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Alabama
Alabama (
i/ˌæləˈbæmə/) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th-most extensive and the 23rd-most populous of the 50 United States. Alabama ranks second in the area of its inland waterways.
From the American Civil War until World War II, Alabama, like many Southern states, suffered economic hardship, in part because of continued dependence on agriculture. Despite the growth of major industries and urban centers, white rural interests dominated the state legislature until the 1960s, while urban interests and African Americans were under-represented. Following World War II, Alabama experienced growth as the economy of the state transitioned from agriculture to diversified interests in heavy manufacturing, mineral extraction, education, and technology. In addition, the establishment or expansion of multiple military installations, primarily those of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, added to state jobs.
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New York
New York (/njuː ˈjɔrk/; locally IPA: [nɪu ˈjɔək] or [nuː ˈjɔɹk] (
listen)) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th most extensive, the 3rd most populous, and the 7th most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the west and north, and Quebec to the north. The state of New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
New York City, with a population of over 8.1 million, is the most populous city in the United States. Alone, it makes up over 40 percent of the population of New York state. It is known for its status as a center for finance and culture and for its status as the largest gateway for immigration to the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, New York City is also a destination of choice for many foreign visitors. Both the state and city were named for the 17th century Duke of York, James Stuart, future James II and VII of England and Scotland.
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Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937), best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television, and a composer. Considered to be one of the greatest living actors, Hopkins is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. Other prominent film credits include The Lion in Winter, Magic, The Elephant Man, 84 Charing Cross Road, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, The Remains of the Day, Amistad, Nixon, The World's Fastest Indian, and Fracture. Hopkins was born and brought up in Wales. Retaining his British citizenship, he became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000. Hopkins' films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. As well as his Academy Award, Hopkins has also won three BAFTA Awards, two Emmys and the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award. Hopkins was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993 for services to the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.
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Bat for Lashes
Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), better known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. She sings and plays the piano, bass, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp.
Khan's debut album, Fur and Gold, released in 2006, peaked at number forty-eight on the UK Albums Chart and was shortlisted for the 2007 Mercury Prize. In 2008, Khan received two BRIT Award nominations for Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Female Solo Artist.
Khan's second album, Two Suns, released in 2009, reached number five on the UK Album Chart and number seventeen on the Irish Album Chart. It produced her first UK top forty single, "Daniel", and was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize. Khan was nominated for Best Female Solo Artist at 2010 BRIT Awards.
Khan was born in London on 25 October 1979. Until the age of five she was raised in Wembley where her parents had met and married several years before. She was born to a Pakistani father, Rehmat Khan (a former professional squash player from Peshawar) and to an English mother. Her father decided to relocate the family to the commuter town of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire to help with his coaching of future squash world open winner Jahangir Khan, Natasha's cousin.
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Big Poppa E
Big Poppa E is a performer of slam poetry. His live performances combine poetry, stand-up comedy, and dramatic monologue in high-energy rants about relationships, pop culture, and hot button issues of the day. He has appeared on three seasons of HBO's Def Poetry series and is a National Poetry Slam Champion (San Francisco Team '99). Although he now refrains from active slam competition, Big Poppa E has developed a solid reputation as a strong poetry slam host and organizer for events at the National Poetry Slam (NPS), Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS), and other similar events at universities across the United States.
He is best known for the performance poem The Wussy Boy Manifesto, a humorous rant championing sensitive men that elevates such cultural icons as Duckie from Pretty in Pink and Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything... to role models. Debuting in 1999, The Wussy Boy Manifesto garnered widespread attention, prompting Ms. Magazine to name Big Poppa E "an icon for effeminate males" and The Los Angeles Times to proclaim him the "leader of a new men's movement."
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C. Thomas Howell
Christopher Thomas Howell (born December 7, 1966), known by his stage name C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in The Da Vinci Treasure, Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stopped and Gods and Generals. He is scheduled to appear in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man.
Christopher Thomas Howell was born on December 7, 1966, in Van Nuys, California, the son of Candice and Christopher N. Howell. He has two sisters, Stacy and Candi, and a brother, John. He is nicknamed either "Tommy" or "CT". His father worked as a stunt coordinator and rodeo performer. As a young boy, Howell wanted to be a stuntman and was even a child stunt player. He began acting at the age of four, when cast in The Brian Keith Show in an episode called "The Little People".
When Howell was young, his parents divorced, leaving his mother with both of her sons and daughter Stacy, and his father took Candi with him. Howell shared his time with each parent and started his career through his father's job. When he was 12, he became a rodeo champion at the California Junior Rodeo Association and was named "All-Around Cowboy" in August 1979. While growing up, he also spent time golfing with his grandfather (where his nickname "CT" came because that is how he was recorded on screen boards).[citation needed]
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Carl Edwards
Carl Michael Edwards II (born August 15, 1979) is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #99 Fastenal, Aflac, Kellogg's, Best Buy, and UPS Ford Fusion in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing. He won the Busch Series championship in 2007 and nearly won the Sprint Cup Series title in 2011, but lost by a tiebreaker.
Edwards' big break came in 2002, when he competed in 7 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events for MB Motorsports. His best finish in the seven races was 8th at Kansas Speedway. He also ran one Busch Series race for Bost Motorsports, finishing 38th at Gateway International Raceway. However, it was enough to impress Jack Roush, and Edwards became a full-time Truck Series competitor in 2003, driving the #99 Ford F-150 sponsored by Superchips. He won Rookie-of-the-Year honors in addition, to three race wins, eventually finishing 8th in the points standings at the end of the season. In 2004, he notched three more race wins, including the season-opening Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at the Daytona International Speedway. At season's end, Edwards finished 4th in the points. In August 2004, he made his NEXTEL Cup Series debut, replacing Jeff Burton, who left the team, in the No. 99 Ford Taurus for Roush Racing, at the Michigan International Speedway. He finished 10th. He drove the #99 Ford for the remainder of the 2004 NEXTEL Cup. He also once again ran one Busch Series race; this time for Bobby Benton's RAB Racing team at Bristol Motor Speedway with sponsorship from Mac Tools.
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Charles messina
Charles Messina (b. October 21, 1971 in New York City) is an American playwright, screenwriter and director.
Messina was born in Greenwich Village and is of Italian-American descent. He attended Xavier High School and then later, New York University.
Known for his deconstructive take on biographical subjects, Messina's most notable stage work as director includes the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway plays Cirque Jacqueline, about the life of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, and Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God, a monodrama written by Messina about Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury, which starred Khalid Gonçalves and later, Amir Darvish. A film version of Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God is currently in development.
In 1999, Actor Found Dead, a one-act play written and directed by Messina about actor James Hayden (who Messina, as a child, had seen in American Buffalo), debuted at the John Houseman Studio Theatre in New York City. The play starred Khalid Gonçalves as Hayden, with Andrew I. Mones and David B. Martin. A screenplay based on Hayden's life was optioned in late 2007.
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Chelsea Kane
Chelsea Kane Staub (born September 15, 1988) is an American actress and singer professionally known as Chelsea Kane since December 2010. Her first starring role was in the 2007 film Bratz: The Movie. She co-starred as Stella Malone in the Disney Channel sitcom Jonas L.A.. She also appeared in the Disney Channel Original Movies, Minutemen and Starstruck. She currently co-stars in the Disney Channel animated series, Fish Hooks.
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Kane is the only child of John and Becky Staub. She is an alumna of Valley Youth Theatre.
In 2007, Kane played her first starring role as well as her first theatrical role, in the theatrical motion picture Bratz: The Movie as Meredith Baxter Dimly, the film's primary antagonist. She performed two of the songs on the film's soundtrack.
In 2008, she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Minutemen, as Stephanie Jameson. She appeared in one episode of Wizards of Waverly Place and she starred in the Disney Channel original film Starstruck. She played the role of Stella Malone, the stylist and long time best friend of the band JONAS, in the Disney Channel series Jonas L.A.. In 2010, Kane began co-starring in the Disney Channel animated series Fish Hooks voicing the role of Bea Goldfishberg.
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Chris Jericho
Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), known professionally as Chris Jericho, is an American-born Canadian professional wrestler, musician, media personality, actor, author and businessman. He is signed to WWE, appearing on its Raw brand in addition to being the lead singer of heavy metal band Fozzy. He is also well known for his time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and internationally in Canadian, Mexican and Japanese promotions.
Jericho has won 30 championships between WWF/E, WCW, and ECW - the three most prominent American promotions in the 1990s and early 2000s. He is credited as being the first Undisputed WWF Champion, having unified the WWE Championship and World Championship (formerly the WCW Championship) in 2001.
In WWE Jericho is a six-time world champion, having won the Undisputed WWF Championship once, the WCW/World Championship twice and the World Heavyweight Championship thrice. He is also a record nine-time Intercontinental Champion, and the fourth WWE Grand Slam Champion.
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Danko Jones
Danko Jones is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Danko Jones (vocals/guitar), John 'JC' Calabrese (bass guitar) and Atom Willard (drums).
Formed in 1996, they played consistently for two years in and around the north-eastern United States and Canada, opening for The New Bomb Turks, Nashville Pussy, Blonde Redhead, The Make-Up, The Dirtbombs, The Chrome Cranks and The Demolition Doll Rods. Originally they did not even want to release an album opting to have the band's live reputation spread via word of mouth.
Eventually, the trio relented and put out a self-titled six song e.p. on Sonic Unyon records in 1998. In 1999 they released the self-produced My Love Is Bold E.P. and achieved national exposure with the single "Bounce". They were nominated for a Juno Award in 2000 for Best Alternative Album.
In 2001 Bad Taste Records released a compilation of the band's early recordings, demos, and b-sides entitled, I'm Alive and On Fire. A 5 week European tour followed to promote the release including shows at the Roskilde festival in Denmark and Hultsfred festival in Sweden. By the end of the year they had returned 2 more times, most notably as main support for the Backyard Babies.
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Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez (/ɛˈmiːljoʊ ˈɛstɨvɛz/; born May 12, 1962) is an American actor, film director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire. He is also known for Repo Man, The Mighty Ducks and its sequels, Maximum Overdrive, Bobby (which he also wrote and directed), and his performances in Western films such as Young Guns and its sequel. One of his first appearances was as "Two-Bit" in The Outsiders.
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Eric Stoltz
Eric Hamilton Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He is widely known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Stoltz has appeared in a wide variety of films from mainstream fare like Some Kind of Wonderful to independent films like Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe, and Kicking and Screaming. He recently portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica.
Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, the son of Evelyn B. (née Vawter), a violinist and schoolteacher who died in 1994, and Jack Stoltz, an elementary school teacher. He has two sisters, mezzo soprano Catherine Stoltz and writer Susan R. Stoltz. He was raised in both American Samoa and Santa Barbara, California, where as a child, he once earned money playing piano for local musical theatre productions. He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out after his junior year. When he moved to New York for his studies in 1981, he met Stella Adler and Peggy Feury.
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Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born Helen Lydia Mironoff; 26 July 1945) is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.
Mirren was born Helen Lydia Mironoff in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Chiswick, West London. Her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov (1913–1980), was of Russian origin, and her mother, Kitty (née Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda Rogers; 1909–1996), was English. Mirren's paternal grandfather, Colonel Pyotr Vasilievich Mironov, was in the Tsarist Army and fought in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War. He later became a diplomat, and was negotiating an arms deal in Britain, when he and his family were stranded during the Russian Revolution. The former diplomat became a London cab driver to support his family.
His son, Helen Mirren's father, changed the family name to the Scottish-sounding Mirren in the 1950s and became known as Basil Mirren. He played the viola with the London Philharmonic before World War II, and later drove a cab and was a driving-test examiner, before becoming a civil servant with the Ministry of Transport. Mirren's mother was from West Ham, East London, and was the 13th of 14 children born to a butcher whose father had been the butcher to Queen Victoria. Mirren considers her upbringing to have been "very anti-monarchist".
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Hines Ward
Hines Edward Ward, Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers for fourteen seasons after being drafted in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft, becoming the team's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yardage and touchdown receptions. Ward was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL, and upon retirement was one of only eight NFL players to have 1,000 or more career receptions. He played college football at the University of Georgia.
Born in Seoul, South Korea to a Korean mother and an African American father, Ward grew up in the Atlanta area. He has become an advocate for the social acceptance of foreigners in Korea, especially mixed-race youth.
Ward was born in Seoul, South Korea, to an African American father, Hines Ward Sr., and Korean mother, Kim Young He (김영희). His family moved to Atlanta and East Point, Georgia when Hines Jr. was one, and Hines Sr. went to Germany to serve a tour of duty. The next year Ward's parents divorced leaving Ward to live with his mother and then with his paternal grandmother after Hines Sr. convinced a family court that Kim could not raise Hines Jr. independently, because she did not speak English. Ward would later be reunited with his mother at the age of 7. During this time, Hines Ward Sr. did not support Ward with child support or visit Ward regularly with Ward stating that he talks with his father about once every two years. Ward has stated that he has never reconciled with his father who abandoned him when he was 2 years old. Under the guidance of coach Mike Parris at Forest Park High School in Forest Park, Georgia, Ward showcased his athletic skills as a quarterback, and was two-time Clayton County Offensive Player of the Year.
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Italian American
An Italian American (Italian: Italoamericano singular, Italian: Italoamericani plural), is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship. Italian Americans are the fourth largest European ethnic group in the United States (not including American ethnicity, an ethnonym used by many in the United States; overall, Italian Americans rank seventh, behind German, Irish, African American, English, American and Mexican).
About 5.5 million Italians immigrated to the U.S. from 1820 to 2004. The greatest surge of immigration, which occurred in the period between 1880 and 1920, alone brought more than 4 million Italians to America. About 80% of the Italian immigrants came from Southern Italy, especially from Sicily, Campania, Abruzzo and Calabria. This was a largely agricultural and overpopulated region, where much of the populace had been impoverished by centuries of foreign misrule, and the economic measures imposed on the South after Italian unification in 1861 . After unification the Italian government initially encouraged emigration of landless peasants to relieve economic pressures in the South. In the U.S., most Italians began their new lives as unskilled, manual workers in Eastern cities, mining camps and in agriculture. Italian Americans gradually moved from the lower rungs of the economic scale in 1890-1910 to a level comparable to the national average by 1970. By 1990, more than 65% of Italian Americans were managerial, professional, or white-collar workers. The Italian-American communities have often been characterized by strong ties with family, the Catholic Church, fraternal organizations and political parties. Today, over 17.8 million Americans claim Italian ancestry.
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Jena Malone
Jena Malone (/mʌˈloʊn/; born November 21, 1984) is an American actress and musician who has appeared on television, in films, and on Broadway. She made her movie debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina (1996), and has appeared in films including Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), Donnie Darko (2001), Saved! (2004), Into the Wild (2007), The Ruins (2008) and Sucker Punch (2011).
Malone is also an experimental musician who has released music both under her own name and as "The Shoe".
Malone had lived in 27 locations by the age of nine, including Lake Tahoe, California. She was raised by her mother, Deborah, and her mother's girlfriend, whom she calls "Godmom," and began taking an interest in acting after watching her mother, who was involved in community theatre. She briefly moved to Las Vegas, hated it, and persuaded her mother to move on to Los Angeles. Malone was home-schooled from sixth to eighth grade. She attended the Professional Children's School, for the ninth grade, in New York, and quit it after a year, when she became legally emancipated, in January 2000. At some point she later obtained her General Educational Development (GED).
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Jessica Biel
Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982) is an American actress, model, and singer. Biel is known for her television role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven.
Jessica Claire Biel was born in Ely, Minnesota. Her mother, Kimberly (née Conroe), is a homemaker and spiritual healer. Her father, Jonathan Biel, worked for GE and was also an entrepreneur and business consultant. She is of German, French, English, and Choctaw ancestry and has a younger brother, Justin, born in 1985. Biel's family moved frequently during her childhood, living in Texas, Connecticut, and Woodstock, Illinois, before finally settling in Boulder, Colorado. While growing up, Biel played soccer and also trained as a gymnast. From 2000 to 2002, she attended Tufts University.
Biel initially trained to be a vocalist. At age nine, she appeared in several musical productions in her hometown, playing lead roles in productions such as Annie, The Sound of Music, and Beauty and the Beast. Biel auditioned for the a cappella choir the Tufts Amalgamates, but was not accepted.
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Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles in An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over.
Clayburgh was born in New York City, the daughter of Julia Louise (née Dorr), a theatrical production secretary for producer David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive. Her paternal grandmother was concert and opera singer Alma Lachenbruch Clayburgh.
Clayburgh's father came from a wealthy Jewish family. She was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where she attended the prestigious Brearley School. She then attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she decided that she wanted to be an actress.
Clayburgh married screenwriter and playwright David Rabe in 1979. They had one son, Michael Rabe, and one daughter, actress Lily Rabe. Prior to this, she had dated actor Al Pacino for five years (and briefly appeared with him in a November 1968 N.Y.P.D. episode, "Deadly Circle Of Violence").
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Joe Pesci
Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci (/ˈpɛʃi/PESH-ee; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for playing a variety of different roles, from violent mobsters to comedic leads to quirky sidekicks. Pesci has starred in a number of high profile films including Goodfellas, Casino, Raging Bull, Once Upon a Time in America, My Cousin Vinny, JFK, Home Alone, and the Lethal Weapon series. He took a six year hiatus from acting between 1999 and 2005 before returning for a cameo in The Good Shepherd (2006).
