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<mask> (23 April 1955 – 12 November 2001) was an English chess player and the first Englishman to earn the Grandmaster title. Early and personal life
<mask> was an only child, born 23 April 1955 in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham, and attended King Edward's School, Birmingham. He was married and divorced twice, and had no children. <mask>'s first wife was Jana Hartston, who had previously been married to William Hartston. Early chess career
He learned the game of chess early in life and made good progress nationally, taking the titles of British under-14 Champion and under-21 Champion in 1968 and 1971, respectively. In 1973, <mask> won the silver medal at the World Junior Chess Championship at Teesside, his first important event against international competition. Both he and compatriot Michael Stean defeated the tournament winner Alexander Beliavsky, but were unable to match the Soviet player's ruthlessness in dispatching lesser opponents.<mask> went on to win this prestigious title the following year in Manila, while a mathematics undergraduate of the University of Sheffield. Taking the decision to pursue the game professionally, <mask> did not complete his studies, but, in 1975, was awarded an MA by the university in respect of his chess achievements. Later career

In 1976, <mask> became the first UK-born,  chess grandmaster, narrowly beating Raymond Keene to the accolade. The naturalised, German-born Jacques Mieses was awarded the GM title in 1950, while Keith Richardson had been awarded the GM title for correspondence chess earlier in the 1970s. For his achievement, <mask> won a £5,000 prize, put up by wealthy businessman and chess backer Jim Slater. <mask> had a string of good results in the late 1970s and 1980s. He matured into a world class player and won games against high calibre opponents, such as former World Chess Champions Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal and Boris Spassky.In 1980 at the European Team Championship in Skara, he beat reigning World Champion Anatoly Karpov with Black, using the extremely unorthodox opening 1. e4 a6! ?, the St. George Defence. It is often said that <mask> learned the line from offbeat openings enthusiast Michael Basman, but in his book Play the St. George, Basman asserts there is no truth to this. <mask> beat Karpov again three years later in Bath in a game that was part of the BBC's Master Game series, but it was shown only by the (co-producing) German television network, due to a BBC technicians' strike at the time of broadcast. <mask> won the British Championship just once, in 1982 when the event was held in Torquay. His prime time as a chess player was the mid-1980s. On 20 May 1984 in Roetgen (Germany), <mask> set a European record in blind simultaneous chess with 22 games (+10−2=10); this record was not broken until 2009.On the January 1984 Elo rating list, he ranked No. 18 in the world with a rating of 2599. One of his best results occurred at the Tilburg tournament in 1984, where, from a strong field, he emerged sole winner by a clear margin of one and one-half points. The following year, he tied for first at the same event with Robert Hübner and Viktor Korchnoi, playing several of his games while lying face down on a table, having injured his back. The result was controversial, as many of <mask>'s opponents felt they were distracted by the unusual circumstances. A string of good performances culminated in a good showing on the January 1986 Elo rating list, where he climbed to a best-ever position of World No. 9 with a rating of 2610.During this period, there was considerable rivalry with John Nunn over who was the United Kingdom's best player, the two protagonists regularly leapfrogging each other in the world rankings. Nigel Short and Speelman soon added to the competition, as the English national squad entered its strongest period. Never able to qualify out of the Interzonal stages into the Candidates' series, <mask> eventually lost the race to become the first British Candidate when Short did so in 1985. However, he retained top board for England at the Thessaloniki and Dubai Olympiads of 1984 and 1986, helping the team to silver medals at each. Against Garry Kasparov, <mask> had little success, not winning a game against him, and losing a 1986 match in Basel by the score of 5½–½. Following this encounter, <mask> commented "I thought I was playing the world champion, not a monster with a thousand eyes who sees everything" (some sources alternatively quote <mask> as having the opinion that Kasparov had 22 or 27 eyes). After he was hospitalised because of a mental breakdown in late 1987, <mask> moved to the United States.He finished last in the 1988 U.S. Championship, but continued to play there and had some good results. In 1991, he played in the Championship of Australia, but eventually moved back to England and began to represent his native country again. He was equal first at the very strong Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 1994, 1995, and 1997, and caused a shock at the PCA Intel Rapid Chess Grand Prix in London in 1995, when he knocked out Vladimir Kramnik in the first round and Loek van Wely in the second. His bid to win the event was finally halted in the semifinal by English teammate Michael Adams. There were four notable victories at the Capablanca Memorial in Cuba (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1999). <mask> also tied for first in the 1999 Continental Open in Los Angeles with Alexander Beliavsky, Ľubomír Ftáčnik and Suat Atalık. His last tournament victory was the 2001 Canadian Open Chess Championship in Sackville, New Brunswick.<mask> entered and played at the 2001 British Championship in Scarborough, but withdrew before the final round, apparently because of ill health. His final two games before his death were short draws in the Four Nations Chess League. <mask> played in an extraordinary number of chess events during his career, including many arduous weekend tournaments. The Miles Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4) in the Queen's Indian Defence is named after him. Death
<mask> died from heart failure on 12 November 2001. His body was found at his home in Harborne, Birmingham, after a friend called on him to take him to a bridge club. He had suffered from diabetes and a post mortem found that this contributed to his death.He was cremated at Lodge Hill Crematorium in Selly Oak on 23 November. There was a moment of silence before the seventh round of the European Team Championships in León, Spain, in his memory. Personality
<mask> was often seen as a controversial figure. Once, in the last round of a tournament (Luton, UK, 1975), with <mask> needing a draw for first place, and his opponent, Stewart Reuben, wanting a draw for a high placing, he agreed a draw without playing any moves. The arbiter decided to give both players no points for this non-game; the players claimed this "game" had been played often, when players prearranged a draw – this was the only time it had been scored 0–0, rather than playing out some meaningless moves. This sparked lengthy correspondence in British chess journals. <mask> also clashed with chess authorities and with his fellow English players, particularly Keene and Short.<mask> made accusations regarding payments that Keene had received from the British Chess Federation for acting as his assistant in the 1985 Interzonal tournament in Tunis. <mask> became obsessed with the affair, eventually suffering a mental breakdown over it. He was arrested in September 1987 in Downing Street, apparently under the belief that he had to speak to then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher about the matter; he was subsequently hospitalised for two months. Writing in The Daily Telegraph in November 2003, Short said that "<mask> was insanely jealous of my success, and his inability to accept that he was no longer the UK's number one was an indication of, if not a trigger for, his descent into madness." <mask> was also noted for his acerbic wit. He often attacked chess personalities in published articles. He attacked former World Champion Anatoly Karpov in an article entitled "Has Karpov Lost his Marbles?".Other victims of his published attacks were Woman Grandmaster Martha Fierro, and Indian chess organizer Umar Koya. His review of Eric Schiller's book Unorthodox Chess Openings (Cardoza Publishing, 1998) which appeared in Kingpin consisted of just two words: "Utter crap." Notable games
Karpov vs. <mask>, Skara 1980. St. George Defence: 0–1. The game between Karpov and <mask> with the opening line 1.e4 a6. <mask> vs. Spassky, 1982.Queen's Indian Opening: 1–0. A crushing sacrificial attack against Spassky, then still one of the world's strongest players. Karpov vs. <mask>, Bath 1983, Caro–Kann: 0–1. Another win against Karpovthen world championand again with black. <mask> chooses a less popular system in the Caro–Kann and succeeds in creating an unbalanced game where both sides can play for the win. References

Further reading
Geoff Lawton (compiler), <mask>: "It's Only Me" (an anagram of <mask>'s name) (Batsford, 2003) – mainly articles by <mask> and games annotated by him, with a small number of tributes from other writers

External links

Obituary at the British Chess Federation site

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<mask> (born 20 November 2000) is an English singer. In 2007, she was the runner-up of the first series of Britain's Got Talent. She then signed with Rainbow Recording Company and released her debut album Over the Rainbow on 26 November 2007, which has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide and reached number one in three countries. <mask>'s second album, <mask>'s Christmas Album, was released on 24 November 2008, her third, Holiday Magic, was released on 20 October 2009 and her fourth, Beautiful World, was released on 26 November 2012. In 2019, she competed on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions and in 2020 competed on America's Got Talent: The Champions. History

Britain's Got Talent and Sony BMG
<mask> initially auditioned for the first series of television reality show Britain's Got Talent for fun, but her confidence increased when Simon Cowell, whom she is said to have idolised, described her as "pure magic" and said that he would make her earn "£1 million-plus this year". The judges had expected a "joke" performance as she had never taken singing lessons, but <mask>'s initial performance received international press coverage.She reached the final round after winning her semi-final with a live performance of "Ben" by Michael Jackson. On the night of the final, she sang The Wizard of Oz's "Over the Rainbow", but lost to Paul Potts as a result of the call-in vote. <mask> and Potts had been joint favourites to win the series. According to journalist and Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan, <mask>'s performances resulted in many children, including Faryl Smith, auditioning for the second series of the show. After his victory, series 2 winner George Sampson spoke of his participation in the first series, where he was knocked out before the live shows, saying "I don't think I had any shot of winning last year ... When you look at the standard of Paul Potts and <mask>. Paul Potts is out of this league, and <mask> is out of this league – I wasn't good enough."<mask> voted for Sampson, saying "I liked his dancing – he was good on the lamppost". Cowell had preliminarily agreed to sign <mask> with his own record label, Sony BMG. After recording two songs in London with <mask> ("Over the Rainbow" and "Smile"), the label pulled out of the deal. <mask>'s mother, Sharon, said she was told that her daughter "...was too young to be their sort of artist", adding "We have been told to look for a company which looks after children." In a statement, the label said "there was some deliberation over the possibility of recording with <mask> ... However, the decision not to proceed was made with the best intentions for <mask>, taking into consideration her age and that it would not be right to do so at this time." Cowell himself said that "when the time is right, [he would] be delighted to see if [they could] make it work".Over the Rainbow

