name | Belstaff |
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logo | |
foundation | Longton, Staffordshire, U.K. () |
founder | Eli Belovitch and Harry Grosberg |
location city | Mogliano Veneto |
location country | Italy |
area served | Worldwide |
industry | Clothing |
parent | Labelux Group GmbH |
homepage | belstaff.com |
intl | }} |
Belstaff became a subsidiary of James Halstead in 1948–a company also famous in later years for the success of the Australian brand Driza-Bone.
In the 1980s, Belstaff diversified into the golf wear market.
The company was hit hard by the textile crisis of the 1990s precipitating the closure of the Longton Stoke-on-Trent factory after previously closing its Silverdale site. Moving to Wellingborough, production was vastly reduced. The range was also manufactured in Australia by a sister company Driza-Bone. The company grew again and in 1994 introduced Belfresh, a waterproof/breathable fabric.
Today, Belstaff markets products to the Far East, Russia, the United States, Australia, South America and Europe.
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Name | Mathias Lauridsen |
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Birth date | January 13, 1984 |
Birth place | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Measurements | Chest- 36" (92cm) Waist- 32.5" (82.6cm) |
Height | |
Shoe size | 44 |
Eye color | Blue |
Hair color | Brown |
Nationality | Danish |
Ethnicity | Danish |
Website | }} |
Mathias Lauridsen (born January 13, 1984) is a Danish model from Copenhagen, Denmark and has been featured in numerous ad campaigns including Jil Sander, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton and Hermès.
He was discovered in 2003 and is currently signed with Ford Models in Paris, New York Model Management and Scoop in Copenhagen. He is considered to be one of the best male models, and has landed many lucrative contracts, for example the Gucci Pour Homme II fragrance. His runway credentials include opening shows for Hermès, Belstaff, Jill Stuart and closing for both Valentino and John Galliano.
He has appeared in editorials for ''L'Uomo Vogue'', ''Vogue Paris'', ''Numéro Homme'', ''GQ'' and ''Details''. The photographers he has worked with include Karl Lagerfeld and Richard Avedon. Avedon photographed Lauridsen for a Hermes ad editorial in 2004 that proved to be one of the photographers last works.
He was ranked number 1 on models.com Top 50 Male Models list for more than two years. Recently he was replaced by Baptiste Giabiconi. Lauridsen was the youngest model to appear on the list. He is also ranked #2 in the list of the most successful male models in the world, published by Forbes.
His distinguishing feature is a scar he has on his left cheek.
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name | Sylvester Stallone |
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birth name | Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone |
birth date | July 06, 1946 |
birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
occupation | Actor, director, screenwriter |
years active | 1970–present |
spouse | |
children | Sage, Seargeoh, Sophia, Sistine, Scarlet |
parents | Frank Stallone Sr.Jackie Stallone |
relatives | Frank Stallone (brother) |
website | http://www.sylvesterstallone.com }} |
Stallone's film ''Rocky'' was inducted into the National Film Registry as well as having its film props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. Stallone's use of the front entrance to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the ''Rocky'' series led the area to be nicknamed the Rocky Steps. Philadelphia has a statue of his Rocky character placed permanently near the museum, on the right side before the steps. It was announced on December 7, 2010 that Stallone was voted into boxing's Hall of Fame.
Complications his mother suffered during labor forced her obstetricians to use two pairs of forceps during his birth; misuse of these accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in parts of Stallone's face. As a result, the lower left side of his face is paralyzed, including parts of his lip, tongue, and chin, an accident which has given Stallone his trademark snarling look and slightly slurred speech. Stallone was baptized and raised Catholic. He spent his first five years in Hell's Kitchen, bouncing between foster homes while his parents endured a loud, troubled marriage. His father, a beautician, moved the family to Washington DC, where he opened a beauty school. His mother opened a women's gymnasium called Barbella's in 1954. He attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy prior to attending Miami Dade College.
Stallone also starred in the erotic off-Broadway stage play ''Score'' which ran for 23 performances at the Martinique Theatre from October 28 – November 15, 1971 and was later made into a film by Radley Metzger.
