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Celebrity Grave: Writer Sidney Sheldon 1917-2007 RIP

Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. His TV works spanned a 20-year period during which he created The Patty Duke Show (1963-66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70) and Hart to Hart (1979–84), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he became most famous.

Life and career

Sheldon was born Sidney Schechtel in Chicago, Illinois, to parents of Russian Jewish ancestry, Ascher "Otto" Schechtel (1894-1967), manager of a jewelry store, and Natalie Marcus. At 10, he made his first sale, $5 for a poem.[1] During the Depression, he worked at a variety of jobs, attended Northwestern University and contributed short plays to drama groups.[1]

In 1937 he moved to Hollywood, California, where he reviewed scripts and collaborated on a number of B movies.[2] Sheldon enlisted in the military during World War II as a pilot in the War Training Service, a branch of the Army Air Corps,[2] However, his unit was disbanded before Sheldon could see any action. He then returned to civilian life and moved to New York where he began writing musicals for the Broadway stage while continuing to write screenplays for both MGM Studios and Paramount Pictures. He earned a reputation as a prolific writer; for example, at one time he had three musicals on Broadway: a rewritten The Merry Widow, Jackpot, and Dream with Music.[1] His success on Broadway brought him back to Hollywood where his first assignment was The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay of 1947.

When television became the new hot medium, he decided to try his hand in it. "I suppose I needed money," he remembered. "I met Patty Duke one day at lunch. So I produced The Patty Duke Show, and I did something nobody else in TV ever did. For seven years, I wrote almost every single episode of the series."[1] He also wrote for the series Hart to Hart and Nancy. Most famously he wrote the series I Dream of Jeannie, which he also created and produced, which lasted for five seasons from 1965–1970. It was "During the last year of I Dream of Jeannie, I decided to try a novel," he said in 1982. "Each morning from 9 until noon, I had a secretary at the studio take all calls. I mean every single call. I wrote each morning - or rather, dictated - and then I faced the TV business."[1]

In 1969, Sheldon wrote his first novel, The Naked Face, which earned him a nomination for the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best First Novel. His next novel, The Other Side of Midnight, went to #1 on The New York Times bestseller list as did several ensuing novels, a number of which were also made into motion pictures or TV miniseries.

His novels often featured determined women who persevere in a tough world run by hostile men.[1] The novels contained a lot of suspense and devices to keep the reader turning the page:[1]

"I try to write my books so the reader can't put them down," he explained in a 1982 interview. "I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It's the technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter."

Most of his readers were women.[1] Asked why this was the case he said: "I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it."[1] Books were Sheldon's favorite medium. "I love writing books," he commented. "Movies are a collaborative medium, and everyone is second-guessing you. When you do a novel you're on your own. It's a freedom that doesn't exist in any other medium."[1]

Sheldon created, produced and wrote I Dream of Jeannie in his co-production capacity with Screen Gems. He wrote all but two dozen scripts in five years, sometimes using three pseudonyms {"Mark Rowane", "Allan Devon", "Christopher Golato"}, while simultaneously writing scripts for "The Patty Duke Show". He also used the same pseudonyms in writing all seventeen episodes of Nancy. Sheldon did this because, as he later admitted, he felt his name was appearing too often in the credits as creator, producer, copyright owner and writer of his TV series.

Sheldon was married for 30 years to Jorja Curtright Sheldon, a stage and film actress who later became an accomplished and well known interior designer. She died of a heart attack in 1985. He then remarried Alexandra Kostoff, a former child actress and advertising executive of Macedonian origin,[3] in Las Vegas in 1989. His daughter, Mary Sheldon, became a novelist in her own right.

He struggled with bipolar disorder for years; he contemplated suicide at 17 (talked out of it by his father, who discovered him), as detailed in his autobiography published in 2005, The Other Side of Me.

Sheldon died from complications arising from pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California.[2][4]

He was cremated. His ashes were interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Awards

Sheldon won an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay (1947) for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, a Tony Award (1959) for his musical Redhead, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on I Dream of Jeannie, an NBC sitcom.

Bibliography

Novels

The Naked Face (1970)
The Other Side of Midnight (1973)
A Stranger in the Mirror (1976)
Bloodline (1977)
Rage of Angels (1980)
Master of the Game (1982)
If Tomorrow Comes (1985)
Windmills of the Gods (1987)
The Sands of Time (1988)
Memories of Midnight (1990)
The Doomsday Conspiracy (1991)
The Stars Shine Down (1992)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1994)
Morning, Noon and Night (1995)
The Best Laid Plans (1997)
Tell Me Your Dreams (1998)
The Sky Is Falling (2001)
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2004)

Autobiography

The Other Side of Me (2005)

Broadway Plays

The Merry Widow
Alice in Arms
Redhead
Roman Candle
Gomes(London)

Films

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Three Guys Named Mike
Annie Get Your Gun
Dream Wife
You're Never Too Young
Anything Goes
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Bloodline

Television

I Dream of Jeannie
If Tomorrow Comes
The Patty Duke Show
Hart to Hart

References

1.^ "Author Sidney Sheldon dies at 89", Associated Press, 30 January 2007. Archive copy.
2.^ Sidney Sheldon's biography
3.^ Sidney Sheldon
4.^ "Sidney Sheldon, Author of Steamy Novels, Dies at 89", The New York Times, 31 January 2007.