In October 2007, <mask> signed with the Rainbow Recording Company for a six-figure deal. Rainbow Recording Company, an offshoot of record label Rhythm Riders made specifically for <mask>, was due to release <mask>'s first album on 26 November 2007. It was later reported that the album was named Over the Rainbow, and the first single, "Over the Rainbow"/"White Christmas", would be released on 3 December 2007. Experts predicted that she had a good chance of getting the Christmas number one, but the single was cancelled in favour of an album-first release. Before the album was released, there was much speculation about <mask> and the album, with music experts describing her as potentially being "the next Charlotte Church". The team behind the album consisted of John Arnison, who also managed Gabrielle and Billy Ocean, and Marc Marot, former managing director of Island Records. It was produced and mixed by Simon Hill and Rob May.The album was released on 26 November 2007 and was certified gold in early December, with <mask> being presented a gold disc by Phillip Schofield on This Morning. Initially, 50,000 copies of the album were pressed, but an additional 120,000 had to be made after the album sold out in days. In late 2007, public appearances by <mask> included headlining the Great Bridge Christmas and Winter Festival, which local police threatened to cancel unless crowds clamouring to reach the tent in which <mask> was performing could be brought under control. At the event, on 7 December 2007, <mask> said "I love it here, it's brilliant, really fun", but had to be ushered off-stage by the police. <mask> performed publicly in Walsall's HMV store, and in Birmingham's Centenary Square. TV appearances included GMTV and Channel 5 news, both on 26 November 2007. According to her mother, <mask> has received offers for film roles.Sharon said "[<mask>]'s been sent a script, I haven't had a good look at it yet but it's really exciting ... <mask>'s a singer, not an actress, so we'll see what happens. It's completely up to her whether or not she wants to do it. I can't believe it, though." Sharon Mawer of Allmusic praised Over the Rainbow by saying "She can sing, for a seven-year old, and most of the notes (if not all of them) are in the right order and sung to the right pitch; the timing is fine too". However, she criticised the album, saying "there's no feeling, no emotion, no realisation of what each song is about; they're just pretty little songs", giving the album 2/5. Nick Levine, of Digital Spy, said in a review of the album that <mask> had a "sweet, pure voice", but that there is "no nuance or depth to her performance". However, he said that "There's something inherently wrong about awarding a star rating to a seven-year-old", and that "the decidedly adult concept of musical merit should have nothing to do with [her music]", awarding the album 2/5.The album was re-released on 16 June 2008, but was available for pre-order in May, with three new tracks to replace its Christmas-themed songs. The first single from the album, "Three Little Birds", was released in June 2008. In April and May 2008, <mask> toured Asia to promote Over the Rainbow. Asian press attributed her success to her videos on YouTube, with the Sun.Star mentioning that her most viewed video had been watched over 14 million times, and The Straits Times saying that videos of <mask>'s performances have been watched over 30 million times. The tour made stops in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and <mask> and her family returned to England in late May. Following the tour, it was reported that the album had reached number one on the charts in Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, as well as reaching number three in Singapore. After the tour, <mask> travelled to Poland, where she performed on television.Over the Rainbow'''s release in the United States in September, resulted in attention from American press sources including Fox Business Network and MarketWatch. The US version was eventually released on 14 October, with <mask> appearing on American television shows including The Ellen DeGeneres Show to publicise the release. In August 2008, it was announced that <mask> had signed a contract with Data Design Interactive for production of a video game on the Wii console. The game was to feature 15 songs from Over the Rainbow, allowing players to sing along with a computer-generated image of <mask> or against other players in a karaoke mode. <mask> re-recorded the album for the game. The game was scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2009, and was to be called Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow, but was quietly cancelled due to licensing reasons over the songs to be used. A prototype build of the game surfaced in 2020 and was purchased by video game preservationist Forest of Illusion, who later uploaded a disk image of the game on the Internet Archive.Christmas Album and Holiday Magic
In November 2008, it was announced that <mask> had produced a series of new songs for an album. Recorded in her bedroom studio, <mask>'s Christmas Album was released on 24 November. It is a Christmas themed album, featuring, according to <mask>'s official website, "a mix of classics and modern Christmas tunes". News was also released of a one-off Christmas special to be shown on ITV1 in the days leading up to Christmas, featuring footage of <mask>'s journey to America and a "secret concert" at her primary school. The documentary, Christmas with <mask>, was shown on ITV Central on 18 December. <mask> appeared at Walsall's HMV branch shortly after the release of her Christmas Album to sign copies and meet fans. She then embarked on a promotional tour making stops around the world, which included a performance at Ewha Womans University in Korea, and a performance on the "A Heart for Children" television charity gala in Berlin, Germany.She returned home in mid December, to have "a quiet family Christmas".<mask>'s Christmas Album was difficult to obtain in Britain after the distributor, Pinnacle Entertainment, went into administration. <mask>'s mother, Sharon, was quoted as saying "We don't really know what's going to happen at the moment ... We think they'll probably wait and promote the album later this year. It's a shame, but they can still get the album in Asia and the US." Reviewing the album for FemaleFirst magazine, Ruth Harrison gave it 4/5, saying that <mask> has "a great voice when it comes to swing, but lets us down in parts". In April 2009, <mask> again travelled to the US to publicise her new single, a cover of "I Will Always Love You". The single was released in the US on 7 April, along with a newly recorded "You Raise Me Up". <mask> then traveled to the US on 30 April, and returned on 2 May.Appearances included a performance on Good Day New York on Fox Broadcasting Company's WNYW. <mask>'s third album, <mask>'s Holiday Magic, was released on 20 October 2009 in the United States and on 30 November 2009 in the United Kingdom. The United States album is dedicated to the Toys for Tots campaign, of which <mask> has been named the child ambassador. In a statement, Bill Grein, Vice-President of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, said:

Along with <mask>'s third album, a television special, entitled Holiday Magic, was produced by WVIA. Holiday Magic featured performances of all of the songs from <mask>'s Holiday Magic, and was available to all PBS stations shown in November and December 2009. A 17-track DVD of the special, including two additional songs, "What a Wonderful World" and "Over the Rainbow", was released for sale. 2010–2015
<mask> opened a special concert celebrating South Korea's hosting of the G20 summit of world leaders in 2010.She performed for her largest ever audience when she performed on Chinese state television for the Chinese new-year in 2011. Viewing figures for the event were estimated to be around 400 million. During this time, <mask> continued to upload videos of her performances onto YouTube. Maggie Coughlan praised her covers of Katy Perry's "Firework" and Bruno Mars's "Grenade", but was most impressed by her cover of Adele's "Someone Like You", which she said was performed "with such grace that she makes the entire performance look effortless". The video was also picked up by PerezHilton.com. After the death of Whitney Houston, <mask> posted a cover version of "Run to You" as a tribute. The video received attention from around the world.In November 2011, she released "Beautiful World" as a single on iTunes. The song was written by <mask> when she was seven. A demo of the track was placed on YouTube, and became the 39th most watched video in the world on the day it was uploaded. She was the youngest artist to make the UK album charts, and the youngest to release a gold-selling record. Others involved in the event included Randolph Matthews and The High Kings. Performances took place elsewhere in the United Kingdom, including Manchester and Birmingham. <mask> toured with the Young Voices choir for a second year in early 2013, performing at venues across the UK.The African Children's Choir also took part in these events. Her song "Let's Get Along", written by Kipper, was featured on ONE Campaign's agit8 Spotify album that July. <mask> also featured in the song "Building Bridges", which also made the agit8 album, together with Jordan Jansen. In October 2013, <mask>'s vocals featured in the theme song of the newly-released video game Rain, and she appeared as a special guest at the African Children's Choir concert in Walsall, UK. It was announced that <mask> would be an ambassador for the African Children's Choir and have a school named after her. In 2014, she performed two concerts in South Korea (Osan and Seoul) in late April, shortly after the Sewol ferry tragedy. She performed with yellow ribbons to show her respect for the families of the victims.The proceeds from at least one of the concerts were donated to the fundraising efforts in support of the families of the victims. In July, a DVD and Blu-ray was released of her concerts in Hong Kong and Taiwan during her Beautiful World tour in 2012. It features live performances of the songs from Beautiful World, and two additional songs, "I Will Always Love You" and "Over the Rainbow". On 17 November 2014, <mask> released the five-song EP Gravity, containing the original songs "Gravity" and "Inner Beauty", with the latter also appearing as an instrumental acoustic version. Matters to Me (2016–present)
On 19 February 2016, the release of digital single "Shut Up (Move On)" was announced. The single is taken from <mask>'s studio album Matters to Me, a 13-track album with a bonus track available only on iTunes. The album was released on 25 March 2016.On 11 May 2017, <mask> released a song called "Good to Me", which she stated is "about a person who I admired, respected and who taught me so much. That person sadly passed away and I wrote this song from my heart." On 13 October 2017, <mask> released a video for the song "Rumours". In April 2019 she collaborated with Boyce Avenue covering the Jonas Brothers song "Sucker". On 31 August 2019 <mask> took part in Britain's Got Talent: The Champions with an original composition, "Never Give Up on Us". The song was released the same day. By the following day, the song had reached number eight on the U.K. iTunes chart.On 27 January 2020 she competed on America's Got Talent: The Champions'', where she performed her romantic original song "I Would" on the piano. Personal life
<mask> lives in Sutton Coldfield,Birmingham with her mother, Sharon, her father Gavin, her older brother Josh, and her older sister Mollie. In 2006, she sang at her late grandmother's funeral. Her father and her brother both support Wolverhampton Wanderers. Discography