In 1990, Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychotic mobster Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas, ten years after receiving a nomination in the same category for Raging Bull.
Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Mary, who worked part-time as a barber, and Angelo Pesci, a forklift driver for General Motors and bartender. Pesci was raised in Belleville, New Jersey and attended Belleville High School. By the time Pesci was five years old, he was appearing in plays in New York. A few years later, at age ten, he was a regular on a television variety show called Startime Kids, which also featured Connie Francis. He started out working as a barber in the 1960s, following in his mother's footsteps.
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Joseph Stefano
Joseph Stefano (May 5, 1922 – August 25, 2006) was an American screenwriter, known to genre fans for writing the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and for being the producer and co-writer of the Outer Limits TV series.
As a teenager, Stefano was so keen to become an actor that he dropped out of high school two weeks before graduation and traveled to New York City. In Manhattan he adopted the stage name Jerry Stevens.
But Stefano's initial career was as a composer of pop music in the 1940s, writing songs for Las Vegas showman Donn Arden. In possession of a large collection of sheet music, he once spent five hours challenging pianist Michael Feinstein on names of obscure Tin Pan Alley songs.
Stefano began writing movie scripts in the late 1950s, firstly for Martin Ritt with The Black Orchid (1958); his father, a tailor, had made silk flowers and this was an influence on the screenplay.
In 1960 though, Stefano was commissioned by Alfred Hitchcock to adapt Robert Bloch's pulp novel Psycho for the screen. His work was recognized by the Mystery Writers of America when he was given a 1961 Edgar Award, for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. Stefano appears briefly onscreen discussing Bloch's utilisation of the basis of the character Norman Bates in the crimes of serial killer Ed Gein in the documentary "Ed Gein: The Ghoul of Plainfield" which can be found on Disc 2 of the DVD release of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film).
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Kendra Wilkinson
Kendra Leigh Baskett (née Wilkinson; born June 12, 1985), professionally known by her maiden name, is an American television personality and glamour model. She is widely known for being one of Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends and for her role on the E! reality television series The Girls Next Door, on which her life in the Playboy Mansion was documented.
Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in three nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door costars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt. Her own reality series, Kendra, debuted in June 2009.
Kendra Wilkinson is of Irish, Ukrainian, and English descent. She is the elder of two children; her younger brother is Colin. Her mother, Patti, was originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and had been a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. Her father, Eric, was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and Ocean City, New Jersey, before moving to San Diego, California at age 15. He received a degree in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and went on to found several biotechnology companies before retiring at the age of 48. Patti and Eric married on November 5, 1983. They divorced on March 25, 1994, when Kendra was eight. Her grandmother Gloria Wilkinson died in December 2004.
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Kirstie Alley
Kirstie Louise Alley (born January 12, 1951) is an American actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987–1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991. She is also known for her role in the thriller Shoot to Kill and the Look Who's Talking film series as Mollie Ubriacco. More recently, Alley has appeared in reality shows revolving around her life.
Kirstie Alley was born in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Lillian Mickie (née Heaton), a homemaker, and Robert Deal Alley, who owned a lumber company. She has two siblings, Colette and Craig. Alley attended Wichita Southeast High School, graduating in 1969. She attended college at Kansas State University in 1969. In 1981, a car accident caused by a drunk driver killed her mother and left her father seriously injured. Her father eventually recovered. Kirstie came to Los Angeles to work as an interior designer and appeared as a contestant on the popular game show Match Game, where she won multiple games. She also appeared on the game show Password Plus in 1980.
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Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei (/məˈrɪsə toʊˈmeɪ/; born December 4, 1964) is an American stage, film and television actress. Following her work on As The World Turns, Tomei came to prominence as a supporting cast member on The Cosby Show spinoff A Different World in 1987. After appearing in a few films, her breakthrough came in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin Vinny, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Appearing in many films over the past fifteen years, her most commercially successful films to date are What Women Want (2000), Anger Management (2003), and Wild Hogs (2007). She received critical acclaim for her performances in Unhook the Stars (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) and received subsequent Academy Award nominations for her performances in In the Bedroom (2001) and The Wrestler (2008).
Tomei, an Italian American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Patricia Adelaide "Addie" (née Bianchi), an English teacher, and Gary A. Tomei, a trial lawyer. She has a younger brother, actor Adam Tomei, and was partly raised by her paternal grandparents, Rita and Romeo Tomei. Tomei grew up in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. While there, she became captivated by the Broadway shows that her theater-loving parents took her to, and became drawn to acting as a career. At Andries Hudde Junior High School, she played the part of Hedy LaRue in a school production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Graduating from Edward R. Murrow High School in 1982, she attended Boston University for a year.
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Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and film director. He began acting in the late 1970s, gaining fame as a teenage idol during the 1980s.
Matthew Raymond Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York, to second-generation Irish American parents Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer. He was raised in a close-knit Irish Roman Catholic family as the second of six children. Dillon's paternal grandmother was the sister of comic strip artist Alex Raymond. Dillon has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin Dillon, is also an actor, and appears on the hit TV series Entourage which has earned him several Emmy nominations in the supporting actor comedy category. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York, and before dropping out in junior year, he attended Mamaroneck High School.[citation needed]
In 1978, Jane Bernstein and a friend were helping director Jonathan Kaplan cast the violent teen drama Over the Edge when they found Dillon cutting class at Hommocks Middle School in Larchmont. Dillon auditioned for a role and made his debut in the film. The film received a regional, limited theatrical release in May 1979, and grossed only slightly over $200,000. Dillon's performance was well-received, which led to his casting in two films released the following year; the teenage sex comedy Little Darlings, in which Kristy McNichol's character loses her virginity to a boy from the camp across the lake, played by Dillon, and the more serious teen dramedy My Bodyguard, where he played a high-school bully opposite Chris Makepeace. The films, released in March and July 1980, respectively, were box office successes and raised Dillon's profile among teenage audiences.
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MC Frontalot
Damian Hess (born December 3, 1973), better known by stage name MC Frontalot, is a Brooklyn-based hip hop musician and self-proclaimed "world's 579th greatest rapper". He is best known in nerdcore hip hop and video game culture, for naming the nerdcore subgenre, and performing at Penny Arcade's annual Penny Arcade Expo. Hess graduated from Wesleyan University in 1996 with degrees in English and Electronic Music.
Hess began releasing music as MC Frontalot in 1999. His first successes came through Song Fight!, an online songwriting and recording competition, where he became known for consistently beating opponents. Throughout his history at Song Fight!, he has never lost a competition as MC Frontalot, although he has entered only seven entries in that name. In one such song fight, entitled "Romantic Cheapskate", he likens Song Fight! to a neglected lover who favours him regardless of how he treats her. The song went on to garner a total of 614 votes, while the next closest song ended the round with 28.
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Natasha Khan
Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), better known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. She sings and plays the piano, bass, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp.
Khan's debut album, Fur and Gold, released in 2006, peaked at number forty-eight on the UK Albums Chart and was shortlisted for the 2007 Mercury Prize. In 2008, Khan received two BRIT Award nominations for Best Breakthrough Artist and Best Female Solo Artist.
Khan's second album, Two Suns, released in 2009, reached number five on the UK Album Chart and number seventeen on the Irish Album Chart. It produced her first UK top forty single, "Daniel", and was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize. Khan was nominated for Best Female Solo Artist at 2010 BRIT Awards.
Khan was born in London on 25 October 1979. Until the age of five she was raised in Wembley where her parents had met and married several years before. She was born to a Pakistani father, Rehmat Khan (a former professional squash player from Peshawar) and to an English mother. Her father decided to relocate the family to the commuter town of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire to help with his coaching of future squash world open winner Jahangir Khan, Natasha's cousin.
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Patrick Swayze
Patrick Wayne Swayze (
/ˈsweɪziː/; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. His film and TV career spanned 30 years.
Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he was "kicking it". However, he died from the disease on September 14, 2009. His last role was the lead in an ill-fated A&E TV series, The Beast, which premiered on January 15, 2009. Due to a prolonged decline in health, Swayze was unable to promote the series. On June 15, 2009, Entertainment Tonight announced the show's cancellation.
Patrick Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas, the second child of Patsy Yvonne Helen (née Karnes; born 1927), a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), an engineering draftsman. He had two younger brothers, actor Don Swayze (born 1958) and Sean Kyle (born 1962), and two sisters, Vickie Lynn (1949–1994) and Bambi. He was a sixth cousin once removed of news commentator John Cameron Swayze, and a relative of noted Texas Revolution soldier Henry Karnes. Swayze was raised Roman Catholic.
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Petra Němcová
Petra Němcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtra ˈɲɛmtsovaː]; born 24 June 1979 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a Czech model, television host, author, and philanthropist. She is the founder and chair of the Happy Hearts Fund. In December 2004, she was injured in Thailand by a tsunami resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; her fiancé, photographer Simon Atlee, was killed in the tsunami.
Petra Němcová was born June 24, 1979 in Communist Czechoslovakia. She grew up in Karvina with her sister Olga. As a child she was teased at school for sharing her name with the famous Czech author Bozena Němcová. She was scouted on the streets of Prague by "Next Model Management". Upon signing with the renowned agency Němcová moved to Milan.
Petra Němcová was scouted walking through the streets in Prague. In 1995 she won the Czech Elite Model Look. Upon signing with Next Models, Němcová moved to Milan where her career flourished. She was featured in campaigns for Benetton, Bulgari Sunglasses, Cartier, Clarins, Cortefiel, Dirk Bikkembergs, Fortunoff, Graff, HP Intel Personal Computer, HS, Intimissimi, John Lewis, Lancaster, La Perla, La Senza, Maidenform, Max Factor, Pantene Pro-V, Passport, Playtex, Rampage, Schwarzkopf, Victoria's Secret, and Wild Orchid. Additionally, she has appeared on the covers of Madame Figaro, Elle, Shape, Cosmopolitan, Flare, Vegas, Glamour, FHM, and Sports Illustrated. From 2000 to 2004, she has walked for designers Lolita Lempicka, Gai Mattiolo Erreuno, Matthew Williamson, Custo Barceloa, Blunauta, Dirk Bikkembergs, Gugliemo Cappone, Luciano soprani, Marina Babini,Yumi Katsura, Akadius, and Michino Koshino.
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Rob Lowe
Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe (/ˈrɒb ˈloʊ/; born March 17, 1964) is an American actor. Lowe came to prominence after appearing in films such as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, About Last Night..., St. Elmo's Fire, and Wayne's World. On television, Lowe is known for his role as Sam Seaborn on The West Wing and his role as Senator Robert McCallister on Brothers & Sisters. He is currently a main cast member of Parks and Recreation, playing the role of Chris Traeger. Early in his career Lowe gained notoriety as a life-in-the-fast-lane playboy, ending up in the spotlight for various personal indiscretions and tabloid scandals, including one of the first "sex tape" scandals to hit Hollywood.
Lowe was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, the son of Barbara Lynn (née Hepler), a teacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a trial lawyer. His parents divorced when Lowe was young. He has a brother, actor Chad Lowe, and two half brothers. Because of a virus during infancy, he is deaf in his right ear (he later played a deaf character in Stephen King's The Stand). Lowe was baptized into the Episcopal church. His father is of German , English and Irish ancestry and his mother was of German, English, Welsh, and Scottish descent. He was raised in a "traditional midwestern setting" in Dayton, Ohio, attending Oakwood Junior High School, before moving to the Point Dume area of Malibu, California with his mother and brother. He attended Santa Monica High School, the same high school as fellow actors Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, and Robert Downey, Jr.
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Robert Garwood
Robert Russell Garwood (born 1 April 1946 in Greensburg, Indiana) is a former Vietnam War prisoner of war. Garwood was a United States Marine Corps Private First Class when he was captured on September 28, 1965 at DaNang, in Quang Nam province during the Vietnam War. Often cited as the last American POW from the Vietnam War, he was taken to North Vietnam in 1969, and reportedly released in 1973 along with all other American POWs, but did not return to the United States until March 22, 1979. He is listed either as having volunteered or been forced into a work group repairing a generator at Lien Trai I, one of the Yen Bai reeducation camps in Hoang Lien San Province in northern Vietnam. Other reports describe him as working at an unnamed "island fortress" in Thac Ba, North Vietnam, or having been kept behind in mainland labour camps as a driver and vehicle mechanic. Garwood was considered by the Department of Defense to have acted as a collaborator with the enemy. In 1998, the Department of Defense changed his status from RETURNEE to AWOL/Deserter/Collaborator.
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Romeo Miller
Percy Romeo Miller, Jr. (born August 19, 1989), better known by his stage name Romeo (previously Lil' Romeo), is an American rapper, actor, basketball player, entrepreneur, and model. As a rap musician, Miller has released three studio albums and two compilation albums.
Romeo Miller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the son of rapper and entrepreneur Master P and former rapper Sonya C. He is the nephew of rappers C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker and the brother of singer Cymphonique. Romeo was signed to No Limit at the age of 5 after he wrote a rap to his dad.
He then released his debut album 7 years later titled after his original alias Lil' Romeo. This offering contained the hit single "My Baby" that charted No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-hop Singles. The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and No. 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums,selling more than 500,000 copies the first week out making it certified Gold. The album is now certified certified Platinum by the RIAA for the sales of 1,300,000. Also in 2001 he was featured on his uncle Silkk the Shocker's remix single of "That's Kool", which was also featured on his own album.
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Sacha Gervasi
Sacha Gervasi (born 1966) is a British journalist, screenwriter and Independent Spirit Award and Emmy Award winning director.
Born Alexander Gervasi in London in 1966, Gervasi was educated at Westminster School, and then read modern history at King's College London. As a teenager in 1981, Gervasi befriended Canadian metal band Anvil when they played London and became a roadie for the band on three tours eventually becoming close friends until a falling out in 1986. He was also an original member of alternative rock group Bush.
Gervasi's first position was to work for the Poet Laureate of England, Ted Hughes at the Arvon Writing Foundation, founded by two young poets, John Fairfax and John Moat, in 1968. After completing his degree, he subsequently worked for John Calder of the Samuel Beckett archive helping to arrange a vast sale of Beckett’s personal papers at Sotheby’s in 1989, including Beckett’s own annotated version of Waiting for Godot which sold to Trinity College, Dublin.
Gervasi moved to Los Angeles in 1995 to attend the graduate screen-writing programme at UCLA Film School, where he twice won the BAFTA/LA scholarship. While in the programme, he supported himself by working as a journalist, writing for newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times, The Observer, and Punch.
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is an American retired professional boxer and occasional actor. He was named Ray Charles Leonard, after his mother's favorite singer, Ray Charles. Leonard was the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, won world titles in five weight divisions and defeated future fellow International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Wilfred Benítez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Durán and Marvin Hagler. Leonard was named "Boxer of the Decade" for the 1980s.
Leonard, the fifth of seven children, was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Cicero and Getha Leonard. He grew up in Wilmington, N.C. When he was three, the family moved to Washington, D.C. When he was ten, they settled permanently in Palmer Park, Maryland. His father worked as a supermarket night manager, his mother was a nurse.
Leonard was a shy child, and aside from the time he nearly drowned in a creek during a Seat Pleasant flood, his childhood was uneventful. He stayed home a lot, reading comic books and playing with his dog. "He never did talk too much," his mother said. "We never could tell what he was thinking. But I never had any problems with him. I never had to go to school once because of him."
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Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( /ˈtɒməs ˈkruːz ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born July 3, 1962), widely known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won three Golden Globe Awards for the same movies: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Jerry Maguire (1996), Magnolia (1999). He started his career with the movie Endless Love. Cruise's first appearance in a major film was in 1981's Taps. His first leading role was in the film Risky Business, released in August 1983. Cruise played the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and successful 1986 film Top Gun, and also secret agent Ethan Hunt in the series of Mission: Impossible action films.
He has starred in a variety of other successful films, including: Rain Man (1988), Days of Thunder (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Vanilla Sky (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Last Samurai (2003), Collateral (2004), and War of the Worlds (2005).
Since 2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio, with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive. Cruise is also known for his support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology.
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Toni Collette
Antonia "Toni" Collette (born 1 November 1972) is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish.
Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Following her performances in Emma (1996) and The Boys (1998), Collette achieved international recognition as a result of her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense (1999). She has appeared in thrillers such as Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2002) and independent comedy films like About a Boy (2002), Connie and Carla (2004), In Her Shoes (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
In 2009, she began playing the lead role in the television series United States of Tara, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2010.
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Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances.
Although his early film roles were partly the result of his good looks, by the later half of the 1950s he became a notable and strong screen presence. He began proving himself to be a “fine dramatic actor,” having the range to act in numerous dramatic and comedy roles. In his earliest parts he acted in a string of "mediocre" films, including swashbucklers, westerns, light comedies, sports films, and a musical. However, by the time he starred in Houdini (1953) with his wife Janet Leigh, "his first clear success," notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely.
He won his first serious recognition as a skilled dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) with co-star Burt Lancaster. The following year he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in another drama, The Defiant Ones (1958). Curtis then gave what many believe was his best acting, in a completely different role, the comedy Some Like It Hot (1959). Thomson calls it an "outrageous film," and it was voted the number 1 funniest film in history from a survey done by the American Film Institute. It costarred Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe, and was directed by Billy Wilder. That was followed by Blake Edwards’ comedy Operation Petticoat (1959) with Cary Grant. They were both “frantic comedies,” and displayed "his impeccable comic timing." He often collaborated with Edwards on later films.