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Megan Fox Has a Crush on Cheryl Cole?

On June 15, 2009, at the UK premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Megan Fox revealed having a crush on Cheryl Cole and a love for Cole's tattoos. -- wiki

Cheryl Ann Cole (née Tweedy; born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, and celebrity. Cole rose to fame in 2002 after becoming a member of pop group Girls Aloud through ITV's reality television programme Popstars: The Rivals.[1] They have become one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a fortune of £25 million by May 2009.[2] With Girls Aloud, Cole has been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK top ten singles (including four number ones), two UK number one albums, and received nominations for four BRIT Awards, winning Best Single in 2009 for "The Promise."[3]

In 2008, Cole became a judge on the British reality television show The X Factor.[4] Cole's first solo single, "Fight for This Love," was the fastest-selling single of 2009 up to that point when it entered the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart at number one.[5] Her debut solo album 3 Words achieved similar success.[6]

Cole has become recognized as a style icon,[7][8][9] appearing on the cover of British Vogue and Elle.[9][10] She is married to the Chelsea and England football player Ashley Cole.

Early life

Cole was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and lived on an estate which lies between the inner city districts of Heaton and Byker.[11] Cole was raised on a "heroin-ridden" council estate.[11] She is one of five children – one younger brother, Garry, and two half-brothers – Andrew and Joseph, and one half-sister Gillian.[12]

Interested in dancing from an early age, Cole joined the Royal Ballet's summer school at the age of nine.[13] In addition to dancing, Cole won many modelling competitions, including Boots Group's bonniest baby, Mothercare Happy Faces Portrait competition, Best Looking Girl of Newcastle, The Evening Chronicle "Little Miss and Mister," and "Most Attractive Girl" at the MetroCentre.[14] She also appeared in two British Gas adverts, an SCS advert, and an Eldon Square Christmas advert with younger brother Garry. Cole also appeared in dance recitals on some television shows.

Career

Girls Aloud

Cole auditioned for Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, singing S Club 7's "Have You Ever."[15] Cole joined Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh to comprise the new girl group Girls Aloud, formed through the show by a public vote on 30 November 2002.[1]

The group's debut single "Sound of the Underground" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the 2002 Christmas number one.[16] Girls Aloud hold the record for the shortest time between formation and reaching number one. Since 2003, Girls Aloud have released twenty additional singles, with all but one charting within the top ten. Their singles "I'll Stand by You," "Walk This Way," and "The Promise" have charted at number one. "The Promise" won Best British Single at the 2009 BRIT Awards.[3] Their greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud and 2008's Out of Control entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, with over one million copies of the former being sold.[17]

In 2009, it was announced that Girls Aloud would partake in a year-long hiatus to pursue solo projects, but would reunite for a new studio album in 2010.[18]

Solo music artist

Cole's first foray into a solo music career occurred when she featured on will.i.am's "Heartbreaker." After taking streetdancing classes during the filming of Passions of Girls Aloud series, Cole was picked to appear in the song's music video. She was later asked to sing additional vocals on the track.[19]

In April 2009, it was confirmed that Cole was working on solo material.[20] Her debut album, 3 Words, was released in the UK on 26 October 2009.[21] Cole reunited with will.i.am for a majority of the album, in addition to collaborating with Fraser T. Smith, Syience, Danish production team Soulshock & Karlin, singer-songwriter Taio Cruz, and Wayne Wilkins. The album spent two weeks at number one.[22] On 6 November 2009, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album Platinum denoting shipments of 300,000+ units.[23] The first single from the album, "Fight for This Love," was written by Andre Merritt and produced by Steve Kipner and Wilkins. According to Cole it was released as the lead single because she "connected with the song so well."[24] Following a performance on The X Factor live results show, "Fight for This Love" became the fastest-selling single of 2009 in the UK up to that point.[25] It charted at number one on both the Irish and UK Singles Chart.[5][26] Cole's second single "3 Words," which features will.i.am, was a top five hit.[27]

The X Factor and television

On 10 June 2008, it was announced Cole would replace Sharon Osbourne as a judge for the fifth series of The X Factor.[4] Cole was given the girls category, subsequently ending up as the victorious judge when Alexandra Burke was crowned the fifth X Factor winner on 13 December 2008. Cole returned for the sixth series in 2009 and was given the boys category. Cole ended up as the victorious judge for a second consecutive year after Joe McElderry was crowned the sixth X Factor winner.[28][29][30]

Cole was given a one-off television programme for ITV1, Cheryl Cole's Night In, which aired on 19 December 2009.[31] Alexandra Burke, Rihanna, Will Young, Snow Patrol and will.i.am made appearances.[32] Cole told the press, "I couldn't be happier that ITV have asked me to round off the year with my own show, working with some of my favourite artists."[33] The programme attracted 5 million viewers on its first airing, substantially less than the 8.1 million viewers which Strictly Come Dancing received during the same time slot.[34]

As a member of Girls Aloud, Cole has also appeared in the fly on the wall documentary Girls Aloud: Home Truths, the E4 documentary series Girls Aloud: Off the Record, an episode of Ghosthunting with..., and a one-off variety show entitled The Girls Aloud Party.