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<mask> (29 May 1905 – 23 December 1994) was an English actor, director, novelist, playwright and poet. During his 65-year career, he appeared in dozens of stage performances and more than 40 film and television productions. <mask> was born and brought up in Holt, Norfolk, and made his acting debut at age eight at a London theatre. He studied acting at Gresham's School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Although he worked primarily on the London stage, he made his Broadway debut in 1929, when he played one of the two murderers in Rope's End. He appeared in his first film, Caste, in 1930 and quickly began to create a name for himself in films. He described himself as a "rotten actor" as a youth and said his success was primarily due to his good looks.He claimed to mature as a performer only after returning from service in the Royal Air Force during World War II. <mask> was particularly known for his performances in productions of Shakespeare plays which were considered daring and ahead of their time. In 1966, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he remained for a decade and delivered some of his most acclaimed performances. He also wrote several poems and a novel, The Christening, in 1975. In 1983, he appeared in the third installment of the original Star Wars Trilogy, Return of the Jedi, in a brief but significant role as the redeemed Anakin Skywalker, as well as Skywalker's ghost in the original 1983 theatrical release of the film. Early life
<mask> was one of three children born to Dr. <mask>, the music master at Gresham's School, a Norfolk independent boarding school, where <mask> began his education. His uncle, <mask>, was a composer of church music, and his family's love of music heavily influenced <mask>'s career path.Career

Early career
<mask> made his acting debut at age eight on the London stage as one of the juvenile band in The Cockyolly Bird at the Royal Court Theatre in Chelsea on New Year's Day of 1914. During his time at Gresham's, he also played Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, his first of many performances from the works of William Shakespeare; schoolmate W. H. Auden, who would go on to become a highly regarded poet, portrayed Katherina in the play opposite him. After Gresham's, <mask> planned to become a painter and spent two years at the Slade School of Fine Art before switching his interests to acting; regarding the change, his father informed him, "I wondered when you would come to your senses." He earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in Bloomsbury, London. Actor Charles Laughton enrolled in the academy at the same time as <mask>, who later said his first impression of Laughton was "a poor fat boy". Although <mask> and his fellow students initially felt pity for Laughton, they were quickly impressed with his talent. <mask> appeared in regional theatres in Bristol, Liverpool and Hull.In 1925, he performed in London as the Archangel in The Sign of the Sun, and played first Lewis Dodd and then the Major in separate productions of The Constant Nymph. He received instruction in verse speaking under famed theatre director William Bridges-Adams in the Stratford Festival Company at Stratford-upon-Avon, where he played some of his early Shakespeare roles, including Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Ferdinand in The Tempest and Prince Hal in Henry IV in 1926. He was criticised for the audacity he displayed in the latter role. When Prince Hal takes on his kingship and rejects the self-indulgent character Falstaff, convention of the day called for Prince Hal to change from a jovial drinking partner to an arrogant snob, but <mask> saw the view as simple-minded and contradictory toward Shakespeare's script. Instead, he displayed inward regrets about leaving Falstaff and accepting the new responsibilities. The interpretation was criticised at the time but, years later, became the standard approach to the character. <mask> made his Broadway debut in 1929, when he played the murderer Wyndham Brandon in Patrick Hamilton's stage thriller, Rope's End.In 1929, he married Margaret Delamere and lived with her in the Albany, an apartment complex off of Piccadilly in London. The two would eventually have a daughter together named Drusilla (born 1932). He returned to the works of William Shakespeare in 1931, playing Claudio in Measure for Measure at London's Fortune Playhouse. In 1932 he once again played Romeo at the Embassy Theatre. Other works around this period included productions of Ivor Novello's Sunshine Sisters in 1933, Double Door alongside actress Sybil Thorndike in 1934, J.M. Barrie's A Kiss for Cinderella in 1937, and Robert Morley's Goodness, How Sad in 1938. The first film <mask> appeared in was Caste in 1930.He soon began to make a name for himself in films such as Brewster's Millions in 1935, Men Are Not Gods in 1936 and Farewell Again in 1937. He was making about £300 a week during this stage of his career, a significant sum higher than the salary of the British Prime Minister of the time. He brought what the Daily Telegraph described as a "smooth villainy" to the role of Frank Sutton in The Squeaker in 1937, while in 1939 he played the hero Cdr. David Blacklock alongside Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson in The Spy in Black, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's first collaboration. <mask> described himself as a film buff and called Academy Award-winning actor Spencer Tracy his "great god of all screen actors"; he was so impressed by Tracy's technique that he claimed to become depressed while watching his films because Tracy made acting look simple, while <mask> claimed to find it so difficult to master himself. World War II and post-war career

When World War II broke out, <mask> took a break from acting and joined the Royal Air Force. He was commissioned as an Acting-Pilot Officer on probation in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch on 25 April 1941 and over the next three months was promoted to Pilot Officer on probation, then Flying Officer and then Flight Lieutenant.According to his obituary in the Guardian, he saw little action in the service and was told the only chance he would have to fly would be as a rear gunner. Some of his fellow airmen hounded <mask> for autographs while others mocked his posh accent, to which he retaliated with an excellent and unflattering imitation of their less refined speech. He continued to hold a Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve commission after the war until he resigned the commission on 10 February 1954; he was permitted to retain his rank. Immediately upon returning to London after the war, <mask> lost his Albany flat and his acting contract, and essentially had to restart his acting career. Although he made 20 films before the war and had already begun to develop a reputation as a strong leading man, in later years he would describe himself as "a rotten actor" in the 1930s who landed roles based mainly on his good looks. He used the phrase "a piece of cinema beefcake" to describe himself as an actor during that period. He felt that after his return home from military service, he learned to act properly and began to mature as a performer.<mask>'s Royal Air Force experience was put to good use when he played a pilot in Journey Together, the 1946 RAF training film in which actor Edward G. Robinson coached actor Richard Attenborough in the rudiments of flying. In 1945, <mask> returned to the Embassy Theatre to direct Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Gambler. Significant theatre roles that decade included Hercules in The Thracian Horses at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 1946, Mr. Hern-Lawrence in Florida Scott-Maxwell's experimental I Said to Myself at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate in 1947, Sir James Kirkham in His Excellency at Prince's Theatre in 1950, and Filmer Jesson, MP, in Arthur Wing Pinero's His House in Order at New Theatre in 1951. In 1956, he played the title role in the first British production of Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Everyman. That same year, he wrote the lyrics to his father's ballad-opera, All at Sea, which played at the Royal College of Music. In 1957, he played Lucifer in Brother Lucifer in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and a sinister Venetian agent in Jonathan Griffin's The Hidden King in Edinburgh. As <mask> grew older, his reputation as a dramatic actor grew stronger, and he became known for a sharp intelligence and dignified style.Although his good looks diminished, reviewers felt that he used his florid and weatherbeaten face well in evoking grandeur and self-assuredness in such roles as generals, priests and his familiar Shakespearean parts. In 1956, his wife Margaret Delamere died; she was survived by their daughter Drusilla. <mask> began a romantic relationship in the mid-1950s with Joan Ingpen, the well-known classical music and opera talent agent who had previously represented him. The two were romantically involved, to the point that she took his surname, until <mask>'s death. During the 1980s, however, <mask> also had a brief relationship with Harriet Ravenscroft, the mother of the disc jockey John Peel, whom he met while performing at Ludlow Castle at Ludlow. He split his time between Ingpen and Ravenscroft on a four-day rotating basis to which both women consented. Although Peel got along with <mask> and said he made his mother happy, he said he did not feel comfortable with the arrangement.He felt it disrupted his mother's friendships and prospects for a more stable relationship. In 1965, British theatre director William Gaskill was named artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre, where he hoped to re-establish a repertoire. He approached <mask>, who had made his acting début at the Royal Court Theatre as a youth, and <mask> agreed to return. There he delivered several performances over the next year, including General Conrad von Hotzendorf in John Osborne's A Patriot for Me; various roles in Ann Jellicoe's Shelley; Sir Francis Harker in N.F. Simpson's The Cresta Run and Pte Atterclife in John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance. Royal Shakespeare Company

