cal Crutchlow
Crutchlow during the round at Silverstone 2010
Nationality	English
Born	(1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 26) Coventry, West Midlands
Current team	Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Bike number	35
Website	calcrutchlow.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2011– Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2011 Championship position 12th (70 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 20 0 0 0 1 115 Superbike World Championship Active years 2008, 2010 Manufacturers Yamaha Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 20 3 7 5 6 208 Supersport World Championship Active years 2009 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 1 2009 Championship position 1st Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 23 4 9 9 10 243

Calvin "Cal" Crutchlow (born October 29, 1985 in Coventry, England) is a professional motorcycle road racer. He is a former British Supersport champion and British Superbike race winner, and the 2009 Supersport World Champion.

Career[link]

Early years[link]

Although his father Derek was a racer, he did not become interested in the sport himself until age 11. He now holds a motorcycle licence for the road.^[1] He had football trials with Coventry City and Aston Villa as a youth, but chose to concentrate on motorcycle racing.

Crutchlow won the UK Junior Challenge in 1999, and the Aprilia RS125 Challenge in 2001.^[2] He was runner-up in the 2003 Yamaha R6 Cup behind Tommy Hill, who earned a factory sponsored ride in the British Superbike series for this achievement.

He won the British Supersport Championship in 2006, after a 3 year stint in the series in which he finished 3rd in 2005.^[3]

British Superbike Championship (2007–2008)[link]

For 2007 he made his debut in the prestigious British Superbike Championship, with the Rizla Suzuki team alongside four-time runner-up Chris Walker. He took pole at Croft,^[4] and finished 9th overall after finishing the season with his first podium, third at Brands Hatch. For 2008 he moved to HM Plant Honda, sponsored by CIA Insurance.^[5] He took his first series win in race 2 at Thruxton.^[6][7] He took pole for round 3 at Oulton Park – he led race 1 before running wide in damp conditions,^[8] and crashed heavily out of 2nd place in race 2, injuring his ankle in the process.^[9] After initially having the better of team-mate Leon Haslam, Crutchlow was ultimately outpointed by him. He took two wins in the season, and finished 3rd overall in the championship, beating Tom Sykes by two points after the Yorkshireman had a late mechanical failure in the final round.

Supersport World Championship (2009)[link]

On 23 September 2008, it was confirmed that Crutchlow had signed a deal to ride for the Wilco Zeelenberg-managed Yamaha factory team in the 2009 World Supersport Championship.^[10] He finished in the top four at every race until a mechanical failure while leading at Brno, and found himself in a two-way championship dice with surprise package Eugene Laverty on a Parkalgar Honda. Crutchlow lead the championship easily until a gearbox failure while leading at Imola meant that Eugene Laverty moved to within 3 points.^[11] However, at Magny-Cours after an intense start it was Laverty's turn to have some bad luck, falling off, but picking his bike back up to leave him 19 points behind Crutchlow with 1 race at Portimão left.^[12] Laverty won in Portugal, but a fourth place by Crutchlow was enough to secure him the 2009 championship.

Superbike World Championship (2010)[link]

Crutchlow took his first World Superbike race wins at the Silverstone round in 2010.

On October 1, 2009 Yamaha announced that Crutchlow would make the move from World Supersport to the Superbike World Championship in 2010. His teammate is former world champion James Toseland, who rejoined the Superbike World Championship after losing his place in MotoGP.^[13] He took his first series pole at his second meeting, at Portimão, but did not win either race. He stoked controversy after the first race there by mentioning in an interview that he was well clear of Toseland when he crashed out, but insists that he is not arrogant.^[14] Toseland later pointed out that Crutchlow's tendency to speak his mind means that not everybody can get on with him.^[15] Crutchlow took his first two World Superbike wins at Silverstone, after battling with Ten Kate Racing rider Jonathan Rea, and as a result climbed from tenth to fifth in the standings.^[16]

MotoGP (2011-)[link]

It was officially announced on September 5, 2010 that Crutchlow would join Tech 3 for the 2011 MotoGP Championship.^[17] Crutchlow ended the season in 12th position in the championship, and sealed the Rookie of the Year Award after achieving his best result of the season – fourth place – in Valencia.