Books

Cole contributed to the book Dreams that Glitter - Our Story, an autobiography with her Girls Aloud bandmates, in October 2008. The book was written with a ghostwriter and published by the Transworld imprint Bantam Press.[35][36] The book featured unseen photographs and included insights into the members' personal lives, their success together, style tips, and "everything we've learned about life, love and music."[36][37] The book was previewed and serialised by OK! prior to its release. Girls Aloud held a book signing at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London to promote the release.[38] The title Dreams that Glitter comes from a line in the group's 2007 single "Call the Shots."

In April 2009, it was reported that Cole signed a £5million deal with HarperCollins to author five romantic novels for the company.[39]

Personal life

On 11 January 2003, Cole was involved in an altercation with a nightclub toilet attendant, Sophie Amogbokpa, in "The Drink" nightclub in Guildford (later "Harper's" and now called "The Casino"). Cole was subsequently charged with racially aggravated assault (she had allegedly called Amogbokpa a "jigaboo")[40] and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. During her trial, Cole claimed she acted in self-defence (claiming she had been punched first) and denied using racially abusive language. The jury found her guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but cleared her of racially aggravated assault.[41] The judge sentenced her to 120 hours of community service and ordered her to pay her victim £500 in compensation, as well as £3,000 prosecution costs.[42]

Cole began dating England and Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole in 2004, announcing their engagement after he proposed in Dubai in June 2005.[43] The couple were married at a ceremony at Barnet, North West London on 15 July 2006.[44] They signed an exclusive deal with OK!, reportedly worth £1 million, regarding the rights of the photographs.[45] In January 2008, a hairdresser named Aimee Walton alleged that she had engaged in drunken extramarital sex with Ashley Cole in a kiss-and-tell interview with The Sun.[46] Glamour model Brooke Healy claimed that she had spent the night and had sexual relations with Ashley Cole in December 2006.[47] Promotion for Girls Aloud's "Can't Speak French" was put on hold,[48] and Cole also stopped wearing her wedding ring.[49] The couple, however, have since reconciled and stayed together. Following tabloid reports of marital issues in November 2009, Cole posted a picture with her wedding ring in plain sight on Twitter, with the accompanying message: '3 words. Diamonds Are Forever.'[50]

Recognition

In 2006, Lily Allen included a song entitled "Cheryl Tweedy" as a b-side to her debut single, "Smile." Tweedy took the song as a compliment to her, but Allen later pointed out that it had been tongue in cheek.[51]

Following her appearance on The X Factor, the media have referred to Cole as "the nation's new sweetheart".[52] A pop art portrait depicting Cole as the Angel of the North was created by Lee Jones.[53] He commented, "I see her as a new icon of popular culture for the 21st century, a beacon of light in these bleak times – a fine example of a northern lass making good."[53]

Cole is widely regarded as a sex symbol. After reaching Number 7 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women 2008 poll,[54] Cole was voted "Sexiest Woman In the World" in the 2009 poll.[55]

Cole has become recognized as a style icon,[7][8][9] and revered as a fashionista.[56] In February 2009, Cole appeared on the cover of British Vogue.[57] Media coverage of her appearance boosted Vogue's circulation to 240,000 – its best ever February figure.[58] Cole also graced the cover of Elle UK's November 2009 issue.[10]

In Autumn 2009, Cole became the new face of L'Oréal.

Girls Aloud discography

Releases

↙Studio albums 5
↙Live albums 2
↙Compilation albums 1
↙Singles 21
↙Video albums 3
↙Music videos 22
↙Remix albums 2
↙Other album appearances 11
↙Live DVDs 3
↙Other DVDs 3

References and footnotes

The discography of Girls Aloud, a British pop music girl group, consists of five studio albums, one greatest hits album, and two remix albums. Girls Aloud have also released twenty-one singles and music videos and six music DVDs; three being concert recordings. They have also provided eleven original recordings for other albums, and appear on three non-music DVDs.

Girls Aloud was formed in 2002 on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals.[1][2] Viewers voted for Cheryl Cole (née Tweedy), Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding to be members of the group.[1][2] The following month they won Popstars: The Rivals by defeating the male group One True Voice. They released their debut single "Sound of the Underground," which became the Christmas number-one on both the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart.[3] Their second single, "No Good Advice," was released in both CD and DVD single formats in May 2003. A week later, the group released their debut album Sound of the Underground, which was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[4] The third single to be taken from the album was "Life Got Cold." Their fourth single, "Jump," a cover version of "Jump (for My Love)" by The Pointer Sisters, was taken from the soundtrack for the film Love Actually, and appeared on the re-issue of Sound of the Underground.