In 1966, <mask> joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he spent the next decade of his career and eventually became an associate artist. He mostly appeared in Shakespeare plays, including the title role in Cymbeline, Edmund of Langley in Richard II, the King in All's Well That Ends Well, Ulysses in Troilus and Cressida, and Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing.The Times described his performance in the title role of Cymbeline as "awe-inspiring", and The Independent described his performance as Polonius in Hamlet as "unrivalled in his complacency and sense of circumstance". The Telegraph

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 described his performance of Gloucester in King Lear as "doleful" and his performance of Duncan in Macbeth as "decent". Many of the company's Shakespearean productions at the time were considered interpretive and modern, which drew criticism from some traditionalists, but <mask> defended the experimental nature of the shows and rejected the notion that plays should be restricted to preconceived interpretations. During his time with the company, he also demonstrated what the Daily Telegraph called a "crusty charm" as Sir Oblong Fitz Oblong in Robert Bolt's children's play The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew. He was also noted as possessing a gift for dry comedy during this period of his acting career, exemplified by his roles in Maxim Gorky's plays Enemies and Summerfolk. He demonstrated a particular knack for Russian comedy in Jonathan Miller's productions of the Anton Chekhov plays Three Sisters and Ivanov. In 1978, <mask> earned acclaim for his performance as a judge in the stage debut of Whose Life Is It Anyway?at the Mermaid Theatre. The production won Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Play and Best Actor (Tom Conti). Although 73 years old, <mask> did not let his age slow down his career. During the run of this production a mugger tried to steal his money, but <mask> chased him down, tackled him and recovered his property. Later that year, he was painted in the nude by his nephew, Brian Ocean. During his later years, <mask> suffered a physical disability that made him tremble, which had a negative impact on his television roles, particularly when handling cups or trays of drinks. One of his later television appearances was in The Old Curiosity Shop, a 1979 mini-series based on the novel by Charles Dickens.Around this time, he also voiced the part of Squire Beltham in a radio production of The Adventures of Harry Richmond, which the Daily Telegraph said was "remembered with affection". He lent his voice to several radio performances, both Shakespearean and modern, including protagonist John Tanner in the five-hour Man and Superman by George Bernard <mask>. Writing career
<mask> wrote Take a Life, his first play, in 1961. He directed a production of the show at London's Mermaid Theatre, where he also played the lead role of the Detective. That same year he played two lead roles in George Bernard <mask> plays at the Dublin Theatre Festival: Mrs. Warren's Profession and Candida. Around this time, he also wrote an outline for a television comedy series about four girls sharing a flat, inspired by his real-life daughter, who was in her early twenties and living in a flat with other girls her age. The series was submitted to the Granada Television company, which expressed interest in the show and said it was one of two under consideration for television.The company ultimately chose the other show, the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. <mask> agreed to take certain roles only on the condition that he have complete freedom to rewrite his dialogue. When he appeared in It Happened Here, a 1966 World War II film, he wrote many of his own lines, which the filmmakers later said "gave his dialogue an individual slant which enhanced his performance". He also helped in other aspects of the filmmaking, including casting; he introduced the filmmakers to Fiona Leland, who would be cast as the wife of <mask>'s character in It Happened Here. He wrote other plays, including The Ship's Bell, The Cliff Walk, The Glass Maze and Cul de Sac. He also wrote Poems, a collection of his personal poetry, which saw a limited print of 300 editions by publisher Exeter University. <mask> wrote The Christening, his only novel, in 1975.It centres around Miles Madgwick, who believes that he is bisexual but is too timid to find out through physical intercourse, so he instead describes his most intimate thoughts in his diary. He then meets a married woman named Alice and her son, Rodney; he comes to identify with Rodney's childhood innocence, and in Alice sees a symbol both of his mother and a heterosexual lover. Alice starts to tire of her husband and grow fonder of Madgwick, who experiences mixed emotions in his continued interactions with her and Rodney. One night, Rodney stays overnight at Madgwick's house and, when he takes the boy home in a taxicab, the driver observes their strange behaviour and accuses Madgwick of being a pederast. When Alice asks Madgwick to become the godfather to her new child, the driver threatens to expose Madgwick, creating a conflict between losing his first feelings of intimacy with others or facing humiliation and ridicule at the driver's exposure. A description in the book cover flap reads, "In this tender, sensitive and blackly comic novel, <mask>, the distinguished Shakespearean actor, explores areas of sexual and emotional encounter that are rarely seen and, unfortunately, too rarely understood." <mask> originally planned to call the novel The Godfather, but later said he was glad he did not due to the popularity of Mario Puzo's book of that name.He was said to have been working on another novel shortly after The Christening was completed, but no others were ever published. <mask>'s memoirs were published posthumously in 2016. Return of the Jedi

In 1982, <mask> was chosen for the small but crucial role of redeemed, unmasked and dying Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi, the third and final film in the original Star Wars trilogy. As in the previous films, David Prowse and Bob Anderson played the costumed scenes, while James Earl Jones and Ben Burtt provided the voice and breaths of Darth Vader. <mask> was cast in a single scene with Mark Hamill, during the moment aboard the second Death Star when Luke Skywalker unmasks his dying father. Since the scene was unquestionably the emotional climax of the film, the casting crew sought an experienced actor for the role. Contrary to popular belief, <mask> was familiar with the previous two Star Wars films and enjoyed them particularly for the visual effects, which he described in an interview with science-fiction film magazine Starlog as "brilliant techniques which, in many ways, were revolutionary, something quite new."When <mask> arrived at the set for filming, he ran into his friend Ian McDiarmid, the actor playing Emperor Palpatine. When McDiarmid asked him what he was doing there, <mask> responded, "I don't know, dear boy, I think it's something to do with science-fiction." His presence during the filming was kept secret from all but the minimum cast and crew, and <mask> was contractually obliged not to discuss any film secrets with anyone, even his family. The unmasking scene, directed by Richard Marquand, was filmed in one day and required only a few takes, with no alteration from the original dialogue. When the film was re-released on DVD in 2004, a few changes were made: the unmasking scene with Hamill remained mostly the same, but <mask>'s eyebrows were digitally removed to maintain continuity with the injuries Darth Vader suffers at the end of Revenge of the Sith. <mask>'s eyes were also digitally coloured to match Hayden Christensen's, who portrayed Anakin in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Star Wars creator George Lucas personally directed <mask> for his appearance in the final scene of the film, in which he is a Force ghost of Anakin.<mask>'s image in this scene was replaced with that of Christensen in the 2004 release. This last attempt to tie the prequel and original trilogies together proved to be among the most controversial changes in the Star Wars re-releases. Although <mask>'s unmasking scene lasted only two minutes and seven seconds and included just 24 words of dialogue spoken by <mask>, he received more fan mail and autograph requests from Return of the Jedi than he had for any role in the rest of his career. He later reflected that he very much enjoyed his experience filming for Return of the Jedi and expressed particular surprise that an action figure was made of him from the film. Later career

<mask> remained active in his later years; along with fellow Royal Shakespeare Company actors Ian Richardson, John Nettles, Martin Best and Ann Firbank, he engaged in discussions and workshops with acting teachers and students in the early 1980s. Although appearances in films became far less common in his later career, he received much acclaim for his performance as the Cold War spy Sharp in Clare Peploe's High Season at the New York Film Festival in 1987; The San Diego Union-Tribune said <mask> played the role with "endearing, sweet gravity". One of his last performances was in the Christmas season of 1988 and 1989, when he played the wizard in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz at the Barbican Centre.The Times said audiences were "delighted to recognise his honeyed threats from behind the great carapace that disguised the Wizard of Oz". <mask> became an honorary life-member at the Garrick Club, which included such past members as writers Charles Dickens, J.M. Barrie, Kingsley Amis and A.A. Milne; artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais; and composer Edward Elgar. Death
<mask> died of natural causes on 23 December 1994 at age 89 in Brighton, Sussex, England. A memorial service was held on 15 February 1995 at St Paul's, Covent Garden, commonly known as the Actors' Church due to its long association with the theatre community. Actors Ian Richardson and Ben Kingsley read works by William Shakespeare, stage actress Estelle Kohler read How Do I Love Thee? by Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, actress Sheila Allen read Life by Welsh poet George Herbert and actor Kenneth Branagh read from the works of Canon Henry Scott Holland.One of <mask>'s own poems, Gemini, was also read. Baritone Stephen Varcoe sang  by Johannes Brahms, accompanied by Graham Johnson on the piano, and guitarist Martin Best performed and sang his composition of Ariel's Songs from The Tempest. <mask> was survived by his partner Joan Ingpen, daughter Drusilla MacLeod, sisters Susan Bonner-Morgan and Penelope Harness, and sister-in-law Olga Young. Filmography

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<mask> (4 June 1891 – 14 November 1978) was a German Jewish architect and urban planner who was a proponent of modernism in Germany and the UK. Life and career