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Famous quotes by Ralph Macchio:
"We intended for the 'Ultimate Spider-Man'—and all the Ultimate Annuals-- to continue the tradition set by their monthly counterparts: Top creators giving the readership solid stories, beautifully illustrated."
"From Secret to Extinction, it's a great time to go Ultimate!"
"My life is all the richer for having known him, ... I will miss his genuine friendship."
"Pat Morita was a truly generous actor, a gifted comic, and an even greater friend, ... It was both my honor and privilege to have worked with him and create a bit of cinema magic together."
"It was both my honor and privilege to have worked with him and create a bit of cinema magic together. My life is all the richer for having known him. I will miss his genuine friendship."
"We knew we were working with one of the biggest filmmakers of our time."
"I have yet to be involved in a casting situation like that before or since,"
"In this arc we see the appearance of Ultimate Namor for the first time! And, we learn how truly dissimilar he is to the mainstream Sub-Mariner. We'll be digging deep into the mythology of the Ultimate Universe here."
"I just love that one and always loved the moment where Daniel bows to Miyagi after he puts him to sleep, ... That was John Avildsen saying, 'Before you leave, just turn and bow to him.' It's just a genuine organic great moment that just sort of came up on the day."
"'Wax on, wax off' -- [it] comes every day. Well, maybe not every day, but every week, ... And everyone yells out the phrase as if they'd just come up with the idea, thinking, 'Whoa, isn't that genius? Hey Ralph, wax on, wax off!'"
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Wax On, F ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio
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In his new movie, Ralph Macchio faces his toughest challenge yet; to become a Hollywood bad boy. With Karate Kid returning to the big screen, his career fading his friends and family are forced to stage an intervention. In order to re-establish himself in the entertainment industry he hits the streets of Los Angeles to show everyone how tough he can be. Coming soon, "Wax On, Fuck Off"
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Interview to Ralph Macchio on Today 2009
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Ralph Macchio talks about his family and the remake of Karate Kid.
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Ralph Macchio Interview (Where Are They Now?)
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Great little treat for Ralph Macchio and Karate Kid fans with a chat with Ralph through a segment on an episode of Where Are They Now? (01/07/2007)
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Ralph Macchio, the original 'Karate Kid' on new series "American Gypsies"
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Actor and producer Ralph Macchio promotes his new show, "American Gypsies." For more CNN videos, check out our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com Or visit our site at www.cnn.com
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Ralph Macchio talks Pat Morita and naming his son
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Ralph Macchio returns to the Covino & Rich show to promote his recent appearance on the show Happily Divorced. We ask him about naming his son Daniel and the honor of giving a speech at his former costar and friend Pat Morita's funeral For more info on the Covino & Rich Show, visit www.covinoandrich.com
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Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnoff - Salsa
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Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnoff - Salsa Dancing With The Stars Season 12 Week 9 May 16, 2011 Song: "I Know You Want Me" by Pitbull Score: 23 (8,7,8)
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Is Ralph Macchio Replacing Regis?
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Ralph Macchio addresses his rumored feud with Will Smith and reveals if he'll be replacing Regis Philbin.
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crossroads guitar duel (ralph macchio vs steve vai)
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a clip from the movie crossroads portraying Ralph Macchio (the karate kid) playing a badass guitar solo. Info from IMDB.com "Though the blues guitar sounds aren't truly coming from Ralph Macchio's fingers, the actor is actually playing note for note the music of Steve Vai and Ry Cooder. His fingering, slides and bends are precise until the "main" solo, which incorporates Paganini's 5th Caprice, in which it is obvious he is not fingering the correct location on the guitar, as well with the patterns, this can be seen since he uses mainly the same pattern (scale on the top frets, then another one in the bottom frets) and all the scale portion of it, the scales are shifting and changing sound, but his patterns remain the same." and "Steve Vai played both sides of the guitar duel, while acting as Jack Butler, the devil's guitarist. Ry Cooder recorded the slide parts and produced the soundtrack."
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Ralph Macchio talks about the Karate Kid Remake
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Actor Ralph Macchio stopped by the Covino & Rich Show recently. We asked him about the 2010 remake of "The Karate Kid" and he shared his thoughts, saying the original had heart that you can't recreate. Watch the clip for more. For more info on The Covino & Rich Show, visit www.covinoandrich.com
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2012 TV Land Awards: Karate Kid Ralph Macchio
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Ralph Macchio walked the red carpet at the 10th Anniversary of the TV Land Awards. Ralph talks about working on Happily Divorced with Fran Drescher! Tune in Sunday, April 29 at 9PM/8C!
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Ralph Macchio - Dancing with the Stars 2011 Season 12 week 1 3/21
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Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnoff - Rumba
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Ralph Macchio & Karina Smirnoff - Rumba Dancing With The Stars Season 12 Week 3 April 4, 2011 Song: "Stay Gold" by Stevie Wonder Score: 21
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Eric Stoltz and Ralph Macchio kiss- Naked in New York (1993)
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Chris (Ralph Macchio) kisses Jack (Eric Stoltz) in Naked in New York (1993). The song playing during the scene is "Enchanted" by Book of Love. Here's a link to download the song: www.mediafire.com
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Ralph Macchio - "The Karate Kid ll" - [part 1/11]
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Copyright © 1986 by Columbia Pictures Inc. All rights reserved. NOTE: I do not own this movie. All credits goes to Columbia.
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Ralph Macchio...WIPEOUT!
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This is a Ralph Macchio.....WIPEOUT!!
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Ralph Macchio's new reality show
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Ralph Macchio discusses his brand new reality show on National Geographic, 'American Gypsies.'
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Ralph Macchio - "The Karate Kid ll" - [part 2/11]
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Copyright © 1986 by Columbia Pictures Inc. All rights reserved. NOTE: I do not own this movie. All credit goes to Columbia.
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Ralph Macchio goes behind the camera to showcase 'American Gypsies'
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Ralph Macchio - "The Outsiders" [part 1/9]
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www.imdb.com 1983 movie by Francis Ford Coppola.
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You've Got Ralph Macchio on DWTS
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In this edition of You've Got, Ralph Macchio's Dancing with the Stars partner, Karina Smirnoff talks about his movement and specific quirks.
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The Karate Kid (1984) Trailer (Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and Elisabeth Shue)
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www.trailerobsessed.com A handyman arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting.
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Ralph Macchio - "The Outsiders" [part 2/9]
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www.imdb.com 1983 movie by Francis Ford Coppola.
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Ralph Macchio Screen Test Interview at 18
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This is a short clip taken from a 3/4" videotape found in a box lot that I purchased from a Hollywood estate about fifteen years ago.
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20 Nov 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling President Barack Obama's whirlwind tour of southeast Asia and meetings with dignitaries will have to walk a tightrope between either appearing to endorse military juntas or truly being committed to ongoing pro-democracy movements. Specifically at issue is Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, a democratic advocate...(size: 5.0Kb)
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21 Nov 2012
MUMBAI, India - India executed the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 terror attack on Mumbai early Wednesday, India's home ministry said. Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen, was one of 10 gunmen who rampaged through the streets of India's financial capital in November 2008, killing 166 people. Kasab was hung at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at a jail in...(size: 4.5Kb)
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21 Nov 2012
Hundreds of government soldiers and police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have surrendered to rebels at a stadium in Goma, Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri has reported from the scene. The M23 rebel group, believed to be backed by Rwanda seized the strategic, provincial capital of Goma in eastern Congo on Tuesday, home to more than 1 million...(size: 18.7Kb)
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19 Nov 2012
Gaza/Jerusalem - Israel bombed dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire. Mediator Egypt said a deal for a truce to end the fighting could be close. The leader of Hamas said it was up to...(size: 4.1Kb)
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21 Nov 2012
A report by the UN says global attempts to curb emissions of CO2 are falling well short of what is needed to stem dangerous climate change. The UN's Environment Programme says greenhouse gases are 14% above where they need to be in 2020 for temperature rises this century to remain below 2C. The authors say this target is still technically...(size: 3.5Kb)
Kansas City Star
22 Nov 2012
Fifty years past his heyday, and 30 years after his death, the world still knows Alfred Hitchcock by reputation, even if you can't get the kids to check out his classic movies. "Hitchcock," a dark and dazzling bio-thriller about the making of "Psycho," could change that. It's a fanciful film buff's delight, a grim yet glittery corner of Hollywood...(size: 5.2Kb)
Newsday
21 Nov 2012
Huffington Post
20 Nov 2012
Helen Mirren, "Hitchcock" star, at the New York premiere of the film on Nov. 18....(size: 15.4Kb)
The Washington Times
19 Nov 2012
If the holidays still seem a long way off, you clearly haven’t done much channel surfing lately. The Hallmark Channel already has begun two months of wall-to-wall holiday programming. Lifetime has ramped up its seasonal selections with 10 new made-for-TV movies, the first one airing earlier this month. ABC Family’s annual “25 Days...(size: 3.7Kb)
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This article is about the actor. For the comic-book editor, see Ralph Macchio (comics).
| Ralph Macchio | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ralph George Macchio (1961-11-04) November 4, 1961 (age 50) Huntington, Long Island, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Phyllis Fierro (1987–present) |
Ralph George Macchio (pronounced /ˈmɑːtʃi.oʊ/) (born November 4, 1961) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Daniel LaRusso in the Karate Kid series, Bill Gambini in My Cousin Vinny, and Johnny Cade in The Outsiders. He is also known to American television audiences for his recurring role as Jeremy Andretti in the fifth season of the television comedy-drama Eight Is Enough. He also appeared on the television comedy Ugly Betty in the recurring role of Archie, a local Queens politician. He competed on the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars.
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Early life[link]
Macchio, an Italian American, was born on November 4, 1961, in Huntington, New York.[1]
Career[link]
Macchio first appeared on American television commercials for products such as Bubble Yum and Dr Pepper. His on-screen debut was in the 1980 film Up the Academy, and his first major role was playing Jeremy Andretti in the television series Eight Is Enough. In 1983, he appeared as Johnny Cade in The Outsiders alongside many young actors who had yet to become major stars, such as C. Thomas Howell, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, and Matt Dillon.
In 1984 Macchio became known internationally following the release of the first Karate Kid movie. Playing high school senior Daniel LaRusso, Macchio was actually in his early twenties when the film was made. He continued this success with the film's sequels, Karate Kid Part II and III. In the mid-1980s, Macchio's face began appearing on the covers of many teen "bubble gum" magazines such as Tiger Beat, 16, and Teen Beat.
Macchio appeared in the 1986 film Crossroads, portraying music student Eugene Martone. In 1992 he starred opposite Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei in the hit comedy My Cousin Vinny, playing Billy Gambini, who was wrongly accused of murder while passing through a small Alabama town. It was the first significant adult role of his career.
In 1993 Macchio portrayed Chris, the sexually confused best friend of Eric Stoltz's character, in the indie film Naked in New York, along with such notable actors as Mary Louise Parker, Jill Clayburgh, Kathleen Turner, and Tony Curtis.
In 1996 Macchio performed the lead role of J. Pierrepont Finch in the U.S. tour revival of the 1962 Tony Award winning musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and received positive reviews. Referring to his performance as a chorister in a high school production of the same musical, Macchio said, "I was known as the 'Dancing Kid,' not that I was all that great. But I had been dancing since the age of three, taking lessons at the June Claire School of Dance in Babylon, Long Island."[2][3]
Since the mid-1990s, Macchio's film appearances have been occasional cameo- or supporting roles, notably and recently A Good Night to Die and Beer League. In 2005 Macchio played himself in the HBO series, Entourage.
On May 1, 2007, Macchio played himself in an episode of the Starz series, Head Case. In 2008, he appeared in a VitaminWater commercial that featured NASCAR driver Carl Edwards. Macchio was depicted as Edwards' "spiritual advisor" and dressed in his Karate Kid clothes. Since October 2008, he has appeared in several episodes of the ABC Network television series Ugly Betty as Archie Rodriguez, a local politician, with a semi-regular role as Hilda's love interest on the show.
As of November 2008, Macchio was ranked #80 among VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.[4]
In June 2010, Macchio appeared in Funny or Die's online short, "Wax on, F*ck off," in which his loved ones stage an intervention to turn the former child star from a well-adjusted family man into an addict besieged with tabloid scandal, all in order to help his career. During the video Macchio reacts to seeing a poster for the 2010 Karate Kid remake.[5] The short was lauded by TV Guide's Bruce Fretts, who referred to the video as "sidesplitting" and "comic gold."[6]
On September 20, 2010, Macchio played the adult Carl Morelli in a staged reading of the Charles Messina play A Room of My Own presented by the Bleeker Street Theater Company.[7]
In February 2011 it was announced he would compete on ABC's Dancing With the Stars. He was eliminated during the semi-finals, placing fourth in the overall competition.[8]
Macchio appears and acts in the music video of Danko Jones's "I Think Bad Thoughts," also featuring Elijah Wood and Jena Malone.[9]
In April 2012, Macchio was cast in the film Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, co-starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel and Toni Collette, and directed by Sacha Gervasi. Macchio will portray Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano.[10]
Personal life[link]
Macchio met his wife, Phyllis Fierro, a nurse practitioner, through his grandmother when he was 15. They married in 1987 and have two children, Julia and Daniel.[11][12]
In popular culture[link]
DJ Q-Ball of the Bloodhound Gang released a song on his MySpace called "The Ralph Macchio Memoirs." Poetry slam artist Big Poppa E references Ralph Macchio in his performance The Wussy Boy Manifesto. Nerdcore artist MC Frontalot mentions him in his song, "Braggadocio". Macchio was featured in a brief cameo at the end of the No More Kings video for "Sweep the Leg".
The Bat for Lashes' song "Daniel" is inspired by Macchio's character in the Karate Kid movies.[13] The front cover of the single shows singer Natasha Khan with Daniel LaRusso's face painted on her back.
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1980 | Up the Academy | Chooch Bambalazi | |
| Eight is Enough | Jeremy Andretti | ||
| 1982 | Dangerous Company | Denny Brody | |
| High Powder | Eddie | ||
| 1983 | The Outsiders | Johnny Cade | |
| 1984 | The Karate Kid | Daniel LaRusso | |
| Teachers | Eddie Pilikian | ||
| The Three Wishes of Billy Grier | Billy Grier | ||
| 1986 | Crossroads | Eugene Martone | |
| The Karate Kid, Part II | Daniel LaRusso | ||
| 1988 | Distant Thunder | Jack Lambert | |
| 1989 | The Karate Kid, Part III | Daniel LaRusso | |
| 1991 | Too Much Sun | Frank Jr. | |
| The Last POW: The Bobby Garwood Story | Robert Garwood | ||
| 1992 | My Cousin Vinny | Billy Gambini | |
| 1993 | Naked in New York | Chris | |
| 1998 | The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue | Tim | Video (voice) |
| Dizzyland | |||
| 1999 | The Other Side (The Outer Limits) | Dr. Eberhardt | |
| Can't Be Heaven (Forever Together) | Hubbie Darling | ||
| The Office Party | Sean | ||
| 2001 | "Popcorn Shrimp" | Cop #2 | Film short |
| 2003 | A Good Night to Die | Donnie | |
| 2005 | Entourage | Himself | |
| 2006 | Beer League | Maz | |
| 2007 | Head Case | Himself | TV series, episode five |
| 2008–2009 | Ugly Betty | Archie Rodriguez, Jr. | 11 episodes |
| 2009 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead[14] | Bobby Bianchi | |
| 2010 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Louis Marciano | Episode "Inhumane Society" |
| Psych | Nick Conforth | Episode "We'd Like to Thank the Academy" | |
| 2011 | Dancing with the Stars | Himself | Finished 4th place. (semi-finalist) |
References[link]
- ^ "Ralph Macchio Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Yahoo!. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800052185/bio. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ "How Ralph Macchio Succeeds". playbill.com. April 24, 1996. http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64275-How-Ralph-Macchio-Succeeds. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ Rousuck, J. Wynn (May 31, 1996). "A cheery revival for 'How to Succeed' Review: Grown-up Ralph Macchio charms as this updated '61 Pulitzer Prize musical opens a national tour here". The Baltimore Sun. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-05-31/features/1996152118_1_ralph-macchio-finch-rosemary. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ^ "100 Greatest Teen Stars #'s 80-61". vh1devas2000live.com. MTV Networks. http://www.vh1divas2000live.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/97835/episode_featured_copy.jhtml. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
- ^ "Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio" Funny or Die; 2010
- ^ Fretts, Bruce. "Cheers & Jeers"; TV Guide; July 5, 2010; Page 92
- ^ Lenzi, Linda (September 21, 2010). "Photo Coverage: Cantone, Macchio et al. in A ROOM OF MY OWN". BroadwayWorld.com. http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Cantone_Macchio_et_al_in_A_ROOM_OF_MY_OWN_20100921.