What Will the Neighbours Say?, the group's second album, was released in November 2004 and produced four singles, "The Show," "Love Machine," "I'll Stand by You." and "Wake Me Up." Preceded by the singles "Long Hot Summer" and "Biology," their third album, Chemistry, was released in December 2005. It is their lowest charting album to date, although it was still certified platinum in the UK.[5] The following year, Girls Aloud released their greatest hits anthology, The Sound of Girls Aloud, which included their twelve singles and three new songs, two of which, "Something Kinda Ooooh" and "I Think We're Alone Now," were released as singles. March 2007 saw the release of "Walk This Way," a charity single for Comic Relief, performed in collaboration with Sugababes.[6]

In November 2007, the album Tangled Up was released and entered the UK album chart at number four. It was preceded by the lead single "Sexy! No No No..."[7] The group's nineteenth single, "The Promise,"[8] was released in October 2008, and entered the UK and Irish Singles Charts at Number one and two respectively. It is taken from Out of Control, their fifth studio album, which was released on 31 October 2008 in Ireland and 2 November in the UK.[9] "The Loving Kind" was released on 12 January 2009 in the UK.[10] It peaked at number ten in the UK, thus becoming their 20th consecutive Top 10 single, but also their lowest charting single to date. Their 21st single, "Untouchable," reached number 11 in the UK charts, making it their first single to miss the UK top 10.

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Megan Fox is Bisexual?

In September 2008, Megan Fox alluded to being bisexual; in an interview with GQ magazine, she said that when she was 18 years old she fell in love with and sought to establish a relationship with a female stripper. She used this experience to illustrate her belief that "all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes" and additionally showed interest in Olivia Wilde and Jenna Jameson.

In May 2009, she confirmed her bisexuality. In the June 2009 issue of ELLE, however, she stated that she somewhat distorted the events of her relationship with the stripper, saying she has given certain male writers "an amped-up version" of her past. "They’re boys; they’re easily toyed with," she said. "I tell stories and have them eating out of my hand. Not all of it is true. In fact, most of it is bullshit." Fox said, "I never said she was my girlfriend! I just said that I loved her, and I did love her. The real story is more sobering. It’s not a sexy, fun-time, fantasy story. But that’s not the story you tell GQ."

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Zelda Rubinstein 1933-2010 RIP

Zelda Rubinstein (May 28, 1933 – January 27, 2010) was an American actress and human rights activist, best known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the movies Poltergeist (1982) and its sequels, Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), and Poltergeist III (1988). She also made guest appearances in the TV spin-off Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996), as a seer, Christina. Rubinstein was also known for her outspoken activism for little people and her early participation in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Early life

Rubinstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of California and the University of Pittsburgh. She stood just 4 feet 3 inches (130 cm) due to a deficiency of the anterior pituitary gland, which produces growth hormone. Commenting in 2002 on the challenges of being a very short statured person, Rubinstein said, "Little People are societally handicapped. They have about two minutes to present themselves as equals—and if they don’t take advantage of that chance, then people fall back on the common assumption that 'less' is less."

Acting career

Rubinstein entered the film industry comparatively late, upon returning to the United States after living in London for several years. Poltergeist was her first major film role. She remained active in film from thereon, frequently portraying various psychic characters. She also narrated the horror television series, Scariest Places on Earth, which aired in the U.S. on ABC Family and in Canada on YTV.

Rubinstein's other minor/major film roles included Sixteen Candles, Cages, Teen Witch, The Wildcard, Southland Tales and National Lampoon's Last Resort. She also contributed voice-over work for TV including Hey Arnold!, and The Flintstones. She made numerous guest appearances on network TV shows, including Caroline in the City, Martin, Mr. Belvedere, and had a starring role as Ginny Weedon in the TV series Picket Fences. Her character there was killed off in typical off-beat fashion, by falling into a freezer. She also appeared in an episode of Tales From The Crypt in which she played the mother of a girl who has been dead for 40 years.

Since 1999, she did voiceovers in television starting with the groundbreaking reality Fox Family TV Show, "Scariest Places On Earth," commercials promoting movies such as Lady in the Water and products including Skittles candy. Her most recent film role came in 2007 when she made a cameo appearance in the horror film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.

Human rights and activism

Rubinstein became active in the fight against AIDS/HIV in 1984. She appeared in a series of advertisements, directed towards gay men specifically, promoting safer sex and AIDS awareness. Rubinstein did so at risk to her own career, especially so shortly after her rise to fame, and admitted later that she did "pay a price, career-wise." She attended the first AIDS Project Los Angeles AIDS Walk.

Illness and death

On December 29, 2009, it was reported that, after a month-long stay at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, her close companion and her family made the decision to take Rubinstein off life support due to both kidney and lung failure. On January 2, 2010, friends reported she was not near death, and was well on her way to recovery. On January 27, 2010, Rubinstein died at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles.

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Megan Fox's Boyfriend? Brian Austin Green

Megan Fox has been involved with actor Brian Austin Green since 2004, having first met on the set of Hope & Faith. In 2006, the two got engaged, but said they had not had any marriage plans. It was reported that the couple had ended their relationship in July 2008 and in February 2009; however, Fox and Green both confirmed on both occasions that the two are still in a relationship. On June 15, 2009, at the UK premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Fox stated that she was single; however, she was later seen with Green and the media is reporting that the two are in a relationship again. Green also appeared in the SNL Digital Short "Megan's Roommate" in the Season 35 premiere episode of Saturday Night Live, which Fox hosted.