Stallone's other first few film roles were minor, and included brief uncredited appearances in Woody Allen's ''Bananas'' (1971) as a subway thug, in the psychological thriller ''Klute'' (1971) as an extra dancing in a club, and in the Jack Lemmon film ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' (1975) as a youth. In the Lemmon film, Jack Lemmon chases, tackles and mugs Stallone, thinking that Stallone's character is a pickpocket. He had his second starring role in ''The Lords of Flatbush,'' in 1974. In 1975, he played supporting roles in ''Farewell, My Lovely''; ''Capone''; and ''Death Race 2000.'' He made guest appearances on the TV series ''Police Story'' and ''Kojak.''
Apart from the ''Rocky'' films, Stallone did many other films in the late 1970s and early 1980s which were critically acclaimed but were not successful at the box office. He received critical praise for films such as ''F.I.S.T.'' (1978), a social, epic styled drama in which he plays a warehouse worker, very loosely modeled on James Hoffa, who becomes involved in the labor union leadership, and ''Paradise Alley'' (1978), a family drama in which he plays one of three brothers who is a con artist and who helps his other brother who is involved in wrestling. Stallone made his directorial debut directing ''Paradise Alley.''
In the early 1980s, he starred alongside British veteran Michael Caine in ''Escape to Victory'' (1981), a sports drama in which he plays a prisoner of war involved in a Nazi propaganda soccer game. Stallone then made the action thriller film ''Nighthawks'' (1981), in which he plays a New York city cop who plays a cat and mouse game with a foreign terrorist, played by Rutger Hauer.
Stallone had another major franchise success as Vietnam veteran John Rambo, a former Green Beret, in the action-war film ''First Blood'' (1982). The first installment of Rambo was both a critical and box office success. The critics praised Stallone's performance, saying he made Rambo seem human, as opposed to the way he is portrayed in the book of the same name, in ''First Blood'' and in the other films. Three Rambo sequels ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985), ''Rambo III'' (1988) and ''Rambo'' (2008) followed. Although box office hits, they met with much less critical praise than the original. He also continued his box office success with the ''Rocky'' franchise and wrote, directed and starred in two more sequels to the series: ''Rocky III'' (1982) and ''Rocky IV'' (1985). Stallone has portrayed these two characters in a total of ten films. In preparation for these roles, Stallone embarked upon a vigorous training regimen which often meant six days a week in the gym and further sit ups in the evenings. Stallone claims to have gotten his body fat percentage down to his all time low of 2.8% for Rocky III.
It was during this time period that Stallone's work cultivated a strong overseas following. He also attempted, albeit unsuccessfully, roles in different genres when he co-wrote and starred in the comedy film ''Rhinestone'' (1984) where he played a wannabe country music singer and the drama film ''Over the Top'' (1987) where he played a struggling trucker who, after the death of his wife, tries to make amends with his son who he left behind years earlier. His son does not think too highly of him until he sees him compete in a nation-wide arm wrestling competition. For the ''Rhinestone'' soundtrack, he performed a song. These films did not do well at the box office and were poorly received by critics. It was around 1985 that Stallone was signed to a remake of the 1939 James Cagney classic ''Angels With Dirty Faces.'' The film would form part of his multi-picture deal with Cannon Pictures and was to co-star Christopher Reeve and be directed by Menahem Golan. The re-making of such a beloved classic was met with disapproval by Variety Magazine and horror by top critic Roger Ebert and so Cannon opted to make ''Cobra'' instead. ''Cobra'' (1986) and ''Tango and Cash'' (1989) did solid business domestically but overseas they did blockbuster business grossing over $100 million in foreign markets and over $160 million worldwide.
After starring in the critical and commercial disasters ''Oscar'' (1991) and ''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot'' (1992) during the early 90s, he made a comeback in 1993 with the hit ''Cliffhanger'' which was a success in the U.S., grossing $84 million, but even more successful worldwide, grossing $171 million for a total over US$255 million. Later that year he starred with Wesley Snipes in the futuristic action film ''Demolition Man'' which grossed in excess of $158 million worldwide. His string of hits continued with 1994's ''The Specialist'' (over $170 million worldwide gross).
In 1995, he played the comic book based title character Judge Dredd, who was taken from the British comic book 2000 AD in the film of the same name. His overseas box office appeal saved the domestic box office disappointment of ''Judge Dredd'', which cost almost $100 million and barely made its budget back with a worldwide tally of $113 million. He also appeared in the thriller ''Assassins'' (1995) with co stars Julianne Moore and Antonio Banderas. In 1996, he starred in the disaster film ''Daylight'' which was not very successful in the US but still grossed $126 million overseas.