- ^ Chen, Joyce (May 18, 2011). "'Dancing with the Stars' semifinals recap: Ralph Macchio, Karina Smirnoff knocked out of the running". Daily News (New York). http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2011/05/18/2011-05-18_dancing_with_the_stars_semifinals_recap_ralph_macchio_karina_smirnoff_knocked_ou.html. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
- ^ "Ralph Macchio, Elijah Wood Think Bad Thoughts in Indie Music Clip". The Wrap. March 28, 2011. http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/ralph-macchio-and-elijah-wood-think-bad-thoughts-indie-music-clip-video-25891. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
- ^ "Ralph Macchio Plays ‘Psycho’ Scribe Joe Stefano In ‘Hitchcock’". Deadline.com. April 17, 2012. http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/ralph-macchio-plays-psycho-scribe-joe-stefano-in-hitchcock/. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ Jocelyn Valle (June 25, 2010). "Whatever happened to Ralph Macchio?". Inquirer.net. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20100625-277523/Whatever-happened-to-Ralph-Macchio. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ Paul Chi. "The Karate Kid All Grown Up". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20281994,00.html. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ^ 89.3 The Current Presents, "The Great Girl Grossout", aired 31 January 2010 on The Current (Minnesota Public Radio) and archived here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/programs/current-presents/
- ^ 'The Outsiders' Cast : Where Are They Now?
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| Pat Morita | |
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| File:Pat-Morita (Karate Kid).jpg Morita as Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, 1984 |
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| Born | Noriyuki Morita (1932-06-28)June 28, 1932[1] Isleton, California |
| Died | November 24, 2005(2005-11-24) (aged 73) Las Vegas, Nevada[2] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967–2005 |
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (森田 沢之 Morita Noriyuki) (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005)[1] was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.[3]
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Early life[link]
Pat Morita was born in Isleton, California.[4] He developed spinal tuberculosis at the age of two and spent the bulk of the next nine years in Northern Californian hospitals, including the Shriners Hospital in San Francisco. For long periods he was wrapped in a full-body cast and was told he would never walk.[5]
After a surgeon fused four vertebrae in his spine, Pat finally learned to walk again at the age of 11. When he walked out of the hospital, an FBI agent escorted him directly to his Japanese American family, which had been sent to an internment camp to be detained for the duration of World War II.[6]
He was transported from the hospital directly to the Gila River camp in Arizona to join them. It was at this time that he met a Catholic priest from whom he would later take his stage name, "Pat". For a time after the war, the family operated Ariake Chop Suey, a restaurant in Sacramento, California. Teenage "Nori" would entertain customers with jokes and serve as master of ceremonies for group dinners.[7] Later, he worked as a data entry clerk for the State of California and at Aerojet-General Corporation near Sacramento. In the early 1960s, he started his career as a stand-up comedian known as The Hip Nip, performing in local nightclubs and bars. He also spent time as a member of the improvisational comedy troupe, The Groundlings.[when?]
Morita was married three times. His first marriage was soon after he finished high school at Armijo High School in Fairfield, California. They were married for 14 years and had one daughter, Erin Morita, born in 1954. Apparently his decision to quit his job and become a stand-up comedian destroyed his first marriage.[citation needed]
Morita later married his second wife, Yuki, in 1970. They had two daughters, Aly and Tia. The couple had to deal with several setbacks during their marriage. First, their $300,000 uninsured, Tarzana, California, home was badly damaged in a mudslide. The family escaped with just the clothes they were wearing. Shortly afterward, Tia, their youngest daughter, was diagnosed with kidney disease. Their marriage dissolved in 1982 after two years of separation.
Morita met his last wife, Evelyn Louise Guerrero, when she was 15 years old because Evelyn's mother had the same manager, Sally Marr. Morita and Evelyn met again years later, and were married in Las Vegas on March 26, 1994; they remained together until his death. They did not have any children together.
Television and movie career[link]
File:Morita.JPG
The handprints of Pat Morita in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park
His first movie role was as a stereotypical henchman in Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). He also was cast as Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka, in the film Midway in 1976. Later, a recurring role as South Korean Army Captain Sam Pak on the sitcom M*A*S*H helped advance the comedian's acting career.[8]
He had a recurring role on the show Happy Days as Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi, owner of the diner Arnold's. After the first season (1975–1976), he left Happy Days to star as inventor Taro Takahashi in his own show, Mr. T and Tina, the first Asian American sitcom on network TV. The sitcom was placed on Saturday nights by ABC and was quickly canceled after a month in the fall of 1976. In 1977, Morita starred in the short-lived Blansky's Beauties as Arnold. Morita eventually returned to Happy Days, reprising his role in the 1982–1983 season. He appeared in an episode of The Odd Couple and had a recurring role on Sanford and Son in the mid-1970s.
Morita gained worldwide fame playing wise karate teacher Keisuke Miyagi who taught young "Daniel-san" (Ralph Macchio) in The Karate Kid.[9] He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as well as a Golden Globe and reprised his role as the sensei Mr. Miyagi in three sequels: The Karate Kid, Part II (1986), The Karate Kid, Part III (1989) and The Next Karate Kid (1994, with Hilary Swank). Noriyuki never actually studied karate and only learnt enough for the film The Karate Kid. Although he had been using the name "Pat Morita" for years, producer Jerry Weintraub suggested that Pat be billed with his given name to sound more ethnic.[10]
Morita went on to play Tommy Tanaka in the TV movie Amos (for which he received Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award nominations), starring Kirk Douglas. He then starred as the title character in the ABC detective show Ohara which aired in 1987 and ended a year later due to poor ratings. He then wrote and starred in the World War II romance film Captive Hearts (1987). Late in his career, Morita starred on the Nickelodeon television series The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo and had a recurring role on the sitcom The Hughleys. He also made a guest appearance on an episode of Married With Children. He went on to star in Talk To Taka as a sushi chef who doles out advice to anyone that will hear him. In 1998, Morita voiced the Emperor of China in Disney's 36th animated feature Mulan and reprised the role in Kingdom Hearts II and Mulan II, a direct-to-video sequel.[11]
Morita had a cameo appearance in the 2001 Alien Ant Farm music video "Movies". Morita's appearance in the video spoofed his role in The Karate Kid. He would also reprise his role (to an extent) in the stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken. In the episode, he is assumed to be Mr. Miyagi, but he immediately denies that by saying, "First of all, I'm Pat F'in Morita, ya nutsack."
One of Morita's last TV roles was as Master Udon on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "Karate Island". The episode was dedicated to him after he died about six months after its first run.[12] One of his last film roles was in the 2005 independent feature film, Only the Brave, about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, where he plays the father of lead actor (and director) Lane Nishikawa. About this time he starred in a Michael Sajbel movie called Remove All Obstacles as a cold storage guru.[citation needed] His last movie was Royal Kill, which also stars Eric Roberts, Gail Kim, and Lalaine and is directed by Babar Ahmed.
Death[link]
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Pat Morita died on November 24, 2005, at his home in Las Vegas of kidney failure[13] at the age of 73.[14] He was survived by his wife of 15 years, Evelyn, as well as his children from previous marriages, Erin, Aly, and Tia and two grandchildren.[8] He was also survived by siblings Gloria Imagire, Clarence Saika, Teddy Saika, Peggy Saika, and his then-92-year-old mother, Dorothy Sueko Saika (1913–2009), of Milpitas, California.[14]
He was cremated at Palm Green Valley Mortuary and Cemetery in Las Vegas, Nevada.[15]
Filmography[link]
- Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
- The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
- Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
- Where Does It Hurt? (1972)
- Cancel My Reservation (1972)
- I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975)
- Midway (1976)
- When Time Ran Out (1980)
- Full Moon High (1981)
- Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
- Savannah Smiles (1982)
- Jimmy the Kid (1982)
- The Karate Kid (1984)
- Night Patrol (1984)
- Alice in Wonderland (1985) (the horse)
- The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
- Babes in Toyland (1986)
- Captive Hearts (1987)
- Collision Course (1989)
- The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
- Lena's Holiday (1991)
- Goodbye Paradise (1991)
- Do or Die (1991)
- Strawberry Road (1991)
- Great Conquest: The Romance of 3 Kingdoms (1992) (narrator in English version)
- Genghis Khan (1992)
- Miracle Beach (1992)
- Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
- Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun (1993)
- Auntie Lee's Meat Pies (1993)
- American Ninja V (1993)
- Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
- The Next Karate Kid (1994)
- The Misery Brothers (1995)
- Captured Alive (1995)
- Time master (1995)
- Earth Minus Zero (1996)
- Bloodsport II: The Next Kumite (1996)
- Spy Hard (1996)
- Reggie's Prayer (1996)
- Beyond Barbed Wire (1997) (documentary) (narrator)
- Bloodsport III (1997)
- Mulan (1998) (voice of emperor)
- I'll Remember April (1999)
- Los Gringos (1999) (short subject) (voice)
- King Cobra (1999)
- Inferno (1999)
- Hammerlock (2000) (film)
- Brother (2000)
- Talk to Taka (2000) (short subject)
- Diamonds in the Rough: The Legacy of Japanese American Baseball (NBRP documentary short) (narrator)
- House of Luk (2001)
- The Boys of Sunset Ridge (2001)
- The Center of the World (2001)
- Shadow Fury (2001)
- Hwasango (2001) (dubbing voice in MTV version)
- The Stone man (2002)
- The Biggest Fan (2002)
- Cats and Mice (2003)
- High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story (2003)
- Rice Girl (2003)
- Miss Cast Away (2004)
- The Karate Dog (2004)
- Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
- The Last Shot (2004)
- Mulan II (2004) (voice) (direct-to-DVD)
- The Number One Girl (2005)
- Down and Derby (2005)
- American Fusion (2005)
- Only the Brave (2005)
- Robot Chicken (2005)
- Spymate (2005)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (2006)
- 18 Fingers of Death! (2006)
- Royal Kill (2009)
References[link]
- ^ a b "Pat Morita, 73, Actor Known for 'Karate Kid' and 'Happy Days,' Dies", The New York Times, November 26, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/arts/26morita.html
- ^ "Movie Fans Mourn the Loss of Film Star Pat Morita". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.8newsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=4168787. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ "Karate Kid actor Pat Morita dies". BBC. 2005-11-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4471060.stm. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ Costantinou, Marianne (2005-11-26). "PAT MORITA: 1932-2005 / S.F. comic became 'Karate Kid' mentor". San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-11-26/news/17398855_1_pat-morita-mr-miyagi-karate-kid. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ^ Sullivan, Patricia (2005-11-26). "Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, 73; Played 'Karate Kid' Teacher". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/25/AR2005112500990.html. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
- ^ "Pat Morita". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/50707/Pat-Morita/biography. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ "Archive of American Television". Emmy Legends. http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/pat-morita. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ a b "'Karate Kid' star Pat Morita dies at 73". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10202732/. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ Champlin, Charles (1986-06-22). "Morita's Long Road To Miyagi". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-22/entertainment/ca-20471_1_role-morita. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Schuler, Dave (25 November 2005). "Pat Morita, 1932-2005". Theglitteringeye.com. http://theglitteringeye.com/?p=1528. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ "Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita, 73; Played 'Karate Kid' Teacher". San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-11-26/news/17398855_2_pat-morita-mr-miyagi-karate-kid. Retrieved 2010-05-21. [dead link]
- ^ "Karate Island (Episode)". Spongepedia. http://en.spongepedia.bimserver2.com/index.php?title=Karate_Island_%28Episode%29#Trivia.2FGoofs. Retrieved 2011-11-21. [unreliable source?]
- ^ "Pat Morita (1932 - 2005)". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12496745. Retrieved 2011-11-21. [unreliable source?]
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External links[link]
- Pat Morita at the Internet Movie Database
- "Pat Morita, 73, Actor Known for 'Karate Kid' and 'Happy Days,' Dies", The New York Times, November 26, 2005, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/arts/26morita.html
- Pat Morita on People.com
- 1967 Stars & Stripes Article on Morita
- Archive of American Television oral history interview with Pat Morita
- Pat Morita at Find a Grave
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| Name | Morita, Noriyuki |
| Alternative names | Morita, Pat |
| Short description | American actor |
| Date of birth | June 28, 1932 |
| Place of birth | Isleton, California, U.S. |
| Date of death | November 24, 2005 |
| Place of death | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
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 Karina Smirnoff in 2008 |
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| Born | Karina Smirnova (1978-01-02) January 2, 1978 (age 34) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Dancer |
Karina Smirnoff (Ukrainian: Карiна Смiрнова; Russian: Кapинa Cмиpнoвa; born Karina Smirnova; January 2, 1978) is a Ukrainian[1] professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars, where she held a runner-up title, a semi-final title, and several quarter final titles. Smirnoff finally became the champion professional partner in the thirteenth season, when she was partnered with army veteran and soap opera star J.R. Martinez.
She is also a five-time U.S. National Champion, World Trophy Champion, and Asian Open Champion. Smirnoff has won the title at the UK Open, is a three-time champion at the US Open, two-time champion at the Asian Open, five-time champion at the Dutch Open, and five-time US National Professional Champion. She has taken second at the British Open Blackpool Dance Festival[2] and she is the first woman to also ever make the "British Professional Final" with three different partners.[3]
Biography[link]
Smirnoff was born Karina Smirnova in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union on January 2, 1978. When she was five years old, she began taking ballet lessons, followed by gymnastics, aerobics, figure skating, ballroom dancing and piano.[4] She chose to pursue ballroom dancing. In 1992, Smirnoff immigrated to the United States.[5][1]
Education[link]
Smirnoff attended Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis, MO and Christopher Columbus High School in New York and the Bronx High School of Science[citation needed] before going to Fordham University, during which time she picked up her interest in dancing again. Smirnoff graduated from Fordham University with a double major in economics and information system programming.[2] During her academic studies, Smirnoff's goal was to go to law school and become an attorney. However she later came across a dance school in Brooklyn, New York, and after some time there dancing became her profession.[citation needed]
Career[link]
Early in Smirnoff's dancing career, she and Roman Nabatov competed as an amateur couple for USA. They ended their dance partnership in January 1997.[6] Smirnoff soon after started dancing with Paul Killick in October 1998 as a professional couple for England; this partnership ended in July 1999. Immediately, Louis van Amstel and Karina Smirnoff, in July 1999, entered a professional dance partnership, representing the U.S.A; the partnership ended in December 2000.[7] From January 2001 to September 2005, Smirnoff was in a dance partnership with Slavik Kryklyvyy and they represented the U.S.A; this partnership thus far is her most successful one. Kryklyvyy and Smirnoff earned numerous top titles and high ratings together.[8]
Her last professional partner recorded in competitions was Dmitri Timokhin representing Russia in October 2005. They won first place at the 2006 Grand-Prix Dynamo in Moscow.[9] They finished dancing together in June 2006.[10] Smirnoff was the project manager/director of a dancing event entitled "Day & Night", held on November 18, 2006 at the Hollywood & Highlands Grand Ballroom.[11] She is featured in a nude pictorial in the May 2011 American issue of Playboy magazine.[12]
[edit] Dancing with the Stars
Smirnoff was a performer on the third season of the ABC series Dancing with the Stars with celebrity partner Mario López. They finished in second place, losing to the team of Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke. Smirnoff returned to the show on March 19, 2007 for Season 4, this time partnered with Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer and Hannah Montana star.[13] The pair was the seventh to be eliminated from the competition on May 8, 2007. Her partner for Season 5 of the show was current five-division world champion boxer, Floyd Mayweather Jr. On October 16, 2007, Karina and Floyd were the fourth couple eliminated from competition and came in 9th place. She returned for Season 6, partnered with singer Mario and finished in 5th place. In Season 7, she was partnered with chef Rocco DiSpirito and they were the fourth pair to be eliminated with a finish of 9th place for the second time.
For the eighth season, Smirnoff's partner was Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak. They were eliminated in the fourth round on March 31, 2009, along with Holly Madison and her partner Dmitry Chaplin. For the ninth season, she was partnered with singer Aaron Carter. They were eliminated on November 10, 2009, placing fifth. In the eleventh season, she was partnered with The Situation from MTV's reality TV show Jersey Shore. They were eliminated in the fourth week. In the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars, she was partnered with movie star, Ralph Macchio. They were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Smirnoff appeared on the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, where she was partnered with All My Children actor J.R. Martinez. Smirnoff and Martinez ended up winning the competition against Cheryl Burke and Rob Kardashian, who was known for his family's television show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. This was the first time Smirnoff had advanced to the finals since her inaugural season in season 3 with Mario López. For the fourteenth season of Dancing With The Stars, Karina was partnered with singer Gavin Degraw. They were eliminated in week 5.