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Brian Austin Green (born July 15, 1973) is an American actor best known for his role as David Silver on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, a character he portrayed from 1990 to 2000, and his role as Derek Reese in the U.S. television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Early life

Green was born in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, the son of Joyce and George Green, who was a country and western musician.[1] His middle name, "Austin," was added to differentiate himself from another actor when he joined the Screen Actor's Guild as a child.[2] Green grew up in North Hollywood, California, and attended North Hollywood High School, after attending the Hamilton High School Academy of Music.

Career

Prior to his role on Beverly Hills, 90210, Green had a recurring role for the three seasons (1987-1989) on the hit CBS prime time soap opera Knots Landing, playing the role of Brian Cunningham, the son of Abby Cunningham Ewing (Donna Mills). He reprised his role in the 1997 TV mini-series, Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac.

Producer Aaron Spelling has stated that Green was cast in the role of David Silver much because he felt that Green's own personality resembled the personality they wanted that character to have. The character was often scripted to reflect Green's own interests. As the series progressed the character began to experiment with hip hop music and being a D.J., as did Green himself.[3]

In 1996, Green dropped "Austin" from his professional name and attempted to begin a career as a rapper, releasing one album, entitled One Stop Carnival, produced by The Pharcyde member Slimkid3.[3]

Green appeared briefly in the multiple award-winning Showtime drama series Resurrection Blvd. as Luke Bonner, a police officer attending law school in 2001-2002. He appeared on the 2005 ABC sitcom Freddie, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. before the program's cancellation in May 2006.

Green appeared in a horror short called Grace, which was set around a miscarriage gone bad, and features Gilmore Girls actress Liza Weil as his love interest. The short premiered at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention on June 2, 2006 and was reworked as a full-length feature film in 2009.

Green appeared in the recurring role of Derek Reese, the uncle of John Connor, in the first season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. As critics and fans responded positively to his performance in the role,[4][5] Green became a series regular at the start of the second season.[6] His character was killed in the penultimate episode on April 3, 2009. However, in the next episode, another Derek from an alternate timeline was introduced and would have remained on the show if it had been renewed.[7]

Green guest-starred on the season 7 finale of CSI: Miami.[8] Green has also been cast in the The CW's new drama pilot Body Politic, along with Minka Kelly, Gabrielle Union, and Jason Dohring.[9] The series has not been picked up for fall 2009. Green is also co-producer for a big screen adaptation of Fathom, starring Megan Fox.[7]

Green portrayed the cyborg Metallo on the 9th season of Smallville.[10] Green will also appear in Episode 18, which is scheduled to air in the spring.[11]

On September 27, 2009, Green made a guest appearance on the television show Saturday Night Live in a skit involving girlfriend Megan Fox. In the skit Green played version of the Transformer Bumblebee in which Bumblebee is merely a man wearing a Bumblebee mask.

Personal life

Green dated Tiffani Thiessen in the early and mid-1990s. After their breakup, he met actress Vanessa Marcil, also on the set of Beverly Hills, 90210. Their son, Kassius Lijah, was born March 30, 2002. In 2004, Green began a relationship with actress Megan Fox, eventually leading to an engagement. In February 2009, Brian and Megan called off the engagement but still continued dating.[12]

Filmography

Film

Baby M (1988) Ryan Whitehead
Kid (1990) Metal Louie
An American Summer (1991) Charles 'Fin' Findley
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991) Tommy
She Fought Alone (1995) Ethan
A Friend's Betrayal (1996) Paul
Her Costly Affair (1996) Jeff
Laws of Deception (1997) Cal Miller
Unwed Father (1997) Jason Kempler
Ronnie (2002) Stanley
Purgatory Flats (2002) Randy Mecklin
Bleach (2002) Zach
Southside (2003) Jack O'Malley
This Time Around (2003) Drew Hesler
Fish Without a Bicycle (2003) Ben
Domino (2005) Himself
Grace (2006) Jimmy
Hollywood Familia (2006) Himself
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (2008) Cameo
Impact Point (2008) Holden
Urgency (2008) Tony West
Turning Japanese (2009) Sam
The Sandy Creek Girls (2009)
Cross (2009)
The Wild Girl (2010) Ned Giles

Director

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1 episode:The Final Proof, 2000)
Fish Without a Bicycle (2003)
The Vines

Producer

Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) (unknown episodes,1998-1999)
Southside (2003/I) (executive producer)
Fathom