Born in Breslau (now Wroclaw) in Silesia in 1891. Between 1909 and 1911 he studied at the Königliche Kunst- und Kunstgewerbeschule (Royal Art and Crafts School) in Berlin. After World War I he worked briefly at the office of expressionist architect Erich Mendelsohn. In the 1920s he was active in the modernist architectural movement in Berlin, and associated with Bauhaus architects such as Walter Gropius and Ernst May. He was a member of Der Ring Berlin architectural collective. He published his influential work Glas.Im Bau und als Gebrauchsgegenstand (published in English as Glass in Modern Architecture) in 1929. After the Nazi rise to power he was forbidden to practice as an architect in Germany on account of being Jewish. He moved first to Yugoslavia, then, in 1938, to London. There he joined the Modern Architectural Research (MARS) Group where, as chair of the town planning subcommittee, he was involved in drawing up the modernist MARS plan for post war London published in 1942. Between 1941 and 1945 he taught architecture and planning at the Oxford School of Architecture, then in London from 1945, not only at the Architectural Association, where his teaching contribution became widely known, but also at the Hammersmith College of Art and Building, for whose School of Architecture he is credited as being one of the major influences in its re-emergence after the Second World War. He was for many years a resident in the Isokon flats in Lawn Road, London, and retired in 1965 before moving to Austria in 1969. Glass in Modern Architecture

-Influenced by the principles of the Die Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity), Glass in Modern Architecture, published in 1929, has been described by Raymond McGrath as a 'prophetic book'.As well as visually presenting possibilities of glass, for instance, in the exterior walls of buildings, for the first time, it presents a pictorial history of the new architecture of the 1920s, including the early work of Mies Van der Rohe, the Bauhaus at Dessau and the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart. The written part of the book is limited, consisting of an introduction and some writing on material and techniques, omitted from later editions. Something of <mask>'s enthusiasm for the new architectural possibilities of the material is conveyed. Glass, he claims ist da, und es ist nicht da, it is 'noticeable yet not quite visible ...the great membrane, full of mystery, delicate yet tough'. The MARS Plan for London
"The plan for London issued by the Mars Group (the English wing of CIAM) and prepared by their Town Planning Committee was a marked contrast to anything that had gone before and, one might add, anything produced subsequently. It was frankly Utopian and Socialistic in concept." Dennis Sharp, 1971.Influenced by the pan European CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne), the MARS (Modern Architectural Research) Group were interested in applying the ideas of the modernist movement in Britain, most notably in a post war plan for London. As chair of the plan's governing committee at MARS, <mask> worked with what was described as a 'small and devoted' group including architects <mask> and Maxwell Fry, the latter who worked as secretary, and fellow Jewish emigre, engineer Felix Samuely. Korn is described as having been 'the main spring of the enterprise'  and as providing an 'infectious enthusiasm' that drove the project forward. Influenced by the Soviet urbanist Milyutin, the plan essentially conceived the centre of the city remaining much the same but with a series of linear forms or tongues extending from the Thames, described as like a herring bone, composed of social units and based around the rail network. Habitation in each social unit was to consist mainly of flats and owed much to  Le Corbusier's notion of the Unite d'Habitation. Described as 'unworkable' by Dennis Sharp, in his 1971 essay on the plan, he concedes it 'was not a concrete scheme but a concept that would by its very nature produce interpretations'. Marmaras and Sutcliffe argue the plan 'saw London almost entirely in terms of movement ...[being] presented primarily as a centre of exchange and communications'.Moughtin and Shirley (1995) note that one of the aims of the plan was to promote public transport, where with railways integral to planning, the 'need for cars will be few'. <mask>'s initial chairmanship of the plan was interrupted by his 18-month internship in the Isle of Man from 1939, on account of his German citizenship and perceived Communist sympathies, the period during which work on the plan fissled out. On his release, in 1941, work recommenced, an exhibition of the plan was organised and a 'description and analysis' was published under the joint authorship of <mask> and Felix Samuely in the Architectural Association journal in 1942. Teaching years at the Architectural Association

<mask> taught at the Architectural Association in London, from 1945, for over 20 years. A year after his retirement, a collection of essays was published, edited by Dennis Sharp, to mark his time spent there. Sharp's preface referred to <mask>'s 'quiet achievement in influencing generations of architects and planners', through his work and his teaching. Edward Carter's introduction writes of  <mask> as teacher, who, at this best, gave the impression of 'a great performance', and describes how:

"The widening of his exposition from some explicit detail to a comprehensive view of life as a whole, illustrated with athletic gesture and by drawings which extended exuberantly across the blackboard to comprehend in one diagram  a whole wealth of ideas, and all the time the flow of his emotive, witty multilingual words…".Influenced by the unitary aesthetic of the Bauhaus, <mask> was described as someone whose vision of architecture spanned the 'whole range of scales from town to teaspoon'. In his teaching, as in his work in England, he was concerned with the relationship between architecture and planning, how, through these forms, we can express the 'uniqueness of modern life' and overcome the problems it presents. Whilst contributing to a retrospective analysis of the MARS plan for London, in 1971, <mask> describes architecture as something in which:
"The battle between the machine-man and the analytical artist, between the collective and the individual, putting itself in order like the voice of music – free and according to mystic laws – repeats the ascension from the necessity of the constructive-analytical to the intuitive-artistic reality.". Whilst praised for his passion and willingness to accept 'paper plans' and 'Utopian projects', he could sometimes be uncompromising and frank. On a visit to a newly built block of flats in Portsmouth, he is known to have exclaimed to those present, many of whom were ex-students of his:
'You have built these chicken-coops, these rabbit hutches! You?'. Buildings
 1922–1924: Large house for Jeanette Goldstein, later "House of German gymnasia", West Berlin, Arysallee / Sensburger Avenue, demolished (damaged in World War II, demolished 1957).1923: Kruger residence in Berlin-Westend. 1924: Benda residence in Berlin-Westend. 1924: Factory Building the Hermann Guiard & Co. shoe factory in Burg bei Magdeburg, Blumenthaler highway. 1924: Residence for Dr. Krojanker in Burg, near Magdeburg. 1924: Goldstein House, Berlin-Westend, (with Siegfried Weitzmann). 1924: House for Fritz Wasservogel in Berlin-Westend, Länderallee / Bayernallee (Demolished in 1970). 1925: Optician Shop of the company Fromm & Co. in Berlin, Memhardstraße 4 (destroyed in World War II)
 1926: Reconstruction of the office building of the Berlin guard and Schließgesellschaft in Berlin.1927–1928: House of Dr. Martin Abraham, in Berlin-Zehlendorf, Berry Street. 1928: Shop of the company Kopp & Joseph in Berlin. 1930–1931: new buildings of the rubber factory Fromms Act by Julius Fromm in Berlin-Köpenick, Friedrichshagener Street. References

Books
Glas. Im Bau und als Gebrauchsgegenstand. (Glass in Modern Architecture) (Berlin: 1929)

History Builds the Town. (London: Lund, Humphries, 1953)

Literature
Andreas Zeese: Die vergessene Moderne.<mask> – Architekt, Urbanist, Lehrer (1891–1978). Leben und Werk eines jüdischen Avantgardisten in Berlin und London. Diss. Universität Wien 2010 (in German)
 The History of European Photography 1900–1938, FOTOFO., 2011. External links
 New York Times
 Oxford Art Online
 Oxford Dictionary of National Bibliography

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<mask> (born 23 September 1968) is an English television presenter, producer and actress. She became the youngest presenter on Blue Peter aged 18, and one of her episodes was subsequently voted the "Favourite Blue Peter moment" ever. With her husband Karl Beattie, she presented the Most Haunted series on the Living channel, via their own production company, followed by Ghosthunting With..., establishing <mask> as 'first lady of the paranormal'. She has appeared in a wide range of other programmes, from The Wright Stuff to Through the Keyhole and I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. Early life
<mask> was born in Stockport and grew up in Bramhall where she attended Pownall Green Primary School and Bramhall High School. She attended Stockport Convent, Hillcrest Grammar School, Davenport and Dane Bank College in Crewe. Career