Performances[link]
| Season | Partner | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZZ ! None | ZZ ! N/A |
| 2 | ZZ ! None | ZZ ! N/A |
| 3 | Lopez, Mario ! Mario Lopez | 2nd |
| 4 | Cyrus ! Billy Ray Cyrus | 5th |
| 5 | Mayweather, Jr. ! Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | 90 ! 9th |
| 6 | Mario ! Mario | 5th |
| 7 | DiSpirito !Rocco DiSpirito | 9th |
| 8 | Wozniak !Steve Wozniak | 10th |
| 9 | Carter !Aaron Carter | 93 ! 5th |
| 10 | N/A ! None | N/A |
| 11 | Sorrentino, Mike ! Mike Sorrentino | 9th |
| 12 | Macchio, Ralph ! Ralph Macchio | 4th |
| 13 | J.R. Martinez | 1st |
| 14 | Gavin Degraw | 9th |
[edit] With Mario Lopez (Season 3) 27.6
| Week | Dance(s)/Song | Carrie Ann's Score |
Len's Score |
Bruno's Score |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Walkin' on the Sun" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Do Your Thing" | 7 | 6 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"What You Waiting For" | 8 | 6 | 8 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Cancion Del Mariachi" | 10 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 5 | Rumba/"The Way You Look Tonight" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 6 | Mambo/"Ran Kan Kan" Disco/"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" |
9 No |
9 Scores |
10 Given |
No Elimination |
| 7 | Foxtrot/"I Wanna Be Loved By You" Jive/"Shake a Tail Feather" |
10 9 |
9 9 |
10 9 |
Safe |
| 8 Quarter Finals |
Waltz/"Dark Waltz" Samba/"Superstition" |
9 10 |
9 9 |
10 10 |
Bottom Two |
| 9 Semi-Finals |
Tango/"Whatever Lola Wants" Cha-Cha-Cha/"Bad" |
10 10 |
10 10 |
10 9 |
Safe |
| 10 Finals |
Samba/"Sir Duke" Paso Doble/"Cancion Del Mariachi" Freestyle/"It Take Two" |
10 10 10 |
9 10 10 |
10 10 10 |
Runner-Up |
[edit] With Billy Ray Cyrus (Season 4) 19.0
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann Inaba | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"I Want My Mullet Back" | 5 | 4 | 4 | No elimination |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Ring of Fire" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"Rock the Casbah" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Black Betty" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 5 | Rumba/"What's Love Got to Do with It?" | 6 | 6 | 5 | Safe |
| 6 | Jive/"I Love to Boogie" Swing/"Rock This Town" |
7 No |
7 Scores |
7 Given |
Safe |
| 7 | Waltz/"Play Me" Samba/"Living in America" |
5 7 |
6 7 |
6 7 |
Bottom Two |
| 8 Quarter Finals |
Foxtrot/"Stand by Your Man" Mambo/"My Way" |
7 6 |
6 7 |
5 7 |
Eliminated |
[edit] With Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (Season 5) 20.8
| Week | Dance/Song | Carrie Ann Inaba | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"The Way You Move" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 3 | Jive/"Mess Around" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Bottom Two |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Captain From Castille" | 7 | 8 | 8 | Eliminated |
[edit] With Mario (Season 6) 25.4
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann | Len | Bruno | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Request Line" | 8 | 8 | 8 | No elimination |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Valerie" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 3 | Tango/"El Tango de Roxanne" | 7 | 6 | 8 | Last to be called safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble/"Higher Ground" | 8 | 7 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba/"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 6 | Rumba/"Let's Get it On" Country Western/"Cotton-Eyed Joe" |
9 No |
9 Scores |
10 Given |
Bottom Two |
| 7 | Foxtrot/"I'm Your Man" Mambo/"Mambo a la Sandoval" |
8 9 |
8 9 |
8 9 |
Safe |
| 8 Quarter Finals |
Viennese Waltz/"If I Ain't Got You" Jive/"Little Bitty Pretty One" |
9 9 |
9 8 |
9 9 |
Eliminated |
[edit] With Rocco DiSpirito (Season 7) 17.8
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann Inaba's Score |
Len Goodman's Score |
Bruno Tonioli's Score |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foxtrot/"Stray Cat Strut" Mambo/"La Comay" |
5 7 |
4 7 |
5 7 |
Safe |
| 2 | Rumba/"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" | 5 | 6 | 5 | Safe |
| 3 | Viennese Waltz/"What's New Pussycat?" | 7 | 7 | 6 | Safe* |
| 4 | Samba/"I Go to Rio" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Eliminated |
- Would have been eliminated but wasn't due to Misty May-Treanor's injury and forcing her to withdraw from the competition.
[edit] With Steve Wozniak (Season 8) 13.0
| Week | Dance/Song | Carrie Ann Inaba | Len Goodman | Bruno Tonioli | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | 5 | 4 | 4 | No elimination |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Oh, Boy!" | 6 | 5 | 6 | Dance off |
| 3 | Samba/"Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" | 4 | 3 | 3 | Safe |
| 4 | Argentine Tango/"Cite Tango" | 4 | 4 | 4 | Eliminated |
[edit] With Aaron Carter (Season 9) 24.0
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann | Len/Baz | Bruno | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Beggin'" Viennese Waltz/"I Am Your Man" |
7 Awarded |
8 10 |
7 Points |
Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"The Muppet Show Theme Song" | 9 | 9* | 9 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"Spotlight" | 8 | 6 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Lambada/"Dr. Beat" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Bottom Two |
| 5 | Argentine Tango/"Epoca" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Bottom Two |
| 6 | Waltz/"Three Times a Lady" Mambo Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan" |
8 Awarded |
9 8 |
8 Points |
Safe |
| 7 | Jive/"We're Not Gonna Take It" Paso Doble/"I Hate Myself for Loving You" |
9 8 |
10 8 |
10 8 |
Bottom Two |
| 8 Quarter Finals |
Foxtrot/"Lucky" 90's Samba/"Two Princes" |
7 9 |
8 9 |
8 9 |
Eliminated |
- Score was awarded by stand in judge Baz Luhrmann.
[edit] With Mike Sorrentino (Season 11) 16.2
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Carrie Ann Inaba's Score |
Len Goodman's Score |
Bruno Tonioli's Score |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Break Your Heart" | 5 | 5 | 5 | Safe |
| 2 | Quickstep/"Americano" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Last to be called safe |
| 3 | Foxtrot/"Boom Boom Pow" | 7 | 6 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Argentine Tango"/Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | 4/6 | 4/5 | 4/5 | Eliminated |
[edit] With Ralph Macchio (Season 12) 23.4
| Week | Dance(s)/Song(s) | Inaba |
Goodman |
Tonioli |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foxtrot/"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" | 8 | 8 | 8 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive/"Nobody But Me" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"Stay Gold" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Waltz/"Romeo and Juliet" | 8 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba/"Sweet Home Alabama" | 8 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 6 | Paso Doble/"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Last to be called safe |
| 7 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Born This Way" Quickstep/"Pencil Full Of Lead" |
8*/8 10*/9 |
7 8 |
7 9 |
Safe |
| 8 Quarter Finals |
Viennese Waltz/"Maybe I Maybe You" Cha-Cha-Cha/"Stuck in the Middle" -Instant Dance Winner Take All Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Mustang Sally" |
8 7 Lost |
8 7 This |
9 7 Event |
Last to be called safe |
| 9 Semi-Finals |
Argentine Tango/"Violentango" Salsa/"I Know You Want Me" |
8 8 |
9 7 |
8 8 |
Eliminated |
*Donnie Burns was a guest judge
[edit] With J.R. Martinez (Season 13) 26.4
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Viennese Waltz/ "Breakaway" | 8 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 2 | Jive/"Jump, Jive An' Wail!" | 7 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba/"If You're Reading This" | 9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
| 4 | Foxtrot/Theme from "The Pink Panther" | 8 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba/"Conga" | 9 | 9 | 10 | Safe |
| 6 | Quickstep/"Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago Group Broadway Dance/"Big Spender" & "Money Money" |
10 No |
9 Scores |
10 Given |
Safe |
| 7 | Tango/Theme from "Ghostbusters" | 9 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| Team Tango/"Disturbia" | 8 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Waltz/"What the World Needs Now" | 10 | 10 | 10 | Safe |
| Jive/"Tutti Frutti" | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 9 | Paso Doble/"Theme from The Legend of Zorro" | 8 | 7 | 8 | Last to be called safe |
| Argentine Tango/"Bust Your Windows" | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Cha-Cha-Cha Relay/ "I Like How It Feels" | Awarded | 6 | Points | ||
| 10 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Let's Get Loud [disambiguation needed  ]" |
8 | 7 | 9 | WINNERS |
| Freestyle/"Whine Up" | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Jive/"Jump, Jive An' Wail!" | Awarded | 28 | Points | ||
| Samba/"Shake Your Bon-Bon" | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
[edit] With Gavin DeGraw (Season 14) 21.4
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Foxtrot/ "I Run to You" | 7 | 6 | 7 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Jive/ "Real Wild Child" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Bottom Two |
| 3 | Rumba/ "New York State of Mind" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Bottom Two |
| 4 | Tango/ "Paint It, Black" | 8 | 8 | 7 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba/ "Sweetheart from Venezuela" Dance Duel Cha-Cha-Cha/ "The Edge of Glory" |
6 Lost |
6 This |
7 Event |
Eliminated |
Smirnoff has appeared nude in a PETA advertising campaign -with the tagline "I'd rather dance naked than wear fur".[14][15]
Smirnoff has appeared nude in the May 2011 issue of Playboy.
Personal life[link]
Smirnoff dated her DWTS partner Mario Lopez from 2006 to June 2008. After Lopez, she began dating fellow Ukrainian and Dancing With the Stars dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy in the summer of 2008. They announced their engagement on December 31, 2008, but broke up in September 2009 before they got married.[16] [17][18]
In October 2009, Smirnoff began dating MLB pitcher Brad Penny. The couple became engaged on October 4, 2010.[19] The couple broke their engagement in December 2011. [20]
References[link]
- ^ a b "Dancing with the Stars - Professional Bio - Karina Smirnoff". 2011. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/63Pkn7gHs. "Nationality: Ukranian"
- ^ a b "Karina Smirnoff bio" (PDF). McDonald’s Electronic Press Kit. November 20, 2006. http://mcdepk.com/worldchildrensday2006/mediadocs/bio_KarinaSmirnoff.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ Ballas, Corky; Didio Barrera (September 1, 2002). "Open British Professional Latin Championship". dsninternational.com. http://www.dsninternational.com/members/pages/body/090102blackpool-latin-pro.html. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ Karina Smirnoff Official Website
- ^ Kim, Steve (September 8, 2007). "'The Pretty Boy' Dances with the Stars". maxboxing.com. http://www.maxboxing.com/Kim.
- ^ "Dance Couple Profile of Paul Killick & Karina Smirnoff". DancesportInfo. 2007. http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/4991/Details.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ "Dancers Details: Karina Smirnoff". DancesportInfo. 2007. http://dancesportinfo.net/Dancer/1005826/Details.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ "Couple results: Slavik Kryklyvyy & Karina Smirnoff". DancesportInfo. 2007. http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/3402/Results.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ "Couple results: Dmitri Timokhin & Karina Smirnoff". DancesportInfo. 2007. http://dancesportinfo.net/Couple/34115/Results.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
- ^ DancesportInfo data
- ^ "Day & Night". http://dancingevents.net/main.html. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "The Stars Align for a Fourth Season of ABC'S Hit Alternative Series, "Dancing with the Stars"". ABC Television Network. 2007-02-21. http://www.abcmedianet.com/ams/assets/both/2007/02/20/022107_01.html. Retrieved 2007-02-27. [dead link]
- ^ Karina Smirnoff PETA
- ^ Kyiv Post news article
- ^ Karina and Maksim Engaged
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20303021,00.html
- ^ "DWTS' Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy Split". UsMagazine.com. http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/dwts-karina-smirnoff-and-maksim-chmerkovskiy-split-200989.
- ^ "Karina Smirnoff Is Engaged to Brad Penny". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20440183,00.html.
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/karina-smirnoff-brad-penny-split-dancing-stars-pro-calls-engagement-postponing-big-day-article-1.987541
External links[link]
- Karina Smirnoff at the Internet Movie Database
- Official website
- Dancing With the Stars profile
- Slavik Kryklyvyy & Karina Smirnoff - Innovation
- Karina Smirnoff starring in CWTS, June 3-10, 2012
- Karina Smirnoff Interview
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hines Ward & Kym Johnson |
Dancing with the Stars (US) winner Season 13 (Fall 2011 with J.R. Martinez) |
Succeeded by Donald Driver & Peta Murgatroyd |
| Preceded by Jerry Rice & Anna Trebunskaya |
Dancing with the Stars (US) runner up Season 3 (Fall 2006 with Mario Lopez) |
Succeeded by Joey Fatone & Kym Johnson |
| Preceded by Brandy Norwood & Maksim Chmerkovskiy |
Dancing with the Stars (US) semi-finalist Season 12 (Spring 2011 with Ralph Macchio) |
Succeeded by Hope Solo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Smirnoff, Karina |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Dancer |
| Date of birth | January 2, 1978 |
| Place of birth | Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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| Steve Vai | |
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 Steve Vai in 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven Siro Vai |
| Born | (1960-06-06) June 6, 1960 (age 52) Carle Place, New York, United States |
| Genres | Instrumental rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, progressive metal, experimental rock |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Favored Nations, Relativity Records, Urantia Records, Akashic Records, Epic |
| Associated acts | Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, John Petrucci, Alcatrazz, Orianthi, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Dream Theater, Travis Barker, Eddie Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Zappa plays Zappa, Billy Sheehan, G3, Bad4Good, Incubus, Devin Townsend, |
| Website | www.vai.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Ibanez JEM Ibanez Universe Tom Anderson Drop Top Classic |
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Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. After starting his career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai recorded and toured in Zappa's band for two years, from 1980 to 1982. He began a solo career in 1983, has released eight solo albums and won three Grammy Awards. He has also recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1996. In 1999 Vai started his own record label Favored Nations, intending to showcase as he describes, "...artists that have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments."[1]
Contents |
Biography[link]
Early life[link]
Vai began playing guitar in 1973, at the age of 13.[2] In 1974, he took guitar lessons from guitarist Joe Satriani and played in local bands, one of which was called "The Steve Vais". He was influenced by guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Brian May, Jimmy Page, Glen Buxton,[3] and jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth. Vai attended the Berklee College of Music, afterwards recording a promotional piece for them in which he spoke about auditioning for Frank Zappa at age 20.
Music career[link]
Vai mailed Frank Zappa a transcription of Zappa's "The Black Page", an instrumental for drums, along with a tape of Vai's guitar playing. Zappa was so impressed that in 1979, he hired him to transcribe a number of his guitar solos, including some on the Joe's Garage album and the Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar series. These transcriptions were published in 1982 in The Frank Zappa Guitar Book. After being hired as a transcriber, Vai did overdubs on many of the guitar parts for Zappa's album You Are What You Is. He became a full-fledged band member, going on his first tour with Zappa in the autumn of 1980.
One of those early shows with Vai on guitar, recorded in Buffalo, was released in 2007. While touring with Zappa's band, Vai sometimes asked audience members to bring musical scores and see if he could sight-read them on the spot. Zappa referred to Vai as his "little Italian virtuoso" and listed him in the liner notes as performing "stunt guitar" or "impossible guitar parts". Vai was a featured artist on the 1993 recording Zappa's Universe. In 2006 he returned to Frank Zappa as a special guest on Dweezil Zappa's 'Zappa Plays Zappa' tour, alongside friends from his early years with Zappa.
After leaving Zappa in 1982 he moved to California, where he recorded his first album Flex-Able, in 1983 (released January 1984) and performed in a couple of bands. In 1985 he replaced Yngwie Malmsteen as lead guitarist in Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz, with whom he recorded the album Disturbing the Peace. Later in 1985, he joined former Van Halen front man David Lee Roth's group to record the albums Eat 'Em and Smile (released July 1986) and Skyscraper (released 1988). In 1986, Vai played with John Lydon's Public Image Ltd on their album Album. In 1989, Vai joined Whitesnake, replacing Vivian Campbell. When Adrian Vandenberg injured his wrist shortly before recording was to begin for the album Slip of the Tongue, Vai played all the guitar parts. Vai played on the Alice Cooper album Hey Stoopid, along with Joe Satriani on the song "Feed my Frankenstein."
Vai continues to tour regularly, with his own group and with his one-time teacher and fellow guitar instrumentalist friend Joe Satriani on the G3 series of tours. Former David Lee Roth and Mr. Big bassist Billy Sheehan joined him for a world tour. In 1990, Vai released his critically acclaimed solo album Passion and Warfare. The song "For the Love of God" was voted #29 in a readers' poll of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time in Guitar World magazine. In 1994, Vai began writing and recording with Ozzy Osbourne. One track from these sessions, "My Little Man", was released on the Ozzmosis album. Despite Vai penning the track, he does not appear on the album, with his guitar parts replaced by Zakk Wylde. Another track, "Dyin' Day", appeared as an instrumental on Vai's Fire Garden album. Vai's band members in the 90's included drummer Mike Mangini, guitarist Mike Keneally, and bassist Philip Bynoe. In 1994 Vai received a Grammy Award for his performance on the Frank Zappa song Sofa from the album Zappa's Universe.
2000s[link]
Steve Vai released a DVD of his performance at The Astoria in London in December, 2001. The performance featured Billy Sheehan, guitarist/pianist Tony MacAlpine, guitarist Dave Weiner, and Australian drummer Virgil Donati. In July 2002, Steve Vai performed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra at the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan, in the world premiere of composer Ichiro Nodaira's Fire Strings, a concerto for electric guitar and 100-piece orchestra. In 2004, a number of his compositions and orchestral arrangements including some previously recorded pieces, were performed in The Netherlands by the Metropole Orchestra in a concert series entitled The Aching Hunger. In 2003, drummer Jeremy Colson joined Vai's group, replacing Virgil Donati. Vai's album Sound Theories, was released in 2007.