Television

Knots Landing (1987-1989) Brian Cunningham
Highway to Heaven (1987) Matthew Evans
Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987) Adam Montcrief
Baywatch (1989) Brian
Adventures in Babysitting (TV Pilot) (1989) -Daryl
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990-2000) David Silver
Growing Pains (1991) Rapper in Fresh Kid's Music Group
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992) Himself
Melrose Place (1992) David Silver
Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993) Himself
Fantastic Four (1994) The Human Torch (Voice)
MADtv (1996) White Chocolate
Biker Mice from Mars (1996) Rimfire (Voice)
Malibu Shores (1996) Sandy Gage
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) Chad Corey Dylan
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997) Brian Cunningham
Unwed Father (1997)
Dead Man's Gun (1998) Joe Dean Bonner
Resurrection Blvd. (2001-2002) Luke Bonner
The Twilight Zone (2002) Sean Moore
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003) Gregory Curtwell
Las Vegas (2004) Connor Mills
Hope & Faith (2004) Himself
Freddie (2005-2006) Chris
George Lopez (2006) Chris
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-2009) Derek Reese
CSI: Miami (2009) Anthony Green
Body Politic (2009) Lucky Evans
Smallville (2009-2010) John Corben/Metallo
Saturday Night Live (2009) Bumblebee

Discography

One Stop Carnival (1996) as Brian Green
Esthero:Wikked Lil' Grrrls (2005) drums

References

1.^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/2/Brian-Austin-Green.html
2.^ "Brian Austin Green". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=3dfe9d85-efe3-4a75-8db8-c10406e9872f. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
3.^ Ankeny, Jason. "Biography of Brian Austin Green". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3cfexqrkld6e~T1. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
4.^ Sepinwall, Alan (2009-04-04). "Terminator, "Adam Raised a Cain": A shocking twist". www.nj.com. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/04/terminator_adam_raised_a_cain.html. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
5.^ Fickett, Travis (2009-04-06). "Terminator: "Adam Raised a Cain" Review". IGN.com. http://tv.ign.com/articles/970/970093p1.html. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
6.^ "FOX Takes Back the Future". The Futon Critic. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080422fox01. Retrieved 2008-04-22.
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Megan Fox's Friends

Megan Fox is good friends with Jennifer Blanc, Kellan Rhude, "Jennifer's Body" co-star Amanda Seyfried, Michael Biehn and "Transformers" co-star Shia LaBeouf.

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Jennifer Blanc (born April 21, 1974) is an American actress. She was born Jennifer Tara in New York City, New York.

Filmography

The Blood Bond (2010)
Dark Angel as Kendra Maibaum (2000) (TV series) (2000–2001)
Friends 'Til The End as Zanne Armstrong/Suzanne Boxer (1997)
Balto (1995) (voice) (uncredited)
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
Party of Five as Kate Bishop (1994) (TV series)
Cool and the Crazy (1994) (TV)
The Crow (1994) (voice)
The Mommies (1993) (TV series) (1993–1994)
Married with Children as Margie (1 episode, 1991)
Old Enough (1984)

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Kellan Mathew Rhude (born July 21, 1989, New Hartford, New York) Kellan started modeling at age 12 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was ranked #87 on Interview Magazines (2008) Hollywood faces to watch "future stars of tomorrow." He appears in the music video for "hands on me" with Vanessa Carlton and in ads for the 2008 Beijing summer Olympic games.

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Amanda Michelle Seyfried (pronounced /ˈsaɪfrɪd/, sigh-frid; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress and former child model. She began her career as a child model when she was eleven and when she was fifteen she began her career as an actress; having first started off with an uncredited role and went on have a recurring role on television series - which expanded into her having a successful television career.

In 2004, Seyfried made her film debut in Mean Girls playing a supporting role. She then went on to have other film credits including, Nine Lives (2005) and Alpha Dog (2007). In 2008, after already landing a lead role on a popular television series (Big Love in 2006) Seyfried appeared as Sophie Sheridan in the musical feature film Mamma Mia!, and the following year in Jennifer's Body.

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Michael Connell Biehn (born July 31, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in James Cameron's science-fiction-action films The Terminator, Aliens, and The Abyss. He has also acted in other genres in such films as Tombstone, The Rock, and Planet Terror. On television, Biehn appeared in the cast of the Emmy-Award winning 1980s television series Hill Street Blues.

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Shia Saide LaBeouf (pronounced /ˈʃaɪə ləˈbʌf/ SHY-ə lə-BUFF; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian.

LaBeouf began his comedy career when he was 10 years old, and then launched his acting career in 1998 at the age of 12. He became known among younger audiences for his part in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, also appearing in three Disney TV movies. In 2003, LaBeouf made his film debut in Holes, also appearing in the lead role in The Battle of Shaker Heights the same year.

In 2005, LaBeouf made his transition from teen roles in The Greatest Game Ever Played. In 2007, he starred as the leads in Disturbia and Transformers, and the following year he appeared in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Indiana's son. In 2009, LaBeouf reprised his role as Sam Witwicky in the Transformers sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and appeared in New York, I Love You. LaBeouf's upcoming films include the lead roles in The Associate, and Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.

In May 2009, LaBeouf made his directorial debut by directing Cage's music video for the single "I Never Knew You".

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Jennifer Lyn Jackson 1969-2010 RIP

 

Jennifer Lyn Jackson (March 21, 1969 – January 22, 2010) of Cleveland, Ohio, was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1989. She was also one of three finalists for the magazine's 35th Anniversary pictorial. Outtakes from her Playmate pictorial, which was shot by Arny Freytag, appeared in Playboy Special Editions several times following her centerfold appearance. Jackson graduated from North Olmsted High School in 1986 and went on to study business and finance at Kent State University. On January 22, 2010, she was found dead by her husband, James Thompson, in her home in Westlake, Ohio, of an apparent drug overdose.