That same year Stallone, along with an all-star cast of celebrities, appeared in the Trey Parker and Matt Stone short comedy film ''Your Studio and You'' commissioned by the Seagram Company for a party celebrating their acquisition of Universal Studios and the MCA Corporation. Stallone speaks in his Rocky Balboa voice with subtitles translating what he is saying. At one point, Stallone starts yelling about how can they use his Balboa character, that he left it in the past; the narrator calms him with a wine cooler and calling him, "brainiac." In response, Stallone says, "Thank you very much." He then looks at the wine cooler and exclaims, "Stupid cheap studio!"
Following his breakthrough performance in ''Rocky,'' critic Roger Ebert had once said Stallone could become the next Marlon Brando, though he never quite recaptured the critical acclaim achieved with ''Rocky.'' Stallone did, however, go on to receive much acclaim for his role in the low budget crime drama ''Cop Land'' (1997) in which he starred alongside Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta, but the film was only a minor success at the box office. His performance led him to win the Stockholm International Film Festival Best Actor Award. In 1998 he did voice-over work for the computer-animated film ''Antz,'' which was a big hit domestically.
In 2000, Stallone starred in the thriller ''Get Carter'' – a remake of the 1971 British Michael Caine film of the same name—but the film was poorly received by both critics and audiences. Stallone's career declined considerably after his subsequent films ''Driven'' (2001), ''Avenging Angelo'' (2002) and ''D-Tox'' (2002) also underachieved expectations to do well at the box office and were poorly received by critics.
Following several poorly reviewed box office flops, Stallone started to regain prominence for his supporting role in the neo-noir crime drama ''Shade'' (2003) which was only released in a limited fashion but was praised by critics. He was also attached to star and direct a film tentatively titled ''Rampart Scandal,'' which was to be about the murder of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. and the surrounding Los Angeles Police Department corruption scandal. It was later titled ''Notorious'' but was shelved.
In 2005, he was the co-presenter, alongside Sugar Ray Leonard, of the NBC Reality television boxing series ''The Contender.'' That same year he also made a guest appearance in two episodes of the television series ''Las Vegas.'' In 2005, Stallone also inducted wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, who appeared in ''Rocky III'' as a wrestler named Thunderlips, into the WWE Hall of Fame; Stallone was also the person who offered Hogan the cameo in ''Rocky III.''
Stallone's fourth installment of his other successful movie franchise, Rambo, with the sequel being titled simply ''Rambo''. The film opened in 2,751 theaters on January 25, 2008, grossing $6,490,000 on its opening day and $18,200,000 over its opening weekend. Its box office was $113,244,290 worldwide with a budget of $50 million.
Asked in February 2008 which of the icons he would rather be remembered for, Stallone said "it's a tough one, but ''Rocky'' is my first baby, so ''Rocky."''
In 2007, he was caught in Australia with 48 vials of the synthetic human growth hormone Jintropin.
After Stallone's request that his acting and life experiences be accepted in exchange for his remaining credits, he was granted a Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) degree by the President of the University of Miami in 1999.
Stallone stopped going to church as his acting career progressed. He began to rediscover his childhood faith when his daughter was born ill in 1996, and is now a churchgoing Catholic.
Stallone supports the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and is featured prominently on that organization's website along with other celebrities.