In February 2005, Vai premiered a dual-guitar (electric and classical) piece that he called The Blossom Suite, with classical guitarist Sharon Isbin at the Châtelet Theatre in Paris. In 2006, Vai played as a special guest guitarist alongside additional guest Zappa band members, drummer Terry Bozzio and saxophonist-singer Napoleon Murphy Brock in the "Zappa Plays Zappa" tour led by Frank's son Dweezil Zappa in Europe and the U.S. in the Spring, as well as a short U.S. tour in October. On September 21, 2006, Vai made a special appearance at the Video Games Live concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California. He played two songs with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Halo Theme, and a second song for the world premier trailer for Halo 3.
In 2005, Vai signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in public schools throughout the U.S. He sits on LKR's Honorary Board of Directors. Vai was a judge for the 3rd and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.[4] Vai is the founder of the Make A Noise Foundation, which he started with his manager Ruta Sepetys.[5] The foundation's goal is to provide funding for music education and programs for those unable to pursue music-related activities due to limited resources.[6] Vai is also a patron of music education around the world giving master classes in such prestigious music schools as the Fermatta Music Academy.
Steve Vai made an appearance at the London Guitar Show in 2007 on the April 28, 2007 at the ExCeL Center. In late April 2007, Vai confirmed the release of his record, Sound Theories, on June 26. The release is a two-CD set, mostly of previously released material that Vai rearranged and played with a full orchestra. Vai says the project was a great joy because he considers himself a composer more than a guitarist, and he is happy to see music he has composed played by an orchestra that can play it well. A DVD followed the record later that year. He guested on the Dream Theater album Systematic Chaos, on the song "Repentance". The appearance was vocal rather than instrumental, as Vai was only one of many musical guests recorded. The song features contributions from many artists, with the aim of apologizing to important people in their lives for wrongdoings committed in their pasts. On August 29, 2009, he appeared on stage with Dream Theater during the final show of their Progressive Nation tour at the Greek Theater[disambiguation needed ], where he performed in an improvised jam with the other musicians on tour. Broken Records magazine (Volume 1, Issue 3) quotes Vai as saying, "I enjoy challenging myself to come up with new ideas that I believe are unique."
In 2010, Vai released several "VaiTunes" singles of tracks that were previously recorded and later finished. They are available on Vai.com, iTunes and Amazon.com. On September 14, 2010, Steve released "Where The Wild Things Are" as double vinyl through his label Favored Nations and made a guest appearance with Rickey Minor and The Tonight Show Band on NBC. In October, 2010, Steve completed his first full symphony and performed the compositions at the Steve Vai Festival which featured Vai and the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra (NNO) on October 20–24, 2010. "The possibility to write for a full orchestra, as Vai was offered the opportunity to do during the last years, closes a circle back to the beginning of his solo career, his years with Frank Zappa and his first pieces for his debut record Flex-Able (1984)."[7] After the Holland shows, Vai embarked for the US to headline the "Experience Hendrix Tour" which featured Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shephard, Susan Tedeschi, Billy Cox, Vernon Reid, Robert Randolph, Johnny Lang, Brad Whitford and other top guitarists.
On March 3, 2011, the online education division of Boston’s Berklee College of Music and Steve Vai, set the Guinness® World Record for the world’s largest online guitar lesson. The first-of-its-kind initiative, held at streaming media platform Livestream Studios in New York City, brought together thousands of members of the international guitar community in a celebration of online music education. Berkleemusic and Steve Vai co-authored a 12-week online course: Steve Vai Guitar Techniques. The course presents students with the chance to gain a deep understanding of Vai’s playing styles, repertoire, techniques, and musical concepts from anywhere in the world, and to incorporate their learnings into their own playing. Vai owns Favored Nations, a recording and publishing company that specializes in internationally procuring and maintaining recording artists. Favored Nations is separated into three sections, 'Favored Nations', 'Favored Nations Acoustic' and 'Favored Nations Cool (Jazz style)'.
Media appearances[link]
Video games[link]
"Juice" was featured on the 1996 video game "Formula One" for the PlayStation. Steve Vai's guitar-work appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. David Lee Roth's "Yankee Rose" was featured on the game's soundtrack as well as "God Blessed Video" by Alcatrazz as part of the Lazlow-led, 1980s rock/metal radio station "V-Rock." In 2004, Steve Vai was featured on Xbox's Halo 2 (a game by Bungie Studios) Volume 1 soundtrack, performing a heavy rock-guitar rendition of the Halo theme, known as Halo Theme (MJOLNIR Mix). He also performed on the track Never Surrender. He later featured in the second volume of the soundtrack, where he performed on the track Reclaimer.
In 2008, Steve Vai's For the Love of God and Halo Theme (MJOLNIR Mix) were featured as downloadable tracks for the game Guitar Hero 3. A live version of the song "For the Love of God" was also available at release on the Rock Band Network as well as the song "Get the Hell Out of Here" from his 2002 album "The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1" on March 4, 2010. The Attitude Song and a live version of The Crying Machine were both also added to the Rock Band Network. A re-recording of "Speeding" is featured in the 2010 video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock for Xbox 360, Wii and Playstation 3.
Films[link]
Steve Vai's music has appeared in a number of feature films, including Dudes and Ghosts of Mars. He appeared onscreen in the 1986 Walter Hill film Crossroads, playing the demonically-inspired Jack Butler. At the film's climax, Vai engages in a guitar duel with Ralph Macchio, whose guitar parts were dubbed by Vai and Ry Cooder, who played the initial slide work in the duel and Macchio's earlier performances in the film. Vai composed the fast-paced neo-classical track Eugene's Trick Bag that wins Macchio the competition. He based the body of the piece heavily on Paganini's Capriccio number 5. He later borrowed the opening riff from the track Head Cuttin' Duel for a song called Bad Horsie from his 1995 EP Alien Love Secrets. The Crossroads duel reappeared on the 2002 album The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1.
In 1991's Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, the introductory riff to KISS' "God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II", as performed by the Wyld Stallyns in the Battle of the Bands, was performed by Vai. He composed and performed the soundtrack to PCU (1994), and made contributions in 2001 to the score for John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars, performing on the tracks "Ghosts of Mars" and "Ghost Poppin'". His track, "I'm the Hell Outta Here", can be heard during 1992's Encino Man in the scene where Brendan Fraser is taking a driving lesson. He plays guitar in the animated short film "Live Music".
Style and influence[link]
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Steve Vai has been called a guitar virtuoso.[8] His 1990 album Passion and Warfare and the ballad For the Love of God in particular received a significant amount of press and are often cited by critics and fans alike as among his best work, often noted since the entire piece at just over six minutes, was reportedly recorded in one take.[9] Vai's playing style has been characterized as quirky and angular, due to his technical ability with the guitar instrument and deep knowledge of music theory. He regularly uses odd rhythmic groupings and his melodies often employ the Lydian mode.
Perhaps his most readily-identifiable stylistic feature is his creative use of the floating vibrato, using it to add melodic lines that sound odd to the ear. His playing can be described as lyrical, as if sung by a human voice. During the recording of "Eat 'em and Smile" with David Lee Roth, he employed several guitar techniques that "mimicked" the human voice, as heard in the opening bars of the opening track "Yankee Rose." He is noted for being physically expressive as he plays his guitar. He often uses exotic guitars: he plays both double and triple neck guitars (including a custom-made heart-shaped triple-neck model built by luthier Joe Rolston). Vai is regarded as the first to use the 7-string guitar in a rock context.[10] Along with Ibanez, he designed a signature 7-string guitar, the Ibanez Universe in 1989.
Equipment[link]
Vai is also a producer. He owns two studios, "The Mothership"[11] and "The Harmony Hut" [12]), and his own recordings combine his guitar skills and novel compositions with studio and recording effects. Vai helped design his signature Ibanez JEM guitar series. They feature a hand grip (fondly referred to as a "monkey grip") cut into the top of the body of the guitar, a humbucker–single coil-humbucker (H/S/H) DiMarzio pickup configuration with several different types of pickup including Evolution, Breed and EVO 2. He also uses the Ibanez Edge and Lo-Pro Edge double-locking tremolo systems (between the years 2003-2009, production JEMs had the Edge Pro, which is now discontinued), as well as an elaborate and extensive "Tree of Life" inlay down the neck. Vai also equips many of his guitars with an Ibanez Backstop, a tremolo stabilizer that has been discontinued. Lately Vai has also equipped some of his guitars with True Temperament fretboards to make his chords sound more in tune.[13]
Vai has a 7-string model designed by him named Ibanez Universe, featuring DiMarzio Blaze II pickups in an HSH arrangement. The Ibanez Universe gained attention in the 90s when the band Korn used the guitar and sold millions of albums worldwide. Vai also has a signature Ibanez acoustic, the Euphoria. His two main guitars are white JEMs dubbed "Evo" and "Flo", each with their own unique modifications. Before Ibanez, he briefly endorsed Jackson guitars, but the relationship only lasted two years. Steve Vai has also worked with Carvin Guitars and Pro Audio to develop the Carvin Legacy line of guitar amplifiers. Vai wanted to create an affordable amp that was unique, and equal in sound and versatility to any guitar amp he had previously used.[14] Over his long musical career, Steve Vai has used and designed an array of guitars. He even had his blood put into the swirl paint job on one of his signature JEM guitars, the JEM2KDNA.[15] Only 300 of these were made. Currently, he mainly uses his white "Evo", a JEM7V, and his "Flo", which is a customized Floral JEM 77FP painted white. They are both inscribed with their names in two places, mainly so he can distinguish between them onstage. "Flo" is equipped with a Fernandes sustainer system.
He has a guitar named "Mojo" with dot inlays that are blue LED lights. He has a custom-made triple-neck guitar that has the same basic features as his JEM7V guitars. The top neck is a 12-string guitar, the middle is a six-string, and the bottom is a six-string fretless guitar with a Fernandes Sustainer pickup. This guitar was featured on the G3 2003 tour on the piece I Know You're Here. Vai's effects pedals include a modified Boss DS-1, Ibanez Tube Screamer, Morley Bad Horsie, Ibanez Jemini Twin Distortion Pedal, TC Electronics G-System, Morley Little Alligator Volume pedal, DigiTech Whammy, and an MXR Phase 90/Phase 100 on the Passion and Warfare album. His flight cases are labeled "Mr. Vai", or lately, "Dr. Vai." He has used a number of rack effects units controlled via MIDI, but used a floor-based TC electronics G system instead for the Zappa Plays Zappa tour.
Personal life[link]
Resides in Encino, CA with his family. Vai is married to Pia Maiocco, former bass player of Vixen, who can be seen in Hardbodies.[16] Vai and Maiocco have two children, Julian and Fire. In his spare time Vai is an avid beekeeper.[17] and an honorary member of the British Beekeepers' Association.[18] His bees regularly produce a crop of honey that Vai sells for his Make a Noise Foundation.[19] Vai is a longtime vegetarian. "It has affected my music in a way I believe that what we put in our bodies has a reflection on the way we think," Vai told Veggies Rock. "And the way we think has a reflection on what we create. So I can’t tell you consciously how being a vegetarian affected my music but I’m sure it has. I think everyone has to find what’s right for them. I don’t judge anybody for what they eat. That’s their world and everybody has to find what resonates with them."[20]
Band history[link]
Not including guest appearances.[21]
Early bands
- The Ohio Express (1971–1972)
- Circus (circa 1973 to 1976)
- Ravge (circa 1973 to 1976)
- Bold As Love (1977)
Berklee bands
- Axis (1978–1979)
- Morning Thunder (1979)
Professional bands
- Frank Zappa (1980–1982)
- The Out Band (Circa 1983)
- The Classified (1984)
- 777 (1984)
- Alcatrazz (1985)
- David Lee Roth (1985–1989)
- Whitesnake (1989–1991)
Solo band (1992-94)
"Sex & Religion" album
- Vocals: Devin Townsend
- Guitar: Steve Vai
- Bass: TM Stevens
- Drums: Terry Bozzio
"Sex & Religion" tour
- Vocals: Devin Townsend
- Guitar: Steve Vai
- Bass: Scott Thunes
- Keys: Will Riley
- Drums: Abe Laboriel, Jr., then Toss Panos
1995
- Guitar: Steve Vai
- Bass: Tony Pimental, then Scott Thunes
- Keys: Will Riley
- Drums: Chris Frazier
This band toured Russia twice, South America and the US (opening for Bon Jovi).