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Jean Simmons 1929-2010 RIP

 

Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 – January 22, 2010) was an English actress who later became an American citizen. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950.

 

Early life and career

Simmons was born in Lower Holloway, London, England, to Charles Simmons and his wife Winifred (Loveland) Simmons; Jean was the youngest of four children; her siblings were Edna, Harold and Lorna. Simmons began acting at the age of 14. During World War II, the Simmons family was evacuated to Winscombe in Somerset. Her father, a physical education teacher (who had represented Great Britain in the 1912 Summer Olympics), taught briefly at Sidcot School, and sometime during this period Simmons followed her older sister on to the village stage and sang songs like "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow." Returning to London and just enrolled at the Aida Foster School of Dance, she was spotted by the director Val Guest, who cast her in the Margaret Lockwood vehicle Give us the Moon. Prior to moving to Hollywood, she played the young Estella in David Lean's version of Great Expectations (1946) and Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), for which she received her first Oscar nomination. It was the experience of working on Great Expectations that caused her to pursue an acting career more seriously:

"I thought acting was just a lark, meeting all those exciting movie stars, and getting £5 a day which was lovely because we needed the money. But I figured I'd just go off and get married and have children like my mother. It was working with David Lean that convinced me to go on."

Playing Ophelia in Olivier's Hamlet made her a star, although she was already well-known for her work in other British films, including her first starring role in the film adaptation of Uncle Silas and Black Narcissus (both 1947). Olivier offered her the chance to work and study at the Bristol Old Vic, advising her to play anything they threw at her to get experience; she was under contract to the Rank Organisation who vetoed the idea. In 1950 Rank sold her contract to Howard Hughes, who then owned the RKO studio in Hollywood.

In 1950, she married the English actor Stewart Granger, with whom she appeared in several films, successfully making the transition to an American career. She made four films for Hughes, including Angel Face, directed by Otto Preminger. According to David Thomson "if she had made only one film – Angel Face – she might now be spoken of with the awe given to Louise Brooks." A court case freed her from the contract with Hughes in 1952. In 1953, she starred alongside Spencer Tracy in The Actress, a film that was one of her personal favourites. Among the many films she appeared in during this period were The Robe (1953), The Egyptian (1954), Guys and Dolls (1955), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), (directed by her second husband, Richard Brooks), Spartacus (1960), and The Happy Ending (1969), again directed by Brooks and for which she received her second Oscar nomination.

By the 1970s, Simmons turned her focus to stage and television acting. She toured the United States in Stephen Sondheim's well-reviewed musical A Little Night Music, then took the show to London, and thus originated the role of Desirée Armfeldt on the West End. Doing the show for three years, she said she never tired of Sondheim's music; "No matter how tired or off you felt, the music would just pick you up."

She portrayed Fiona Cleary, Cleary family matriarch, in the 1983 mini-series The Thorn Birds. Simmons won an Emmy Award for her role.

In 1985 and 1986, she appeared in North & South.

In 1988, she starred in The Dawning with Anthony Hopkins and Hugh Grant, and in 1989, she again starred in a mini-series, this time a version of Great Expectations, in which she played the role of Miss Havisham, Estella's adoptive mother. Simmons made a late career appearance in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Drumhead" as a witch-hunt-inspiring investigator named Admiral Norah Satie.

 

Personal life

Jean Simmons was married and divorced twice: she married Stewart Granger in Tucson, Arizona on December 20, 1950. In 1956 she and Granger became U.S. citizens; they divorced in 1960. On November 1, 1960, she married director Richard Brooks; they divorced in 1977. Both men were significantly older than Simmons but she denied she was looking for a father figure. Her father had died when she was just sixteen but she said: "They were really nothing like my father at all. My father was a gentle, soft-spoken man. My husbands were much noisier and much more opinionated ... it's really nothing to do with age ... it's to do with what's there – the twinkle and sense of humour." And in a 1984 interview, given in Copenhagen at the time she was shooting the film Yellow Pages, she elaborated slightly on her marriages, stating,

“It may be simplistic, but you could sum up my two marriages by saying that, when I wanted to be a wife, Jimmy [Stewart Granger] would say: 'I just want you to be pretty.' And when I wanted to cook, Richard would say: 'Forget the cooking. You've been trained to act – so act!' Most people thought I was helpless – a clinger and a butterfly – during my first marriage. It was Richard Brooks who saw what was wrong and tried to make me stand on my own two feet. I'd whine: 'I'm afraid.' And he'd say: 'Never be afraid to fail. Every time you get up in the morning, you are ahead.”

She had two daughters, Tracy Granger (born September 1957) and Kate Brooks (born July 1961), one by each marriage – their names bearing witness to Simmons' friendship with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Simmons moved to the East Coast in the late 1970s, briefly renting a home in New Milford, Connecticut. Later she moved to Santa Monica, California, where she lived until her death from lung cancer at home on January 22, 2010, aged 80. She was an alcoholic, for which she was treated at the Betty Ford Center in 1986; She had been treated some years previously for breast cancer, apparently successfully.