Early career
<mask>'s first major role came in 1983 when she was cast in the children's BBC series Seaview.The comedy-drama show centred around a teenage girl called Sandy Shelton (played by <mask>), growing up living at her parents' guest house in Blackpool. The show ran for two series and secured <mask>'s popularity with younger audiences. After this, <mask> made a guest appearance in an episode of Juliet Bravo. Blue Peter and beyond
In 1987, <mask> became a presenter on the BBC children's show, Blue Peter. To date <mask> holds the record of being the youngest presenter on Blue Peter, starting on 29 June 1987 three months before her 19th birthday. While on the series <mask> also had an acting role in Last of the Summer Wine (making an appearance in the series while making a Blue Peter report on the show). During her time on the show, <mask> won the SOS Award for the Most Popular Woman on Television, competing with Cilla Black, Victoria Wood and Kylie Minogue.Years after <mask> left the show, her trip on a rollercoaster with fellow presenter Mark Curry was voted the Favourite Blue Peter moment of all time by viewers. After five years of Blue Peter, <mask> co-hosted What's Up Doc?, a Saturday morning children's show on ITV. The series ran for three years and established <mask> with slightly older audiences. From 1995 <mask> made a successful transition from children's to television for an older audience. After leaving What's Up Doc? <mask> presented  The Heaven and Earth Show, The General and City Hospital for the BBC. She was a regular host of Karaoke Challenge and contributed weekend continuity for Challenge TV.<mask> also appeared in the ITV game show Win, Lose or Draw in 1995 and 1996. <mask> briefly returned to children's television in 1997, appearing in two episodes of the CBBC drama series Byker Grove, playing the role of Samantha Fuller. From 1998 to 2000, <mask> appeared as a regular alongside Fred Dinenage and Toyah Willcox on a property-pricing based game-show called Under Offer made for Meridian Television. In 2003, <mask> appeared as a guest on the Channel 4 chat show Richard & Judy. In 2004, <mask> was named 'Multichannel personality of the year' at the Variety Club Showbusines awards. In 2005, <mask> appeared as Annie Lennox in a celebrity special of ITV's Stars in Their Eyes, and also appeared as a guest panellist on Channel 5 show The Wright Stuff (<mask> made further guest appearances on the show in 2008 and 2009). Later in the same year she also made a guest appearance on the BBC music quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.In 2007 <mask> appeared as a guest on the ITV chat show Loose Women, and appeared as a contestant in the ITV2 reality television programme Deadline, finishing second. Later on in the year she appeared as a guest on That Antony Cotton Show. In January 2008, <mask> appeared as a contestant on the BBC quiz show Celebrity Mastermind, with her specialist subject being Henry VIII. <mask> and her husband were the celebrity subjects of a one-hour documentary for Living called Living With Yvette & Karl which aired on 1 November 2008. A sequel documentary entitled In Bed with Yvette & Karl which aired on Living on 17 January 2009, charted <mask>'s hysterectomy operation and recovery. A full-length series of In Bed with Yvette & Karl, was then commissioned, and aired on Living during June and July 2009. In October 2009, a further documentary entitled Yvette & Karl: Life begins at 40 was broadcast.From February to March 2009, <mask> appeared in the ITV1 variety TV show Saturday Night Takeaway. <mask> featured in the Ant v Dec segment of the programme, as a member of Ant's team (she was eliminated from the contest in the 5th round). On 21 May 2009, <mask> appeared for a fourth time on The Paul O'Grady Show, and a day later, she appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. In May 2009, <mask> appeared as a guest on the ITV talent show spin-off Britain's Got More Talent. In July 2009, <mask> was a celebrity panellist in an episode of the Channel 4 comedy show 8 out of 10 Cats. In November 2009, <mask> appeared as a celebrity contestant in an episode of Come Dine With Me, finishing third. In May 2010, <mask> appeared as a guest on the Channel 5 chat show Justin Lee Collins: Good Times.In December 2011, <mask> appeared as part of a celebrity team on the BBC Two quiz show Eggheads. Presenting the paranormal
In 2002, <mask> <mask> and her husband Karl Beattie established their own television production company, Antix Productions. Their first production was Most Haunted for the British TV channel Living. In the show, viewers can see <mask> and paranormal experts investigating various supposedly haunted locations around Britain, in the hopes that paranormal activity may be documented by the crew. Most Haunted proved popular with audiences and remains to this day one of Living's highest-rated original shows. Leading on from this, in 2006 <mask> presented and produced Ghosthunting With..., a paranormal show for ITV2 which shows <mask> leading various celebrities around haunted locations. These two shows established <mask> <mask> as British televisions 'first lady' of the paranormal, and somewhat of a cult figure.<mask> has made many appearances and interviews in the British media in connection with her paranormal investigations and programmes, including guest appearances on The Sunday Night Project (Channel 4), The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1) and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (BBC One). Furthering her paranormal franchise, in 2008 <mask> made her first move into radio broadcasting, hosting <mask> <mask>'s Fright Nights on Kerrang! Radio. <mask> left the radio station a few months later however, due to other work commitments. In 2008 <mask> and Beattie formed a new company called Monster Pictures to operate the Paranormal Channel. <mask> acted as anchor to the channel and presented original programming on the station. The channel was subsequently renamed the Unexplained Channel in 2009.In October 2009 Living aired a two-part documentary featuring <mask> with Paul O'Grady entitled Death in Venice. The documentary saw the pair investigating claims of ghost and vampire sightings in Poveglia, Italy. <mask> announced on 25 June 2010, via the Antix Productions website, that she was to step down as presenter of Most Haunted. In subsequent interviews, <mask> also indicated that she would finish presenting Ghosthunting with.. and all other paranormal-based broadcasts in 2010. However, seemingly contradicting this, in May 2011, <mask> appeared in an episode of the UK version of the Celebrity Ghost Stories series for the bio channel, with the entire UK series of Celebrity Ghost Stories being produced by <mask>'s Antix Productions company. Then in September 2011 <mask> presented another episode of Ghosthunting with... featuring the cast of The Only Way Is Essex. In April 2012, <mask> appeared in an episode of Olly: Life on Murs, in which she and Olly Murs visited a haunted house.In October 2012, <mask> appeared on BBC Radio 2 and The Alan Titchmarsh Show on ITV1 talking about the paranormal and her ghost hunting career. In these interviews <mask> stated that she will return to Most Haunted in 2013. In 2014, <mask> once again returned to hosting Most Haunted, when a new series was produced for the Freeview channel, Really. In March 2013 <mask> appeared in the Peter Kay Sit down for Comic Relief comedy sketch as part of Red Nose Day 2013. In June 2013 she co-hosted Real Radio North West's breakfast show, with Glen Hunt, as a stand in for the normal co-host, Lorna Bancroft. As well as presenting Most Haunted, <mask> also ran and co-owned a tea shop in Manchester called 'Propertea', near to Manchester Cathedral until 2016 when she left to start her own tea shop. In 2015, <mask> was a celebrity homeowner in an episode of Through the Keyhole.In November 2015 <mask> took part in the ITV reality series I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! She finished the show in tenth place after being evicted on 30 November. Personal life
<mask>, her husband Karl Beattie, and her two children live on a farm in Sandbach, Cheshire. She is very fond of cars and owns 3 Aston Martins, a Land Rover, a Range Rover and a London Taxi (which she uses in Ghosthunting with...), Porsche 911 and a Porsche Chesil Speedster (which Karl, her husband, gave Yvette as a 40th Birthday present in America). <mask> has stated that she has vitiligo, a disorder that causes depigmentation in patches of her skin. References

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<mask> (1918 in São José dos Campos, SP – 15 June 1985 in São Paulo, SP) was a Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). He was a research scientist, a lecturer, an editor, an administrator and also an artist. In his scientific work, he was a pioneer ecologist in Brazil. His power of communication linked to a great love of botany and the environment and a deep scientific knowledge made of him an exceptional lecturer. In his books and articles on science he informed the public about ecology and pollution – and in a very simple but precise language he presented the necessary data to understand the importance of the protection of the environment. Biography
<mask> was married to <mask> since 1941. He made his primary studies in São José dos Campos and his secondary studies were in the city of São Paulo at the Instituto de Educação Caetano de Campos.In 1935 he became a teacher for primary and secondary schools. He became a science graduate at the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo (FFCLUSP). He was the first collaborator to Professor Felix Rawitscher, who had organized the Department of Botany in the FFCLUSP. He obtained his PhD at USP in 1944 and a Livre-Docencia (fully tenured) in 1951. In 1955 he got the position of Full Professor of Botany at the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras. He undertook scientific research in Botany and in Ecology. In Botany, he did pioneer work in Brazil with phytohormones, mainly auxins, and succeeded in raising interest in this subject.All his articles published between 1945 and 1951 deal with phytohormones. His interest in the area was a consequence of his studies in plant physiology in the USA – where with the aid of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, he was able to work at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, at Columbia University, and at the California Institute of Technology. In the area of Tropical Ecology he was responsible for the formation of several students. He was one of the founder members of the Academia de Ciências do Estado de São Paulo, the only one from the area of Botany. He was also very active in directing the USP Publishing House (EDUSP) where he courageously promoted at that time the publication of scientific books in Portuguese by Brazilian scientists. He was the supervisor of twenty PhD students. <mask> is also known as an artist of finearts – and he started producing his drawings in 1961.Work positions
He was a Lecturer, a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Botany of the Instituto of Biociencias, USP. From 1961 to 1968 he was the Director of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras and for five years he was Vice-Principal of USP, then Principal in 1967 and 1968. From 1961 to 1968 he was a Member of the Advisory Board of USP. For a number of years, starting in 1964, he was the President of the Editorial Board of USP and during his period 1806 books were published in collaboration with several publishing houses, in several fields of knowledge. He was also a referee for several scientific journals in Brazil and outside Brazil. Prizes
 Professor Emeritus, USP (1975)
 Honorary Member of the Associação Brasileira de Arquitetos Paisagistas (1975)
 Honors medals of the Inconfidência Mineira, from the State of Minas Gerais Government (1977 and 1981)
 Santos Dumont Mérito Aeronáutico, Gold Grade (1981)
 Honorary Citizen of the State of Minas Gerais (1974)
 Member of the Instituto de Cultura Hispânica (1961)
 Member of the Instituto de Geografia de Portugal (1961)

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Ferri took part in group and individual exhibitions, in several Brazilian States:

 9th São Paulo Bienal (1976)
 Associação dos Amigos do Museu de Arte Moderna of São Paulo (1968)
 1st Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea
 1st Pré-Bienal de Artes Plásticas
 His last exhibition was a retrospective of his Works in the Galeria Ibero-Americana de Arte, in São Paulo, between 17 November and 15 December 1983 – at which 165 of his works were presented, ranging over the period 1961 and 1983,