After a successful period in the winter testing for the 2012 season, Crutchlow got off to a good start. In Losail, Crutchlow secured 3rd position on the starting grid, and went on to achieve 4th place ahead of team-mate Andrea Dovizioso, matching his previous best finish in Valencia last year. Following his first front-row qualifying, his father lost a bet with Wilco Zeelenburg and had to shave off his 40-year old moustache.

Personal life[link]

Cal Crutchlow lives in Ramsey, Isle of Man. Crutchlow has ridden several exhibition laps around the world-famous Isle of Man TT Course.

Career statistics[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

All Time[link]

Yearly Breakdown[link]

British Supersport Championship[link]

Yr	Class	Team	SIL	BHI	SNE	OUL	MON	SNE	BHGP	KNO	MAL	CRO	CAD	OUL	DON	Pos	Pts	Ref
2004	BSS	Honda	7	Ret	Ret	5	5	15		7	7	9	Ret	7	7	10th	75

Yr	Class	Team	BHI	THR	MAL	OUL	MON	CRO	KNO	SNE	SIL	CAD	OUL	DON	BHGP	Pos	Pts	Ref
2005	BSS	Honda	Ret	7	4	2	4		8	3	3	1	1	Ret	3	3rd*	161

• Both Easton and Cal Crutchlow finished on 161 thus sharing 3rd place.

Yr	Class	Team	BHI	DON	THR	OUL	MON	MAL	SNE	KNO	OUL	CRO	CAD	SIL	BHGP	Pos	Pts	Ref
2006	BSS	Honda	2	1	3	2	Can	1	2	1	1	Ret	3	1	1	1st	242

British Superbike Championship[link]

World Supersport Championship[link]

World Superbike Championship[link]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[link]

By season[link]

• * Season in progress.

By class[link]

Races by year[link]

(key)

• * Season in progress.

References[link]

External links[link]

v t e Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team MotoGP: Andrea Dovizioso (4) • Cal Crutchlow (35) Moto2 (Tech 3 Racing): Xavier Simeon (19) • Bradley Smith (38) Grand Prix motorcycles : Yamaha YZR-M1 (MotoGP) • Mistral 610 (Moto2)

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Alicia Silverstone
Silverstone in 2010
Born	(1976-10-04) October 4, 1976 (age 35) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Christopher Jarecki (m. 2005) «start: (2005)»"Marriage: Christopher Jarecki to Alicia Silverstone" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Alicia_Silverstone)
Children	1
Website
http://www.thekindlife.com

Alicia Silverstone ( /əˈliːsiə ˈsɪlvərstoʊn/; born October 4, 1976) is an American actress, author, and animal rights and environmental activist. ^[1]

Early life[link]

Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Deirdre "Didi" (née Radford), a Scottish-born former Pan Am flight attendant, and Monty Silverstone, a real estate agent born in England.^[2][3] She has two older siblings, a half-sister from her father's previous marriage named Kezi Silverstone and a brother named David Silverstone. She grew up in an upper-middle class home in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood City, California.^{[citation needed]} Her father is Jewish and her mother converted to Conservative Judaism before marriage.^[4] She began modeling when she was six years old,^[5] and was subsequently cast in television commercials, the first being for Domino's Pizza.^[6] She attended Crocker Middle School and then San Mateo High School.^[7]

Career[link]

Silverstone won several awards for her film performances. She received multiple MTV Movie Awards and a Young Artist Award for The Crush. For Clueless she received multiple MTV Movie Awards and a Young Artist Award once again, plus awards from Blockbuster Entertainment Award, Kids' Choice Awards, National Board of Review, and an American Comedy Award.

1990s[link]

Her first credited role was in Fred Savage's The Wonder Years in the episode titled "Road Test", as his high school "dream girl". Silverstone then won a leading part in the 1993 film The Crush, playing a teenaged girl who sets out to ruin an older man after he spurns her affections; she won two awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards for the role—Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain. Silverstone became legally emancipated at the age of 15 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of the film.^[6] Alicia made some television movies in her early career including Torch Song, Cool and the Crazy and Scattered Dreams.