rowspan=2 | Year | Film | Credited as | Role | Notes | |||
Director | Producer | Writer | Actor | |||||
rowspan="2" | 1970 | ''The Party at Kitty and Stud's'' | Stud | |||||
Jerry Savage | ||||||||
Bananas (film)>Bananas'' | Subway Thug No.1 | Uncredited | ||||||
''Klute'' | Discothèque Patron | Uncredited | ||||||
1974 | ''The Lords of Flatbush'' | Stanley Rosiello | Writer (additional dialogue) | |||||
rowspan="7" | 1975 | ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue'' | Youth in Park | |||||
''Capone (film) | Capone'' | Frank Nitti | ||||||
''Death Race 2000'' | Machine Gun Joe Viterbo | |||||||
''Mandingo (film) | Mandingo'' | Young Man in Crowd | Uncredited (Scenes deleted) | |||||
''Farewell, My Lovely (1975 film) | Farewell, My Lovely'' | Jonnie | ||||||
''Police Story (TV series) | Police Story'' | Caddo | TV series (1 episode) | |||||
''Kojak'' | Detective Rick Daly | |||||||
Cannonball (film)>Cannonball'' | Mafioso | Uncredited | ||||||
''Rocky'' | Rocky Balboa | Writer | ||||||
rowspan="2" | 1978 | ''F.I.S.T.'' | Johnny D. Kovak | Screenplay | ||||
''Paradise Alley'' | Cosmo Carboni | Director and Writer | ||||||
1979 | ''Rocky II'' | Rocky Balboa | Director and Writer | |||||
rowspan="2" | 1981 | Nighthawks (film)>Nighthawks'' | Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva | |||||
''Escape to Victory'' | Captain Robert Hatch | |||||||
rowspan="2" | 1982 | ''Rocky III'' | Rocky Balboa | Director and Writer | ||||
''First Blood'' | Screenplay | |||||||
1983 | ''Staying Alive'' | Man on Street | Cameo; Uncredited, Director, Producer and Writer | |||||
1984 | Rhinestone (film)>Rhinestone'' | Nick Martinelli | Screenplay | |||||
1985 | ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' | Screenplay | ||||||
1985 | ''Rocky IV'' | Rocky Balboa | Director and Writer | |||||
1986 | Cobra (1986 film)>Cobra'' | Lieutenant Marion 'Cobra' Cobretti | Screenplay | |||||
1987 | Over the Top (film)>Over the Top'' | Lincoln Hawk | Screenplay | |||||
1988 | ''Rambo III'' | Writer | ||||||
rowspan="2" | 1989 | Lock Up (film)>Lock Up'' | Frank Leone | |||||
''Tango & Cash'' | Raymond 'Ray' Tango | |||||||
1990 | ''Rocky V'' | Rocky Balboa | Writer | |||||
1991 | Oscar (1991 film)>Oscar'' | Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone | ||||||
1992 | ''StopOr My Mom Will Shoot'' | Sgt. Joe Bomowski | ||||||
Cliffhanger (film)>Cliffhanger'' | Gabe Walker | Screenplay | ||||||
''Demolition Man (film) | Demolition Man'' | John Spartan | ||||||
1994 | ''The Specialist'' | Ray Quick | ||||||
rowspan="3" | 1995'' | |||||||
''Assassins (1995 film) | Assassins'' | Robert Rath | ||||||
''Your Studio and You'' | Himself | |||||||
1996 | Daylight (film)>Daylight'' | Kit Latura | ||||||
rowspan="3" | 1997 | The Good Life (1997 film)>The Good Life'' | Boss | not released | ||||
''Men In Black (film) | Men In Black'' | Alien on TV Monitors | Cameo; uncredited | |||||
''Cop Land'' | Sheriff Freddy Heflin | |||||||
rowspan=2 | 1998 | ''Antz'' | Weaver | Voice | ||||
''An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn'' | Himself | |||||||
2000 | Get Carter (2000 film)>Get Carter'' | Jack Carter | ||||||
2001 | ''Driven'' | Joe Tanto | Producer and Screenplay | |||||
rowspan="3" | 2002 | ''Liberty's Kids'' | Paul Revere | TV series (1 episode) | ||||
''D-Tox'' | Jake Malloy | |||||||
''Avenging Angelo'' | Frankie Delano | |||||||
rowspan="3" | 2003 | ''Taxi 3'' | Passenger to Airport | Cameo; Uncredited | ||||
''Shade (film) | Shade'' | Dean 'The Dean' Stevens | ||||||
''Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over'' | ||||||||
2005 | Las Vegas (TV series)>Las Vegas'' | Frank the Repairman | TV Series (2 episodes) | |||||
2006 | Rocky Balboa (film)>Rocky Balboa'' | Rocky Balboa | Director and Writer | |||||
2008 | Rambo (film)>Rambo'' | Director and Writer | ||||||
2009 | ''Kambakkht Ishq'' | Himself | Cameo | |||||
2010 | The Expendables (2010 film)>The Expendables'' | Barney Ross | Director and Writer | |||||
2011 | Zookeeper (film)>Zookeeper'' | Lion | Voice | |||||
2012 | ''The Expendables 2'' | Barney Ross | ||||||
2012 | ''Bullet to the Head'' | ''Hitman'' | ||||||
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