1996-99
- Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai
- Guitar, Vocals and Keys: Mike Keneally
- Bass, Vocals: Philip Bynoe
- Drums: Mike Mangini
2000
- Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai
- Guitar, Vocals and Keys: Mike Keneally
- Guitar: Dave Weiner
- Bass, Vocals: Philip Bynoe
- Drums: Mike Mangini
- Keyboards (South American Tour): Eric Goldberg
- Drums (South American Tour): Chris Frazier
2001-02
- Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai
- Bass, Vocals: Billy Sheehan
- Guitar, Vocals and Keys: Mike Keneally, then Tony MacAlpine
- Guitar: Dave Weiner
- Drums: Virgil Donati
2003-04
- Guitar, Vocals: Steve Vai
- Bass, Vocals: Billy Sheehan
- Guitar, Vocals and Keys: Tony MacAlpine
- Guitar: Dave Weiner
- Drums: Jeremy Colson
Discography (solo)[link]
Studio albums and EPs[link]
| Year | Type | Album | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | LP | Flex-Able | |
| 1984 | EP | Flex-Able Leftovers | Leftovers from the Flex-Able session |
| 1990 | CD | Passion and Warfare | Gold (USA),[22] #18 on the Billboard 200 on June 30, 1990 |
| 1993 | CD | Sex & Religion | |
| 1995 | EP | Alien Love Secrets | |
| 1996 | CD | Fire Garden | |
| 1998 | CD | Flex-Able Leftovers (Re-release) | re-release of the limited edition 10” vinyl "Flex-Able Leftovers" With bonus tracks |
| 1999 | CD | The Ultra Zone | |
| 2005 | CD | Real Illusions: Reflections | |
| 2012 | CD | The Story of Light |
Live and orchestral albums (Inc. G3 (tour))[link]
| Year | Album | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | G3: Live in Concert | Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson |
| 2001 | Alive in an Ultra World | |
| 2004 | G3: Rockin' in the Free World | Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen |
| 2004 | Live in London | The audio contained on this disc is the same audio contained on the DVD : Live at the Astoria, London |
| 2005 | G3: Live in Tokyo | Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, John Petrucci |
| 2007 | Sound Theories Vol. I & II | Orchestral Album from 5 European performances, a studio session and a soundcheck rehearsal recording (between 2004 and 2005) |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are | Orchestral DVD & CD recorded and filmed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN as part of Vai’s “Sound Theories” world tour |
| 2010 | Where the Other Wild Things Are | 12 Tracks Bonus CD from "Where the wild thing are" DVD not included in the 2009 CD released |
Other[link]
| Year | Album | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Bad Squad" | promo 2-tracks CD from Morley to promote the Bad Horsie wah pedal. |
| 2005 | "Naked Tracks" | This five cd package contains a large selection of tracks from the Vai catalog that have been mixed without the main lead and melody guitar tracks |
Compilations[link]
| Year | Album | Info |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The 7th Song - Enchanting Guitar Melodies (Archives Vol. 1) | Compilation of the 7th song of Steve's Albums, and 3 tracks previously unreleased. |
| 2001 | The Secret Jewel Box | 10 CD Collector Box |
| 2001 | Frank Zappa Original Recordings; Steve Vai (Archives, Vol. 2) | Not Sold Separately / Vol.3 of The Secret Jewel Box |
| 2002 | The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1 | Re-released of the Vol.1 of The Secret Jewel Box This disc collects Vai’s many contributions to film music |
| 2003 | Mystery Tracks (Archives Vol. 3) | Compilation of Steve's bonus tracks featured on Japanese releases of his CDs, along with promotional tracks, songs featured on other albums and unreleased/demo tracks / Vol.4 of The Secret Jewel Box |
| 2003 | Various Artists (Archives Vol. 4) | Collection of songs Steve has contributed to other projects and records. / Vol.5 of The Secret Jewel Box |
| 2003 | The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology | A career-spanning collection of 32 digitally remastered tracks over 2CDs (including work with other artists such as Alcatrazz and Whitesnake). |
| 2004 | "Vai: Piano Reductions, Vol. 1" (by Mike Keneally) | This is an album of 11 solo acoustic piano interpretations of Vai songs by Mike Keneally / Vol.6 of The Secret Jewel Box |
| 2008 | Steve Vai Original Album Classics | Box Set Re-release with : Flex-Able, Passion and Warfare, Sex and Religion, Alien Love Secrets & Fire Garden. |
| 2010 | Playlist: The Very Best of Steve Vai | |
| 2011 | The Essential Steve Vai |
Discography (with other artists)[link]
With band (as lead guitarist)[link]
| Year | Artist | Album | RIAA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Alcatrazz | Disturbing the Peace | |
| 1985 | Public Image Ltd. | Album | |
| 1986 | Shankar & Caroline | The Epidemics | |
| 1986 | David Lee Roth | Eat 'Em and Smile | Platinum |
| 1988 | David Lee Roth | Skyscraper | Platinum |
| 1989 | Whitesnake | Slip of the Tongue | 3x Platinum |
| 1994 | Whitesnake | Whitesnake's Greatest Hits | Platinum |
| 1997 | David Lee Roth | The Best (Steve performs on a little over half of the songs on this disc) | |
| 1999 | Joe Jackson | Symphony No. 1 | |
| 2000 | Whitesnake | The Back to Black Collection | |
| 2010 | Alcatrazz | Disturbing the Peace Tour Live in Japan 1984.10.10 Audio Tracks |
Appearances on Zappa albums[link]
Appearances, featuring (with other lead artists)[link]
| Year | Artist | Album | Info | RIAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Lisa Popeil | Lisa Popeil | Steve performs on "What You're After", "You Can't Take It Away", "For A Time", "Don't Turn Me Off And On", "I Don't Get It", "The Viper", "Love In My Life", "Perfect Woman" | |
| 1985 | Heresy | At The Door | Steve performs on "London : 1941" and "Wasted Moments" | |
| 1986 | Bob Harris | The Great Nostalgia | Steve performs on the track "Autumn in Nepal" & "There's Still Hope" | |
| 1986 | Randy Coven | Funk Me Tender | Steve performs on the track "Funk Me Tender" | |
| 1987 | Danny Mendez | Death to All Mankind | No Information | |
| 1986 | Western Vacation | Western Vacation | Steve performs on the track "Western Vacation" (under the name "Reckless Fable") | |
| 1990 | Rebecca | The Best of Dreams | Steve performs on "Supergirl" / This is a greatest hits CD | |
| 1991 | Alice Cooper | Hey Stoopid | Steve performs with Joe Satriani on "Feed My Frankenstein" | |
| 1995 | Ozzy Osbourne | Ozzmosis | Steve did not play guitar on this album. He Co-Wrote the song "My Little Man" | 2x Platinum |
| 1996 | Wild Style | Cryin' | Steve performs on "Let It Go" | |
| 1997 | Munetaka Higuchi with Dream Castle | Free World | Steve plays guitar and bass on the track "Speed" | |
| 1998 | Gregg Bissonette | Gregg Bissonette | Steve performs on "Common Road" | |
| 1998 | Al Di Meola | The Infinite Desire | Steve performs on "Race with the Devil on Turkish Highway" | |
| 2000 | Gregg Bissonette | Submarine | Steve performs on the track "Noah's Ark" | |
| 2000 | Thana Harris | Thanatopsis | Steve performs on the track "Fingers" | |
| 2000 | Andrew Dice Clay | Face Down, Ass Up | No information | |
| 2001 | Robin DiMaggio | Blue Planet | Steve performs on the track "Mallorca" with L. Shankar | |
| 2001 | Billy Sheehan | Compression | Steve Vai appears on the track "Chameleon" | |
| 2002 | Tak Matsumoto | Hana | No information | |
| 2003 | Surinder Sandhu | Saurang Orchestra | Steve Vai performs on the tracks "Amirah", The Little Hindu", "Movement One: Twice Born", "Movement Two: Sunday Morning in Calcutta", "Movement Three: Tradition of the New" | |
| 2002 | Girls Together Outrageously (G.T.O) | "I'll Be Around" (SINGLE) | GTO (Girls Together Outrageously) is a Dutch trio who released a cover version of Steve's song "I'll Be Around". The CD single features a Radio Version (3:28) and an Extended Version (4:40). Steve performs the guitar solo on the Radio Version. | |
| 2003 | Eric Sardinas | Black Pearls | Steve Vai performs on the track "Green Tea" | |
| 2003 | Steve Lukather & Friends | Santamental | Steve Vai is featured on the track "Carol of the Bells" | |
| 2003 | Hughes Turner Project | HTP 2 | Steve Vai appears on the track "Losing My Head" | |
| 2003 | Shankar & Gingger | One in a Million | Steve Vai performs on the track "Out Of My Mind" | |
| 2003 | Yardbirds | Birdland | Steve Vai performs on the track "Shapes of Things" | |
| 2004 | Motörhead | Inferno | Steve appears on the tracks "Terminal Show" and "Down On Me" | |
| 2004 | Bob Carpenter | The Sun, The Moon, The Stars | This CD features a piano interpretation of “Whispering a Prayer”. It also features Steve Vai on acoustic guitar and Pia Vai on harp. | |
| 2005 | John 5 | Songs for Sanity | Steve appears on the song "Perineum" | |
| 2006 | The Devin Townsend Band | Synchestra | Steve performs an extended guitar solo on the third track "Triumph" | |
| 2006 | Marty Friedman | Loudspeaker | Steve performs on the song "Viper" | |
| 2006 | Meat Loaf | Bat out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose | Steve performs on the song "In the Land of the Pig, the Butcher is King" | Gold |
| 2007 | Dream Theater | Systematic Chaos | Guest spoken words on "Repentance" | |
| 2007 | Eros Ramazzotti | e² | Steve performs on, produced and re-recorded the track "Dove C'e' Musica" on this album | |
| 2008 | Jason Becker | Collection | Steve performs on the song "River Of Longing (Reprise)" with Marty Friedman | |
| 2009 | Spinal Tap | Back from the Dead | Steve performs on the song "Short And Sweet" | |
| 2009 | Mike Stern | Big Neighborhood | Steve performs guitar on "Big Neighborhood" and sitar on "Moroccan Roll" | |
| 2009 | Orianthi | Believe | Steve appears on and co-wrote the song "Highly Strung" | |
| 2010 | Meat Loaf | Hang Cool Teddy Bear | Steve performs on "Love Is Not Real/Next Time You Stab Me in the Back" & "Song of Madness" | |
| 2011 | Steve Kusaba | Centrifugal Satz Clock: Morning | Steve performs on "We Run This Place" |
Soundtracks[link]
| Year | Soundtrack | Type | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Crossroads | Motion Picture Soundtrack | All part played by Steve on "The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1" |
| 1987 | Dudes | Motion Picture Soundtrack | Steve performs "Amazing Grace" / This OST is out of print Also on "The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1" |
| 1987 | Less Than Zero | Motion Picture Soundtrack | Steve performs "Bump 'N Grind", which is not on the OST |
| 1991 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Motion Picture Soundtrack | Steve performs the tracks "The Reaper" and "The Reaper Rap" and a few tracks which are not in the OST Also on "The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1" |
| 1992 | Wayne's World | Motion Picture Soundtrack | Steve performs with Joe Satriani on Alice Cooper's "Feed My Frankenstein" |
| 1992 | Encino Man | Motion Picture Soundtrack | Steve performs the track "Get The Hell Out Of Here" |
| 1994 | PCU | Motion Picture Soundtrack | Steve scored this film, and contributed the track "Now We Run" to this soundtrack |
| 1997 | Formula 1 | Video Game Soundtrack | |
| 2001 | Ghosts of Mars | Motion Picture Soundtrack | Steve Vai performs on "Ghosts of Mars" and "Ghost Poppin'" |
| 2004 | Halo 2 Soundtrack Volume 1 | Video Game Soundtrack | Steve Vai performs on "Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix" and "Never Surrender" |
| 2006 | Halo 2 Soundtrack Volume 2 | Video Game Soundtrack | Steve Vai performs on "Reclaimer" |
| 2008 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock "Virtuoso Track Pack" |
Video Game Soundtrack | Steve Vai song "For The Love Of God" |
Compilations[link]
| Year | Artists | Compilation | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Various | Guitar's Practicing Musicians | Steve plays guitar on the track "Western Vacation" as Reckless Fable |
| 1993 | Various | Zappa's Universe (Tribute to Frank Zappa) | Steve plays guitar on "Sofa" & "Dirty Love" |
| 1995 | Various | In From The Storm(The music of Jimi Hendrix) | Steve appears on "Drifting" and "Bold as Love" |
| 1996 | Various | Songs of West Side Story | Steve appears on "The Rumble" (Steve Vai's Monsters vs. Chick Corea's Elektric Band) |
| 1997 | Various | Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas | Steve performs on "Christmas Time is Here" (with Joe Satriani, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson and more...) |
| 1997 | Various | Angelica | Steve performs on "Der Holle Rache (Queen of the Night)". This album also features Steve Stevens and Eric Johnson |
| 1999 | Various | Radio Disney Kid Jams | Steve performs the track "Wipe Out" |
| 2001 | Various | Roland Guitar Masters | Steve performs the tracks "Cliffs of Insanity" and "Misfits" |
| 2002 | Various | Guitars For Freedom | Steve contributed the track "Amazing Grace" to this benefit CD |
| 2002 | Various | Warmth In The Wilderness Vol. II – A Tribute to Jason Becker | Steve Vai performs the track "Feathers" |
| 2004 | Various | The Sounds Of Nascar | Steve is featured on the previously unreleased track "Rush" (Only on "iTunes Music Store") |
| 2006 | Various | Monsters of Rock (EMI, 3CD compilation) | Steve performs with Whitesnake the song "Fool for Your Loving" |
Videos[link]
Live[link]
| Year | Type | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | VHS / DVD | "Alien Love Secrets" | Steve Vai | Features full performances of all seven songs from the album Alien Love Secrets. |
| 1997 | VHS / DVD | "G3: Live in Concert" | Joe Satriani / Steve Vai / Eric Johnson | Steve plays on six tracks (three solo and three with Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson.) |
| 2003 | DVD | "Live at the Astoria, London" | Steve Vai | Steve's first live solo DVD. Filmed at the Astoria, London UK on December 6 & 7, 2001. |
| 2004 | DVD | "G3: Live in Denver" | Joe Satriani / Steve Vai / Yngwie Malmsteen | Steve performs on 3 tracks & 3 jam Tracks |
| 2005 | DVD | "G3: Live in Tokyo" | Joe Satriani / Steve Vai / John Petrucci | Steve performs on 6 tracks |
| 2007 | DVD | "Visual Sound Theories" | Steve Vai | This DVD features the live performances from the Aching Hunger concerts with the Holland Metropole Orchestra in July 2005. |
With other artists[link]
| Year | Type | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | VHS / DVD | "The Dub Room Special" | Frank Zappa | Steve appears 58 minutes into this video performing "Stevie's Spanking" (from The Palladium, NYC show on October 31, 1981) |
| 1985 | VHS | "Power Live" | Alcatrazz | Live concert recorded at Shinjuku Kousei Nenkin Hall (Japan) on 10/10/84. |
| 1986 | VHS | "David Lee Roth" | David Lee Roth | Steve performs on "Yankee Rose" and "Goin' Crazy!". There is also an alternate video take for Steve's guitar solo during the "Goin' Crazy!" video. |
| 1987 | VHS | "Video from Hell" | Frank Zappa | Steve appears 11:15 minutes into this video performing "Stevie's Spanking." (Rome, Italy - July 10, 1982) |
| 1989 | VHS | "The True Story of 200 Motels" | Frank Zappa | Steve appears 41:33 minutes into this video - in a brief interview shot on July 14, 1982 in Palermo, Sicily. |
| 1990 | VHS | "Metal Head Vol.2" | BMG Video Magazine | This hard to find "video magazine" features an interview with Steve. |
| 1993 | VHS / DVD | "Zappa's Universe: A Celebration of 25 Years of Frank Zappa's Music" | Various Artists | Steve performs on "Dirty Love" (with Dweezil), and "Sofa", a performance that won a Grammy. |
| 1997 | VHS / DVD | "7th Heaven video by Ibanez" | Ibanez Various Artists | Ibanez promotional-only video includes commentary and music from Steve Vai, Head & Munky from Korn, John Petrucci, Dino Cazares, Andy Timmons, Wes Borland, Jerry Sims. |
| 2003 | DVD | "Rockthology" | Various Artists | This video compilation features the "I Would Love To" promo video. |
| 2003 | DVD | "The Satch Tapes" (Originally released on VHS in 1993) |
Joe Satriani | This DVD re-release features a brief interview with Steve circa 1992. |
| 2004 | DVD | "Crossroads Guitar Festival" | Various Artists | Steve and the band performing “Get The Hell Outta Here. |
Movies (as an actor)[link]
| Year | Type | Album | Artist | Info |
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| 1986 | VHS / DVD | "Crossroads" | Columbia Tristar (Movie) | Steve appears in this movie as "Jack Butler", a devil guitarist |
| 2005 | DVD | "Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection" | MGM Video | Bonus Feature : “Score! An Interview With Guitarist Steve Vai.” |
| 2008 | DVD | "Crazy" | FN Crazy Film LLC | Steve appears in this movie as "Hank Williams" |
| 2008 | DVD | "Tattooed" | Steve appears in this movie as himself | |
| 2009 | TV | "Metalocalypse" | Animated TV Series | Steve appears as guest Voice on ep.39 "Renovationklok" & ep.40 "Tributeklok" |
Awards and nominations[link]
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Grammy Awards[link]
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Passion and Warfare [23][dead link] | Best Rock Instrumental Album | Nominated |
| 1994 | "Sofa" from Zappa's Universe | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Won |
| 1995 | "Tender Surrender" from Alien Love Secrets | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated |
| 1997 | "For the Love of God" from G3: Live in Concert | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated |
| 1999 | "Windows to the Soul" from The Ultra Zone | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated |
| 2001 | "Whispering a Prayer" from Alive in an Ultra World | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated |
| No Substitutions | Best Pop Instrumental Album | Won | |
| 2006 | "Lotus Feet" | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated |
| 2008 | "The Attitude Song" | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated |
| 2009 | "Peaches En Regalia" from Zappa Plays Zappa | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Won |
| 2010 | "Now We Run" from Where the Wild Things Are | Best Rock Instrumental Performance | Nominated |
Other awards[link]
| Year | Award | Result | |
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| 1986 | Guitar Player | Best Rock Guitarist | Won |
| Guitar for the Practicing Musician | Guitar in the 90's Award | Won | |
| 1987 | Guitar Player | Best Overall Guitarist | Won |
| Best Rock Guitarist | Won | ||
| Guitar for the Practicing Musician | Hall of Fame | Won | |
| 1988 | Guitar Player | Best Rock Guitarist | Won |
| Guitar for the Practicing Musician | Rock Guitarist of the Year | Won | |
| 1989 | Guitar Player | Best Rock Guitarist | Won |
| Guitar World | Best Rock Guitarist | Won | |
| Kerrang! | Best Rock Guitarist | Won | |
| 1990 | Guitar Player | Best Metal Guitarist | Won |
| Best Guitar Album | Won | ||
| Best Overall Guitarist | Won | ||
| Best Rock Guitarist | Won | ||
| Guitar World | Best Guitar Solo ("For the Love of God") | Won | |
| Best Rock Guitarist | Won | ||
| Best Album (Passion and Warfare) | Won | ||
| Most Valued Player (tie with Stevie Ray Vaughan) | Won | ||
| Select | Best Album (Passion and Warfare) | Won | |
| Best Musician | Won | ||
| Sexiest Male | Won | ||
| International Music Award | Best Guitarist | Nominated | |
| Guitar for the Practicing Musician | Best Instrumental Guitarist of the Year | Won | |
| Guitar for the Practicing Musician | Reader's Choice – Guitar Album of the Year (Passion and Warfare) | Won | |
| Kerrang! | Guitarist of the Year | Won | |
| RAW | Best Selling LP Sleeve | Won | |
| Best RAW Cover (3rd place) | Nominated | ||
| Best Selling Promo Video ("I Would Love To" - 5th place) | Nominated | ||
| Best Sex Object (6th place) | Nominated | ||
| Best Selling Promo Video ("The Audience is Listening" - 7th place) | Nominated | ||
| Making Music | Best Musician | Won | |
| Best Guitarist | Won | ||
| Best Album (Passion and Warfare) | Won | ||
| Metal Hammer | Best Guitarist (Reader's Poll) | Won | |
| 1991 | Young Guitar Magazine | Best Rock Guitarist | Won |
| 1993 | Guitar for the Practicing Musician | Editor's Choice Award | Won |
| Kerrang! | Best Hard Rock Performance | Won | |
| 1995 | Guitar Player | Gallery of Greats | Won |
| Best Experimental Guitarist (tie with Buckethead) | Won | ||
| Best Rock Guitarist (tie with Jimmy Page) | Won | ||
| Best Overall Guitar Recording (2nd place) | Nominated | ||
| Best Metal Guitarist (3rd place) | Nominated | ||
| Best Metal Recording (3rd place) | Nominated | ||
| Best Overall Guitarist (3rd place) | Nominated | ||
| Player | Best Hard Rock Guitarist (2nd place) | Nominated | |
| 1996 | Rock Brigade Brazilian Magazine | Best Guitarist | Won |
| 1997 | Young Guitar Magazine | Best Rock Guitarist | Won |
| Rock Brigade Brazilian Magazine | Best Guitarist | Won | |
| 2001 | California Music Awards | Outstanding Guitarist | Nominated |
| 2009 | Golden Stag Awards Romania | Excellence Prize | Won |
| 2011 | TEC Awards | Les Paul Award [24] | Won |
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ "Message from Favored Nations President, Steve Vai". Favorednations.com. http://www.favorednations.com/FN_about.html. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Musician's Friend Exclusive Interview with Steve Vai". Musician's Friend. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?doc_id=93655. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
- ^ Jeff Kitts and Brad Tolinski. Guitar World presents one hundred greatest guitarists of all time
- ^ "Past Judges". Independent Music Awards. http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/pastjudges.asp. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Steve talks about the new DVD and more". Steve Vai (Vai.com). http://www.vai.com/index_wildthings/index.html. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- ^ "Welcome to The Make A Noise Foundation!". Make A Noise. http://www.makeanoise.com/. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ Michael Custodis, Living History. The Guitar Virtuoso and Composer Steve Vai, Online-Publication Muenster 2011. URL: http://www.uni-muenster.de/imperia/md/content/musikwissenschaft/pdf/custodis-vai.pdf
- ^ "www.mtv.com". www.mtv.com. 1960-06-06. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/vai_steve/artist.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "''Passion And Warfare Review'' at Yahoo Music, July 13, 2005, Retrieved February 27, 2008". Uk.music.yahoo.com. 2005-07-13. http://uk.music.yahoo.com/read/review/14179284. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "All About Steve,7-String Guitar". http://www.vai.com/AllAboutSteve/vaiography.html. Retrieved October 22, 2009
- ^ "The Mothership Studio". http://www.mothershipstudio.com/.