After seeing her in The Crush, Marty Callner decided Silverstone would be perfect for a role in a music video he was directing for the band Aerosmith, called "Cryin'"; she was subsequently cast in two more videos, "Amazing" and "Crazy". These were hugely successful for both the band and Silverstone, making her a household name (and also gaining her the nickname, "the Aerosmith chick").^[8] After seeing Silverstone in the three videos, filmmaker Amy Heckerling decided to cast her in Clueless.^[9]

Clueless became a sleeper hit and critical darling during the summer of 1995. ^[10] As a result, she signed a deal with Columbia-TriStar worth $10 million.^[11] As part of the package, she got a three-year first look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions. Silverstone also won "Best Female Performance" and "Most Desirable Female" at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards for her performance in the film. In the same year Silverstone starred in the erotic thriller, The Babysitter, film adaptation of the novel by Dean Koontz, Hideaway, and the French drama about Americans, New World.

Silverstone's next role was as Batgirl in Batman & Robin, and while it was not a critical success,^[12] the film grossed $238,207,122 worldwide.^[13] Silverstone's turn as Batgirl was not well received, and won her a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress.^[14] She also, however, won a Blimp Award at the Kid's Choice Awards for the role. Also released in 1997 was Excess Baggage, the first movie by Silverstone's production company, First Kiss Production. She starred alongside Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken. ^[2]

In 1999 Silverstone starred in the Saturn Award-nominated romance/comedy film Blast from the Past which also stars Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek. In VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s she was ranked #5.^[15]

2000s[link]

In 2000, Silverstone appeared in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of the Shakespeare play Love's Labour's Lost, in which she was required to sing and dance. In 2001, Silverstone provided the voice of Sharon Spitz, the lead character in the Canadian animated television Braceface. During this time she also made the films Global Heresy and Scorched. In 2002, she made her Broadway debut alongside Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs in The Graduate. After removing herself from the public eye for a few years, she resurfaced in the short-lived 2003 NBC television show Miss Match, which was canceled after 11 episodes. Silverstone later acknowledged that she hates the trappings of fame, saying, "Fame is not anything I wish on anyone. You start acting because you love it. Then success arrives, and suddenly you're on show".^[16]

Alicia Silverstone in 2005.

After the cancellation of Miss Match in 2003, Silverstone did a pilot with Fox called Queen B, in which she played a former high school prom queen named Beatrice (Bea) who has discovered that the real world is nothing like high school.^[17] It was not picked up for production. In 2005, she co-starred with Queen Latifah in Beauty Shop, a spinoff of the BarberShop films, as one of the stylists in the beauty shop. In the same year, she played a reporter alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, which did well financially, and appeared in the direct-to-video film Silence Becomes You.

In 2006, Silverstone starred in an ABC pilot called Pink Collar, in which her character worked in a law firm. Like Queen B, this pilot was not picked up for syndication. That year she also starred alongside Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor and Mickey Rourke in the film Stormbreaker, and appeared in the Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-TV movie Candles on Bay Street, based on the book by Cathie Pelletier. Silverstone continued her theatre work, next appearing in David Mamet's Boston Marriage and Speed-the-Plow. In 2008, she filmed another ABC pilot alongside Megan Mullally called Bad Mother's Handbook and made a cameo appearance in the comedy film Tropic Thunder.

In early 2009, Silverstone starred in the world premiere of Donald Margulies's Time Stands Still at the Geffen Playhouse LA.^[18] The play focuses on a longtime couple and journalistic team who return to New York from an extended stint in the war-torn Middle East. In a review, Silverstone was described as "a formidable stage presence who creates sparks whenever she performs".^[19]

Silverstone filmed a small segment in Elektra Luxx, a sequel to Women In Trouble. Director Sebastian Gutierrez cut her segment but will possibly use it for a third installment, tentatively titled Women In Ecstasy.^[20] She also starred in the music video for Rob Thomas's 2009 single "Her Diamonds".

