Michael Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United states in September 25, 1944. He was the first son of actor
Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress
Diana Dill.
Michael Douglas is an American actor and producer since 1966 until present. He started his film career in the late 60s and early 70s appearing in little know films like
Hail, Hero and
Summertree. His first significant role came in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco from 1972 to 1976 where he stared along side with Karl Malden who became his mentor until her death on July 1, 2009.
Douglas‘s acting career propelled to fame when he starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy
Romancing the Stone. The film was a respectable hit and earned over $86,572,238 worldwide in box –office receipts and an additional $36 million in video rentals. Being successful was followed by a sequel a year later in 1985 The Jewel of the Nile. 1987 opened more doors for him as he stared in the thriller Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close. And that was the same year when he played tycoon Gordon Gekko in
Oliver Stone’s Wall Street. He received an Academy Award as Best Actor that year.
In his personal life, Douglas married Diandra Luker, 14 years his junior after 6 weeks of dating and had a son with her called
Cameron. He got involve with serious skiing accident which sidelined his acting career for three years. Diandra divorced him in late 2009, then he met and Married
Catherin Zeta-Jones the Welsh actress in November 2000, she was 25 years his younger. They had two children Dylan Michael and Carys Zeta.
There was an announcement on August 2010, that Douglas was suffering from throat cancer and will undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment. At the end of that same month, Douglas aired on Late Night Show with
David Letterman and confirmed that the cancer is at an advanced stage.
The 66 year old actor is really worried about his illness which he revealed has spread beyond its original tumour and has advanced to more area than expected. He felt bad as he said the cancer was caused by a lifetime of drinking and smoking. He is still currently undergoing treatments of Chemotherapy and puts his survival odds at around 80%.
He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards. He was Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. He also received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009 and the Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
He just came back recently this 2010 with the sequel, reprised his role as Gekko in
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps which was also directed by Oliver Stone. He came back with great energy and amazing experience. He was a legend in the film as his fans waited to see how he will take the sequel. He won plaudits for reprising the role of Gekko. The film premiered at 2010 Cannes film festival.
Today, the legend has been recuperating from the side effect of chemotherapy and radiation, he is looking thin and frail, prompting speculation his health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. His 31 year old son is serving time in Lewisburg federal Prison Camp and is expected to be released in December 2013, they are hoping he could get out a year early if he completes a prison drug-treatment program.
Michael Douglas have stared in fourthly three films and six documentaries, he also have two more films on the making which are due in 2011. As a film legend and a great actor loved by many, what has the future got for him?
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000140/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/01/michael-douglas-cancer-spread
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2010/11/photos-michael-douglas-catherine-zeta-jones-take-a-bite-out-big-apple
The great snow makes a come back today. The weather is unbelievably cold, feels like it is going to snow more heavier than the last two weeks this time. Londoners trow ice ball on each other as some are happy to see the snow again. It might be a white Christmas next week.
Here, Saint Paul, The Tate Gallery, Shakespeare globe, Millennium bridge all embrace the snow earlier this afternoon. ghrrrrrr!
Majority of viewers were very happy to see Matt Cradle win, most believe there aren’t enough male singers in the British music industry and Matt winning will be more helpful compared to a female winner. Most of them also accepted that Rebecca has got the voice and will make it any way because over the past few years, JLS has proved it that runner ups can make it as much as the winner. Some viewers also thought it was all about the judges and was very happy to see Dannii Minogue win this year.
Well he is still finding it unbelievable that he won. He is in every News paper and Magazine out there with news about his win and he is still celebrating his win obviously. The winners of the show go away with a recording contract with record label Syco Music Ltd. With a stated value of one million pounds, this also includes a cash payment to the winner of which the majority is allocated to marketing and recording costs. The winners also have a chance in becoming the Christmas number one, hopefully Matt Cradle will make it in this years Xmas number one with his debut single “When we Collide”. Good luck Matt!
Be careful when you are out there make sure you dress to keep warm and not to impress
These wired aliens arrived one early morning about 4.30am unexpectedly, setting up camps above all major cities of the world. Pumping out blaze blue ray kind of light from their giant ship toward the ground, causing an early sunrise of which anyone closer in their house couldn’t believe it was morning already. Most looking at the time was curious about the time, then were carried away with the beautiful blue light that makes their eyes turn milky white and inflames blood vessels, prominently pronouncing them on the skin and holds them captive. The ship’s brilliant glow transfixes anyone staring at it long enough for them to be literally sucked off their feet and into the vesse’ls innards. The Aliens threatening to hoover mankind from existence as every hoover take at once every living being in a particular city living noting but just cars and houses. 