Filmography

Sports Day (1944)
Give us the Moon (1944)
Mr. Emmanuel (1944)
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
Meet Sexton Blake (1945)
The Way to the Stars (1945)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Great Expectations (1946)
The Woman in the Hall (1947)
Uncle Silas (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Hungry Hill (1947)
Hamlet (1948)
The Blue Lagoon (1949)
Adam and Evelyne (1949)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
Cage of Gold (1950)
Trio (1950)
The Clouded Yellow (1951)
Angel Face (1952)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Young Bess (1953)
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
The Robe (1953)
The Actress (1953)
She Couldn't Say No (1954) (AKA Beautiful but Dangerous )
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
The Egyptian (1954)
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
Désirée (1954)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Hilda Crane (1956)
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Until They Sail (1957)
The Big Country (1958)
Home Before Dark (1958)
This Earth Is Mine (1959)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
All the Way Home (1963)
Life at the Top (1965)
Mister Buddwing (1966)
Divorce American Style (1967)
Rough Night in Jericho (1967)
Heidi (1968)
The Happy Ending (1969)
Say Hello to Yesterday (1971)
Mr. Sycamore (1975)
The Dain Curse (TV, 1978)
Dominique (1978)
Beggarman, Thief (TV, 1979)
A Small Killing ((TV, 1981)
The Thorn Birds (TV, 1983)
December Flower (TV, 1984)
Midas Valley (TV, 1985)
Yellow Pages (1985)
North and South (1985)
North and South Book II (1986)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Long Lost Love (1987)
The Dawning (1988)
Great Expectations (1989)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)
Dark Shadows (1991) Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
They Do It with Mirrors (1991)
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Daisies in December (1995)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) (voice)
Jean Simmons: Rose of England (2004)
Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) (2004) (voice)
Through the Moebius Strip (2005)
Shadows in the Sun (2008)

Awards and nominations

Awards

Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Series/Special, The Thorn Birds (1983)
Golden Globe for Best Musical/Comedy Actress, Guys and Dolls (1956)

Nominations

Academy Award for Best Actress, The Happy Ending (1969)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Hamlet (1948)
BAFTA for Best Actress, Guys and Dolls (1956)
BAFTA for Best Actress, Elmer Gantry (1960)
Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress - Drama Series, Murder, She Wrote (1989)
Golden Globe for Best Drama Actress, Home Before Dark (1959)
Golden Globe for Best Drama Actress, Elmer Gantry (1961)
Golden Globe for Best Drama Actress, The Happy Ending (1970)
Golden Globe for Best Musical/Comedy Actress, This Could Be the Night (1958)
Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress - Miniseries, The Thorn Birds (1984)

References

1.^ Obituary Los Angeles Times, 23 January 2010.
2.^ Obituary Washington Post, 24 January 2010.
3.^ Harmetz, Aljean (January 23, 2010). "Jean Simmons, Actress, Dies at 80". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/movies/24simmons.html. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
4.^ Picturegoer 2 August 1947 'Are They Being Fair To Jean Simmons?'
5.^ as told to Gloria Hunniford in Sunday, Sunday television interview LWT, Autumn 1985
6.^ Val Guest So You Want to be in Pictures p.58.ISBN 1-90311-115-3
7.^ Woman's Weekly, Christmas 1989
8.^ Philip French "Jean Simmons: an unforgettable English rose", The Observer, 24 January 2010 (print edtion)
9.^ David Thomson Obituary: Jean Simmons, The Guardian, 25 January 2010
10.^ Sondheim Guide - A Little Night Music
11.^ "Woman's Weekly Christmas 1989"
12.^ "British-born Hollywood actress Jean Simmons dies at 80". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8476400.stm. Retrieved 23 January 2010.

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Jennifer Lyon 1972-2010 RIP

 

Jennifer "Jenn" Lyon (February 27, 1972 – January 19, 2010) was one of the competitors in Survivor: Palau. Lyon finished fourth in the competition.

Early Life

Jennifer Lyon was born in Nevada, but she grew up when she moved to Washington and Oregon. She enjoyed hiking, playing soccer, and photography. At the age of 18, Jennifer learned a lot of Spanish when she participated in the foreign exchange program around 1990. She was described as a good-natured and easy-going person during her life. After graduating from high school, Jennifer spent a year in Spain and two years in London when she was working as a nanny. When Jennifer returned to the U.S., she attended Portland State University and spent a year there until she later attended Western Oregon State College before she was sent to Oregon State University. She later received a Bachelor of Science Degree in nutrition and food management.

 

Personal Life and Death

She was a native of Encino, California. In 2005 she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, and subsequently began blogging about her disease and treatment. On January 19, 2010, she died from the cancer, which had come back from remission and had metastasized to her bones. She is the first cast member of Survivor to die.

 

Filmography

Survivor (2005) - Herself
Daddy Day Camp (2007) - Mrs. Simmons
Long Pig (2008) - Miranda

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