2010s[link]

She reprised her role in Time Stands Still alongside Laura Linney in the New York production of the play on Broadway, which premiered on January 28, 2010, directed by Daniel Sullivan, who described Silverstone as "a breath of fresh air."^[21] The play received good reviews with The New York Times praising Silverstone, saying she "brings warmth, actorly intelligence and delicate humour."^[22]

Silverstone next appeared in the teen romance The Art of Getting By,^[23] which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.^[24]

She will appear in Butter as the adoptive mother of a 12-year old African American girl who enters a local butter sculpture competition in a small Iowa town, alongside Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde and Ashley Greene. The movie is said to be inspired by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's battle to secure the Democratic nomination for president.^[25] Rob Corddry, who plays her husband, invited her to appear in an episode of his show Childrens Hospital.^[26]

She is also set to appear alongside Sigourney Weaver and Krysten Ritter in director Amy Heckerling's vampire film, Vamps, playing one of two vampires who fall in love and face a choice that could jeopardise their immortality.^[27] She was offered the role after Heckerling came to see her in Time Stands Still.^[28]

Silverstone will also feature in Gods Behaving Badly^[29] and will also be in four episodes of Suburgatory, reuniting with her Clueless castmate Jeremy Sisto.^[30]

Personal life[link]

Silverstone married her longtime boyfriend, rock musician (for the band S.T.U.N.) Christopher Jarecki in a beachfront ceremony at Lake Tahoe, on June 11, 2005. ^[31] After meeting outside a movie theater in 1997, the couple dated for eight years prior to their marriage.^[32] They got engaged about a year before their marriage and Jarecki presented Silverstone with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother.^[33]

Silverstone and Jarecki live in an eco-friendly Los Angeles house complete with solar panels and an organic vegetable garden.^[32] She bought the house, shared with a "menagerie of rescued dogs," in 1996.^[33]

In 2009, Silverstone released The Kind Diet, a guide to vegan nutrition, and launched its associated website The Kind Life.^[34][35] The Kind Diet has topped The New York Times best sellers list.^[36]

In January 2011, it was announced that Silverstone and Jarecki were expecting their first child together.^[37] In May 2011, Silverstone gave birth to a boy, whom they named Bear Blu Jarecki.^[38]

In April 2012, she brought the practice of premastication into the spotlight when she posted a video of herself kiss-feeding her son, resulting in mixed reactions from the public.^[39][40]

Political beliefs[link]

Silverstone is noted for being an animal rights and environmental activist. She became a vegan in 1998 after attending an animal rights meeting, saying "I realized that I was the problem … I was an animal lover who was eating animals."^[32] She has revealed she struggled with childhood vegetarianism, stating "at eight years old it's hard to stick to your guns - and so through the years I was always starting and stopping trying to be a vegetarian."^[41] In 2004, Silverstone was voted "Sexiest Female Vegetarian" by PETA.^[42] In 2007, Silverstone appeared nude in a print advertisement and 30-second commercial for PETA championing vegetarianism; the TV spot was subsequently pulled from the Houston, Texas market by Comcast Cable.^[43] Silverstone has set up a sanctuary for rescued pets in Los Angeles.^[44]

Federal campaign contribution records also reveal that Silverstone contributed $500 USD to Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign.^[45] She also supported Barack Obama's presidential candidacy.^[46]

In 2009, she appeared in "The Gaythering Storm," a Funny or Die spoof internet video parodying anti-same-sex marriage commercial "The Gathering Storm." She also appeared in "My Mother's Red Hat" with Alanis Morissette parodying indie movies.

Filmography and credits[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

She was awarded a Heart Of Green Award in 2009, which "recognises individuals, organizations or companies who have helped green go mainstream."^[50] In 2010, she was awarded a Voice Of Compassion Award by the Physician's Committee For Responsible Medicine for "shining a spotlight on the powerful health benefits of a vegan diet."^[51]

References[link]