PhD Thesis
 Transpiração de plantas permanentes do cerrado. (in Portuguese)

Tese de Cátedra ("full professor thesis")
 Contribuição ao conhecimento da ecologia do cerrado e da caatinga.Estudo comparativo da economia d'água de sua vegetação. (in Portuguese)

Pioneer in Ecology
He pioneered field work in Plant Ecology in Brazil. His PhD thesis was one of the first scientific works of an experimental nature in the study of ecology of the vegetation of the cerrados. The first work in experimental field ecology in Brazil is a collaboration he undertook with Felix Rawitscher and Mercedes Rachid – Profundidade dos solos e vegetação dos cerrados do Brasil Meridional. (in Portuguese);

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 Ferri, M. G., 1938. Sobre a função dos hidropôtios. An.la. Reunião Sul-americana de Botânica, vol. I.
 <mask>, M. G., 1942. Observação sobre a metodologia para o estudo da transpiração cuticular em plantas brasileiras, especialmente em Cedrela fissilis. Bolm Fac. Fil. Ciên.Letras USP 28, Bot. 3. <mask>, M. G., 1943. Observações sobre a Lagoa Santa. Ceres 4. <mask>, M. G., 1943. Profundidade dos solos e vegetação em campos cerrados do Brasil Meridional.An. Acad. Brasil. Ciênc. 15. <mask>, M. G., 1944. Transpiração de plantas permanentes dos cerrados.Bolm Fac. Ciênc. Letras USP 41. Bot. 4. <mask>, M. G., 1945. Preliminary observations on the translocation of synthetic growth substances.Contrib. Boyce Thompson Inst. 14. <mask>, M. G., 1946. Pesquisas recentes de alcance prático sobre hormônios de crescimento. Rev. Soc.Rural Brasil S. Paulo 26, nº 306. <mask>, M. G., 1946. Informações sobre o estado atual das pesquisas sobre hormônios de crescimento. Rev. Soe. Rural Brasil. S.Paulo 26, n° 306.<mask>, M. G., 1947. The enzymatic conversion of tryptophan to auxin by spinach leaves. Arch. Biochem. 13. <mask>, M. G., 1948. Partenocarpia induzida com ácido-β-naftoxiacético.Bolm Fac. Fil. Ciênc. Letras, USP 91, Bot. 6. <mask>, M. G., 1948. Stomatal behaviour as influenced by treatment with naphtoxyacetic acid.Contrib. Boyce Thompson Inst. 15. <mask>, M. G., 1949. Hormônios e substâncias sintéticas promotoras ou reguladoras do crescimento das plantas. Ciência & Cult. 1.<mask>, M. G., 1949. Further information on the stomatal behaviour as influenced by treatment with hormone-like substances. An. Acad. brasil. Ciênc.21. <mask>, M. G., 1950.Síntese, natureza química, modo de ação e inativação dos fitohormônios. Rodriguesia 24. <mask>, M. G., 1950. Riboflavina e fototropismo das articulações das folhas de feijão. Ciência & Cult. 3. <mask>, M. G., 1950.Influence of growth substances on the pulvini of the primary leaves of bean plants. An. Acad. brasil. Ciênc. 22. <mask>, M. G., 1951.Fluorescence and photoinactivation of indoleacetic acid. Arch. Biochem. & Byophys. 31. <mask>, M. G., 1951. Nuevas informaciones sobre la influencia de substancias de crescimento en el movimento de las articulaciones de las hojas primarias de Phaseolus vulgaris L. Phyton 1.<mask>, M. G., 1951. Fotodestruição do fitohormônio ácido indolil-3-acético por compostos fluorescentes. Bolm Fac. Ciênc. Letras USP 102, Bot. 9. <mask>, M. G., 1951.Photoinactivation of the plant-hormone indoleacetic acid by fluorescent substances. Nature 4269. <mask>, M. G., 1952. Water balance of plants from the "Caatinga". I. Transpiration of some of the most frequent species of the "Caatinga of Paulo Afonso (Bahia) in the rainy season. Revta bras. Biol.12. <mask>, M. G., 1952. O caminho do carbono na fotossintese: XIV. Tradução do trabalho de Melvin, G., J.A. Bassham, A.A. Benson, S. Kawaguchi, V.H. Linch, W. Stepka e N.E. Robert.Selecta Chimica 10. <mask>, M. G., 1953. Observações sobre a influência de compostos fluorescentes no crescimento de fungos. Revta bras. Biol. 13. <mask>, M. G., 1953.Balanço de água de plantas da caatinga. An. 4º Congr. Nac. Soc. Bot. do Brasil.<mask>, M. G., 1953. Mecanismo do efeito de substancias de crescimento sobre o movimento de folhas de feijão (nota preliminar). An. 4º Congr. Nac. Soe. Bot.do Brasil. <mask>, M. G., 1953. Como florescem as plantas. Ciência & Cult. 5. <mask>, M. G., 1953. Water balance of plants from the "Caatinga".II. Further information on transpiration and stomatal behaviour. Revta bras. Biol.13. <mask>, M. G., 1954 A Botânica em São Paulo, desde a criação de sua Universidade. Jornal O Estado de S. Paulo", nº 24.145. <mask>, M. G., 1954.Transpiração de Eucalyptus tereticornis. Bolm Fac. Fil. Ciênc. Letras USP 173, Bot. 11. <mask>, M. G., 1954.On the morphology of the stomata of Eucalyptus terticornis, Ouratea spectabilis and Cedrela fissilis''. Bolm Fac. Ciênc. Letras USP 173. Bot.11. <mask>, M. G., 1954. Observações sobre a influência de compostos fluorescentes no enraizamento de estacas.I. Revta bras. Biol. 14. <mask>, M. G., 1954. Water balance of the "caatinga", a semiarid type of vegetation of Northern Brazil. Compt. Rendus.VIII Congr. Internat. Bot., Paris. <mask>, M. G., 1955. A Botânica no Brasil—Capitulo X, Vol. I da obra "As Ciências no Brasil". Cia.Melhoramentos de Sào Paulo. <mask>, M. G., 1955. Problemas de reflorestamento da caatinga e do cerrado. Ciência & Cult. 7. <mask>, M. G., 1955. Contribuição ao conhecimento da ecologia do cerrado e da caatinga.Estudo comparativo da economia d'água de sua vegetação. Bolm Fac. Fil. Ciênc. Letras USP 195. Bot. 12.<mask>, M. G., 1955. Observações sobre a influência de compostos fluorescentes no enraizamento de estacas II. Revta Biol.15. <mask>, M. G., 1956. Botânica – Morfologia externa das plantas (Organografia). Cia. Melhoramentos de São Paulo.<mask>, M. G., 1956. Transpiração de plantas permanentes do cerrado na estação das chuvas. Revta bras. Biol.16. <mask>, M. G., 1956. Economia d'água de cana-de-açúcar. An.Acad. brasil. Ciênc. 28. <mask>, M. G., 1957. Photoactive movement of the stomata of sugarcane. Revta bras.Biol. 17. <mask>, M. G., 1957. Informações sobre a transpiração de duas gramíneas freqüentes no cerrado. Revta bras. Biol.17. <mask>, M. G., 1957.O consumo d'água dos eucaliptos. An. Acad. Brasil. Econ. Florest. 9.Ferri, M. G., 1958. In Memoriam: Felix