- ^ "The Studios". http://www.vai.com/Machines/studios.html.
- ^ "Fretting systems". True Temperament. http://www.truetemperament.com/site/index.php. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ Carvin Steve Vai Legacy Amplifiers[dead link]
- ^ "JEM Specs – Anniversary Guitars". Jemsite.com. 2000-10-04. http://www.jemsite.com/articles-menu/jem-specs-anniversary-guitars/. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Hardbodies". Imdb.com. http://imdb.com/title/tt0087385/. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "All About Steve". Vai.com. http://www.vai.com/AllAboutSteve/bees/index.html. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Famous Beekeepers". British Beekeeper's Association. http://www.britishbeekeepersassociation.com/about/famous_beekeepers. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- ^ "Make A Noise Foundation homepage". Vai.com. http://www.vai.com/MANF/index.html. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Steve Vai: A Spiritual Journey Through Vegetarianism". Veggies-Rock.com. 2011-07-13. http://veggiesrock.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/steve-vai-a-spiritual-journey-through-vegetarianism/. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Gold & Platinum – February 25, 2010". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "All about Steve > Awards and Honors". Vai.com. 2002-02-27. http://www.vai.com/AllAboutSteve/awards.html. Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Les Paul Award Winner 2011 – Steve Vai". TEC Foundation. 2011. http://www.tecfoundation.com/tec/les_paul11.html. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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| Eric Stoltz | |
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 Stoltz promoting Caprica, April 2009 |
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| Born | Eric Hamilton Stoltz (1961-09-30) September 30, 1961 (age 50) Whittier, California, US |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Eric Hamilton Stoltz (born September 30, 1961)[1] is an American actor, director and producer. He is widely known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.[2] Stoltz has appeared in a wide variety of films from mainstream fare like Some Kind of Wonderful to independent films like Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe, and Kicking and Screaming. He recently portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica.
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Early life[link]
Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, the son of Evelyn B. (née Vawter),[3] a violinist and schoolteacher who died in 1994, and Jack Stoltz, an elementary school teacher.[4] He has two sisters, mezzo soprano Catherine Stoltz[5] and writer Susan R. Stoltz.[6] He was raised in both American Samoa and Santa Barbara, California, where as a child, he once earned money playing piano for local musical theatre productions.[7] He attended the University of Southern California, but dropped out after his junior year.[8] When he moved to New York for his studies in 1981, he met Stella Adler and Peggy Feury.[9]
Career[link]
1978–1999[link]
In the 1970s Stoltz joined a repertory company that performed ten plays at the Edinburgh Festival. He returned to the United States in 1979, when he entered USC as a drama student, but subsequently dropped out to pursue film and TV roles.[10] In 1978, he was cast as Steve Benson in the TV adaptation of Erma Bombeck's The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank.[11]
Director Cameron Crowe and Stoltz became friends while making Stoltz's first feature film, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). According to Stoltz, Crowe promised Stoltz a role in all of his future films.[12] He appeared in each of Crowe's next four films, The Wild Life, Say Anything..., Singles, and Jerry Maguire.
Originally cast as Marty McFly for Back to the Future in 1985, he was replaced after five weeks of filming, when Michael J. Fox (the director's first choice for the role) agreed to divide time between the movie and his television sitcom, Family Ties.[13] The director, Robert Zemeckis, said that while Stoltz provided an admirable performance, it lacked the precise comedic sense that Zemeckis was seeking.[14] Some of the original footage, where Stoltz does not appear but was on set, was used in the film.[15] This was referenced in a 2010 episode of Fringe where, in an alternate universe, a theater marquee reads "Back to the Future starring Eric Stoltz".[16]
In 1985, Stoltz garnered attention with a Golden Globe nomination starring as Rocky Dennis in Mask. Among other roles in the 1980s, he appeared in the 1987 hit, John Hughes's Some Kind of Wonderful.
During the 1990s, Stoltz went back and forth between stage, film, and television, appearing in studio and independent films such as Independent Spirit Award Winner Pulp Fiction (1994) and Sundance Festival Winner The Waterdance (1992). He also produced the films Bodies, Rest & Motion in 1993, Sleep with Me in 1994, and Mr. Jealousy in 1997. He continued to appear on the New York stage both on Broadway (Three Sisters, Two Shakespearean Actors, Arms and the Man) and off-Broadway (The Importance of Being Earnest, The Glass Menagerie, Sly Fox and Our Town). He was nominated for a Tony Award as Featured Actor for his performance as George Gibbs in the 1989 Broadway revival of Thorton Wilder's Our Town.[17] A performance of this production was featured on Great Performances: Live From Lincoln Center, which received a 1989 Emmy nomination.[18]
On television, he had a recurring role as Helen Hunt's character's ex-boyfriend on Mad About You (five episodes, 1994–1998), spent a year on Chicago Hope (1994), and did some TV and cable movies such as Inside (1996) (directed by Arthur Penn) and The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999), with Helen Mirren. Stoltz received the Indie Support Award at the 1998 Los Angeles Film Festival.[19]
2000–present[link]
During the first part of the 2000s, he starred with Gillian Anderson in The House of Mirth (2000), based on the novel by Edith Wharton. From 2001 to 2002, he had a recurring role as the English teacher-poet August Dimitri in ABC's Once and Again, where Julia Whelan's character, a teenager, fell in love with his character. He directed an episode of the show in 2002.[20] In 2003, he played his first leading TV role in Out of Order, which was canceled after five episodes. In 2004, he appeared in The Butterfly Effect as a child molester; the following year, he guest-starred in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace as Debra Messing's love interest. He was nominated for a daytime Emmy for his direction of the cable movie My Horrible Year! (2001).[21] He also directed a short film entitled The Bulls,[7] as well as the highest rated episode of Law & Order in 2005, entitled "Tombstone". He appeared in the music video of The Residents' "Give it to Someone Else", featured on The Commercial DVD.[22]
He has contributed essays to the books City Secrets — New York as well as Life Interrupted by Spalding Gray, and appears on the children's CD Philadelphia Chickens.[23]
Beginning in 2007, Stoltz directed episodes of the drama series Quarterlife, which began airing as webisodes and were then picked up to air on the NBC network in 2008. Stoltz played a serial killer in need of medical attention in three episodes of the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy.[24] He has also directed two episodes of Grey's Anatomy. The actor is currently shooting the film Fort McCoy.
Stoltz starred as Daniel Graystone, inventor of the Cylons, in the science fiction television series Caprica, a prequel set 58 years before the Battlestar Galactica series.
Personal life[link]
As of January 2010[update], Stoltz had been a vegetarian for 25 years.[25]
Filmography[link]
Actor[link]
Films[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Stoner Bud | |
| 1984 | Surf II | Chuck | |
| 1984 | Running Hot | Danny Hicks | |
| 1984 | The Wild Life | Bill Conrad | |
| 1985 | The New Kids | Mark | |
| 1985 | Mask | Rocky Dennis | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1985 | Code Name: Emerald | Lt. Andy Wheeler | |
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Keith Nelson | |
| 1987 | Lionheart | Robert Nerra | |
| 1987 | Sister, Sister | Matt Rutledge | |
| 1988 | Greasy Lake | The narrator | Direct-to-video |
| 1988 | Manifesto | Christopher | |
| 1988 | Haunted Summer | Percy Shelley | |
| 1989 | The Fly II | Martin Brundle | |
| 1989 | Say Anything | Vahlere | |
| 1990 | Memphis Belle | Sgt. Danny "Danny Boy" Daly | |
| 1991 | Money | Franck Cimballi | |
| 1992 | The Waterdance | Joel Garcia | |
| 1992 | Singles | The Mime | |
| 1993 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | Sid | producer |
| 1993 | Naked in New York | Jake Briggs | |
| 1994 | Killing Zoe | Zed | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Lance | Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male |
| 1994 | Sleep with Me | Joseph | producer |
| 1994 | Little Women | John Brooke | |
| 1995 | Killing Time | Stop N Start Manager | Short film |
| 1995 | The Prophecy | Simon | |
| 1995 | Rob Roy | Alan MacDonald | |
| 1995 | Never Say Goodbye Aids Benefit by Yoko Ono | Man From Hamptons | Direct-to-video short film |
| 1995 | Fluke | Jeff Newman | |
| 1995 | Kicking and Screaming | Chet | |
| 1996 | Grace of My Heart | Howard Cazsatt | |
| 1996 | 2 Days in the Valley | Wes Taylor | |
| 1996 | Keys to Tulsa | Richter Boudreau | |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Ethan Valhere | |
| 1997 | Highball | Darien | |
| 1997 | Anaconda | Dr. Steven Cale | |
| 1997 | Mr. Jealousy | Lester Grimm, aka Vince | executive producer |
| 1998 | Hi-Life | Jimmy | |
| 1998 | The Rocking Horse Winner | Uncle Joe | Short film |
| 1998 | A Murder of Crows | Thurman Parks III | |
| 1999 | Hercules: Zero to Hero | Theseus (voice)/The Grim Avenger (voice) | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | It's a Shame About Ray | Mr. Stoltz | Short film |
| 2000 | Jesus & Hutch | Jesus | Short film |
| 2000 | The Simian Line | Sam Donovan | |
| 2000 | The House of Mirth | Lawrence Selden | |
| 2001 | Things Behind the Sun | Dan | |
| 2001 | Harvard Man | Teddy Carter | |
| 2002 | The Rules of Attraction | Mr. Lawson | |
| 2003 | Happy Hour | Levine | |
| 2003 | When Zachary Beaver Came to Town | Otto | |
| 2004 | The Butterfly Effect | Mr. Miller | |
| 2004 | Childstar | Fresno Burnbaum | |
| 2005 | Hello | Max | Short film |
| 2005 | The Honeymooners | William Davis | |
| 2006 | The Lather Effect | Mickey | |
| 2007 | The Grand Design | Josh | Short film (executive producer) |
| 2009 | Sparks | Joseph | Short film |
| 2011 | Fort McCoy | Frank Stirn | producer |
Television[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | James at 15 | Jack | Episode: "Hunter Country" |
| 1978 | The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank | Steve Benson | TV movie |
| 1979 | A New Kind of Family | Burt | Episode: “Invasion of Privacy’’ |
| 1979 | The Seekers | First Boy | TV movie |
| 1980 | The Waltons | Sr. Boy #1 | Episode: "The Valediction" |
| 1980 | Eight Is Enough | Kurt Harper | Episode: "Finally Grad Night" |
| 1981 | Walking Tall | David Coombs | Episode: "The Killing of McNeal County's Children" |
| 1981 | Knots Landing | Luke | Episode: "Man of the Hour" |
| 1981 | The Violation of Sarah McDavid | Pete Brady | TV movie |
| 1982 | Paper Dolls | Steve | TV movie |
| 1982 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Kevin | Episode: "Challenges" |
| 1983 | The Fall Guy | Little Juice Atkins | Episode: "One Hundred Miles a Gallon" |
| 1983 | Love, Sidney | Rick | Episode: "The Movie" |
| 1983 | A Killer in the Family | Ricky Tison | TV movie |
| 1983 | St. Elsewhere | Eddie Carson | Episodes: "Under Pressure" "Entrapment" "All About Eve" |
| 1984 | Things Are Looking Up | Neil 'Trout' Troutman | TV movie |
| 1989 | Great Performances | George Gibbs | Episode: "Our Town" |
| 1990 | American Playhouse | Younger Edward | Episode: "Sensibility and Sense" |
| 1991 | A Woman at War | Franz Bueller | TV movie |
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice | David Leader | TV movie |
| 1993 | Foreign Affairs | Fred Turner | TV movie |
| 1993 | Frasier | Don (voice) | Episode: "Miracle On Third Or Fourth Street" |
| 1994 | Roomates | Bill Thomas | TV movie |
| 1994–1998 | Mad About You | Alan Tofsky | 6 episodes |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels | Nick Ballestier | Episode: "A Dime a Dance" |
| 1995 | Partners | Cameron | Episode: "How Long Does It Take to Cook a 22-Pound Turkey?" |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back | Jesse Parish | TV movie |
| 1996 | Inside | Marty Strydom | TV movie |
| 1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Drew Kellerman | Episode: "Wu's on First?" |
| 1998 | Blackout Effect | John Dantley | TV movie |
| 1998–1999 | Hercules | Theseus (voice)/The Grim Avenger (voice) | Episodes: "Hercules and the Minotaur" "Hercules and the Grim Avenger" |
| 1998–1999 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Robert Yeats | Series regular |
| 1999 | The Passion of Ayn Rand | Nathaniel Branden | TV movie |
| 1999 | Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge | Prosecutor Bob Laurino | TV movie |
| 2000 | Common Ground | Johnny Burroughs | TV movie |
| 2000 | One Kill | Capt. Wallker Randall | TV movie |
| 2000 | The Last Dance | Todd Cope | TV movie |
| 2001 | My Horrible Year! | Uncle Charlie | TV movie (director) |
| 2001–2002 | Once and Again | August Dimitri | 7 episodes (directed 1 episode) |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Father Michael Sweeney | Episode: "Silence" |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Mark Colm | TV mini-series |
| 2005 | Will & Grace | Tom Cassidy | Episodes: "Friends with Benefits" "Kiss and Tell" |
| 2005 | The Triangle | Howard Thomas | Episodes: "Episode 1.1" "Episode 1.2" "Episode 1.3" |
| 2007 | Medium | Sonny Troyer | Episode: "We Had a Dream" |
| 2007 | Close to Home | Det. Chris Veeder/Chris Veeder | Episodes: "Drink the Cup" "Fall from Grace" "Eminent Domain" |
| 2008 | Blank Slate | Sean Sullivan | TV movie |
| 2009 | Grey's Anatomy | William Dunn | Episode: "Wish You Were Here" "Sympathy for the Devil" "Stairway to Heaven" |
| 2009–2010 | Caprica | Daniel Graystone | Series regular (directed 1 episode) |
| 2011 | Leverage | Alan Scott | Episode: "The Long Way Down Job" |
Director[link]
Films[link]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Bulls | Short film |
| 2007 | The Grand Design | Short film |
Television[link]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | My Horrible Year! | TV movie |
| 2002 | Once and Again | Episode: "Falling in Place" |
| 2005 | Law & Order | Episode: "Tombstone" |
| 2007 | Boston Legal | Episodes: "Dumping Bella" "The Object of My Affection" |
| 2008 | Quarterlife | Episodes: "Anxiety" "Home Sweet Home" |
| 2008 | Grey's Anatomy | Episodes: "Brave New World" "These Ties That Bind" |
| 2009 | Nip/Tuck | Episode: "Lola Wlodkowski" |
| 2009–2011 | Private Practice | Episodes: "Do the Right Thing" "Eyes Wide Open" "War" "If You Don't Know Me By Now" |
| 2010 | Huge | Episode: "Talent Night" |
| 2010 | Caprica | Episode: "Unvanquished" |
| 2010–2012 | Glee | Episodes: "Duets" "Blame It on the Alcohol" "Prom Queen" "The Purple Piano Project" "Mash Off" "Yes/No" "Big Brother" "Prom-asaurus" "Nationals" |
| 2011 | Off the Map | Episode: "On the Mean Streets of San Miguel" |
| 2012 | Californication | Episode: "Love Song" |
Producer[link]
Films[link]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | |
| 1994 | Sleep with Me | |
| 1997 | Mr. Jealousy | executive producer |
| 2005 | The Bulls | Short film (executive producer) |
| 2006 | The Lather Effect | associate producer |
| 2007 | The Grand Design | Short film (executive producer) |
| 2011 | Fort McCoy |
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- ^ Family, Yahoo, http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022116/bio%20Yahoo!Moves, retrieved 10 October 2011
- ^ 2 Late Artists Get Overdue Chicago Tribute, Chicago Tribune, 10 December 1991, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-12-10/news/9104210073_1_appalachian-spring-aaron-copland-leonard-bernstein, retrieved 10 October 2011
- ^ About Susan, Susan R. Stoltz Official Website, http://susanrstoltz.com/content/about/, retrieved 10 October 2011
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- ^ Revealed: The actor who spent five weeks filming Back to the Future before being bumped for Michael J Fox, London: Daily Mail, 15 October 2010, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1320509/Eric-Stoltz-Original-Marty-McFly-Back-Future-bumped-Michael-J-Fox.html, retrieved 10 October 2011
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| Name | Stoltz, Eric |
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| Short description | Actor |
| Date of birth | September 30, 1961 |
| Place of birth | Whittier, California, U.S. |
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