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 Rawitscher. Bolm Fac. Fil. Ciênc. Letras USP 224. Bot.15. <mask>, M. G., 1958. Contribuição ao conhecimento da ecologia do cerrado. Estudo comparativo da economia d'água de sua vegetação em Emas (Est. de São Paulo), Campo Grande (Est. de Mato Grosso) e Goiania (Est. Goiás).Bolm Fac. Fil. Ciênc. Letras USP 224. Bot. 15
 <mask>, M. G., 1958. Papel do fator nutricional na economia de água de plantas do cerrado.Revta Biol. 1. <mask>, M. G., 1958. A botânica em São Paulo desde a criação de sua Universidade. Ensaios Paulistas, 9–23 Editora Anhambi. São Paulo. <mask>, M. G., 1959.Contribuição ao estudo da anatomia das folhas de plantas do cerrado. Bolm Fac. Fil. Ciênc. Letras USP 243. Bot. 16.<mask>, M. G., 1959. Ecological information on the "Rio Negro Caatinga" (Amazon) IX Internat. Congress. Montreal, Canada, Proceed. vol. Il. Abstr.12–13. <mask>, M. G., 1959. Problems of water relations of some Brazilian vegetation types with special consideration of the concept of xeromorphy and xerophytism. UNESCO – Simpósio: Ecologia de regiões áridas e semiáridas, Madrid, set..
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 <mask>, M. G., 1959. Caracterização das principais formações vegetais brasileiras.An. Soc. Bot. Brasil, Fortaleza, Ceará. <mask>, M. G., 1959. Informações sobre a influência do N-fenil carbamato de isopropila no comportamento de diversas plantas – (nota prévia). An.Soe. Bot. Brasil, Fortaleza, Ceará. <mask>, M. G., 1960. Nota preliminar sobre a vegetação de cerrado em Campo Mourão (Paraná). Bolm Fac. Fil.Ciênc. Letras USP 247. Bot.17. <mask>, M. G., 1960. Transpiração e comportamento estomático de plantas permanentes do cerrado em Campo do Mourão (Paraná). Bolm Fac. Fil.Ciênc. Letras, USP 247. Bot. 17. <mask>, M. G., 1960. Informações sobre a economia d'água de plantas de um tabuleiro do município de Goiana (Pernambuco). Bolm Fac.Fil. Ciênc. Letras USP 247. Bot.17. <mask>, M. G., 1960. Contribution to the knowledge of the ecology of the "Rio Negro Caatinga". (Amazon).Bull. Research Council of Israel, Sec. D. Botany, vol. 89 Apr. nº 34. <mask>, M. G., 1960. Considerações sobre o ensino da Botânica.XXII Reunião da Soc. Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência (Piracicaba). <mask>, M. G., 1961. Informações sobre a influência do N-fenil carbamato de isopropila no comportamento de a1gumas plantas, com especial consideração da transpiração. Revta Biol. 2. <mask>, M. G., 1961.Problems of water relations of some Brazilian vegetation types with special consideration of the concepts of xeromorphy and xerophytism. Plant-water relationship in arid conditions. Madrid symposium: 24–30, September 1959, UNESCO. <mask>, M. G., 1961. Aspects of the soil-water-plant relationship in connexion with some Brazilian types of vegetation. Tropical soil and vegetation. Proceed.of the Abidjan Symposium: 20- 24, October 1959, UNESCO. <mask>, M. G., 1961. Caracterização das principais formações vegetais brasileiras e considerações sobre alguns problemas importantes de sua ecologia. (V Curso Internac. Pastagens, 15-6 a 7-8-59, São Paulo). Fundamentos de manejo de pastagens. Departamento de Produção Animal, Sec.Agric. São Paulo: 177–188. <mask>, M. G., 1961. Problemas de economia d'água na vegetacão de caatinga e cerrados brasileiros. (V Curso Internac. Pastagens, 15-6 a 7-8-59, São Paulo). Fundamentos de manejo de pastagens.Departamento de Produção Animal, Sec. Agric. São Paulo: 189–199. <mask>, M. G., 1963. Histórico dos trabalhos botânicos sobre o cerrado. Simpósio sobre o cerrado. EDUSP.<mask>, M. G., 1963. Evolução do conceito de xerofitismo Bolm Fac. Fi1. Ciênc. Letras USP 267, Bot. 19. <mask>, M. G., 1964.Discurso do diretor Prof. <mask> Guimarães Ferri no encerramento da solenidade de colação de grau de Bacharéis e Licenciados da Turma de 1963. Publ. Fac. Fil. Ciênc. Letras, USP. Ferri, M. G., 1964.Informações sobre a ecologia dos cerrados e sobre a possibilidade de seu aproveitamento. Silvicultura (Ver. Téc. Serv. Flor. Est. São Paulo) Ano 3, n°.3. <mask>, M. G., 1968. Idéias sobre a reestruturação da Universidade de São Paulo. Jornal O Estado de S. Paulo. <mask>, M. G., 1968. USP – Reestruturação e adequação às necessidades do momento. Suplemento Especial de Educação, Folha de S.Paulo, 76–77.<mask>, M. G., 1969. Plantas do Brasil – Espécies do Cerrado. Ed. Edgard Blücher Ltda e EDUSP. <mask>, M. G., 1969. Glossário de termos botânicos. Ed.Edgard Blücher e EDUSP. <mask>, M. G., 1970. Botânica—Morfologia interna das plantas (Anatomia) Cia. Melhoramentos de São Paulo e EDUSP. 1ª Edicão. São Paulo. <mask>, M. G., 1970.Aspectos da vegetação do sul do Brasil. De R.V. Wettstein, supervisão. Ed. Edgard Blücher e EDUSP. Ferri, M. G., 1971. Simpósio sobre o cerrado – I – Reimpressão.Ed. Edgard Blücher e EDUSP. <mask>, M. G., 1971. Modificação do hábito floral de Cochlospermum regium (Mart) Pilger. III Simpósio sobre o cerrado. Coord. M.G.Ferri. Ed. Edgard Blücher e EDUSP. <mask>, M. G., 1971. Efeitos de substancias de crescimento no movimento das articulações de Phaseolus vulgaris. Ciência & Cult. 23.<mask>, M. G., 1971. Informações sobre transpiraração e anatomia foliar de diversas mirtáceas. Ciência & Cult.23. <mask>, M. G., 1971. III Simpósio sobre o cerrado. Ed. Edgard Blücher e EDUSP.<mask>, M. G., 1972. Ecological problems of tho cerrado vegetation. I. Congresso Latinoamericano de Botânica, pp. 365–387. In Memórias de Simposia. México. <mask>, M. G., 1972.Contribuição ao conhecimento da anatomia de plantas de uma caatinga do Rio Negro (Amazonas). Revta Biol. 8. <mask>, M. G., 1972. Editoração: conceitos e perspectivas. pp. 11–18 in Editoração na USP.Depto de Jornalismo e Editoração da Escola de Comunicações e Artes da USP. <mask>, M. G., 1973. Sobre a origem, manutenção e transformação dos cerrados. Actas de la Asociación Argentina de Ecologia. l.
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<mask> (born September 11, 1958) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Luke Danes in Gilmore Girls and as Special Agent Peter Strahm in the Saw films. He also starred as Michael Buchanan in the NBC drama series The Event and as a Tenctonese alien commander in the TV film Alien Nation: Dark Horizon. Early life
<mask> was born September 11, 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Hope Gordon (1928–2008), a homemaker, journalist, and actor in the Haddonfield Plays and Players Theatre Troupe, and <mask> (1925–2013), an advertising executive. His parents divorced in 1974. He is a direct descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte, Sir Francis Drake, Richard Stockton (signer of the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States), and Richard Leeds, who fathered thirteen children in the Pine Barrens section of South Jersey. Leeds thirteenth child was known as the Jersey Devil.<mask> formed The Unknowns, his first band, in the third grade with longtime friend Tommy Poitras. They played just two songs – Back in the U.S.S.R. and (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone. The Unknowns added to their set list and performed throughout grade school and high school but disbanded after high school graduation. <mask> was raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey and attended Haddonfield Memorial High School, graduating in 1977. He attended Rutgers University, pursuing a degree in Comparative Literature. He studied acting in New York with renowned coaches Robert Lewis and Sondra Lee. He was exposed to the teachings of Paul Newman, Arthur Penn, and Frank Corsaro at the Actors Studio, where he also participated in the Producer's Unit chaired by Penn.He appeared in numerous productions, including Rasputin and Miss Julie. Baseball career

<mask> spent seven years, from  to , as a professional pitcher in minor league baseball, topping out at the Triple-A level, the highest before the major leagues. He played in two major league farm systems for seven different minor league teams and was selected to four all-star teams (two with Atlanta and two with the New York Yankees). <mask> was initially selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round (12th overall) of the 1980 Major League Baseball secondary draft (an event distinct from the amateur draft). He played his first pro season with their Class A Anderson Braves in 1980. In 1981 <mask> won 13 consecutive games as a starting pitcher between Class A Durham and Double-A Savannah to set a Braves record for most consecutive wins to start a season. He was named the Braves Minor League Pitcher of the Month twice.<mask> was traded from the Braves to the New York Yankees for Bob Watson on April 23, 1982, and was placed on the Yankees Major League roster in 1983. <mask> was named as an All-Star both with the Yankees' Double-A Albany-Colonie Yankees and Triple-A Columbus Clippers in 1986. In 1985 he was selected by the Texas Rangers in the Rule 5 draft but subsequently returned to the Yankees. While in the Yankees organization <mask> was named their minor league Pitcher of the Month once, and Pitcher of the Week three times. <mask> also pitched in the Puerto Rican Winter League with the Lobos de Arecibo in 1984–85, and the Dominican Professional Baseball League with Santo Domingo in 1985–86. <mask> signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate, the Albuquerque Dukes, in late 1986 but never played at the major league level. Acting career

In 1988, <mask> formed the Arclight Theatre Company in Soho, NYC with John Bishop.<mask> played Jedediah Kohler in Bishop's The Great, Great Grandson of Jedediah Kohler in the Company's debut production. One night, George Wolfe was in the audience and offered <mask> a role in the European Traveling Company's Tamara but he turned it down to continue work with Arclight. In 1993, <mask> was slated to play the lead in Castle Rock's Little Big League opposite Sela Ward. The producers recast the role at the last minute with Revenge of the Nerds star Timothy Busfield, opting to offer <mask> the role of Mike McGrevey. <mask> completed filming the leading role in the feature film Her Best Move, directed by Norm Hunter and co-starring Lisa Darr. He also appeared on the big screen in Little Big League, with Jason Robards, and in Three Wishes, with Patrick Swayze and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. He also starred in the independent films Highway 395 and Rhapsody in Bloom with Penelope Ann Miller and Ron Silver, Boys of Abu Ghraib with Sean Astin, and Other People's Children with Diane Marshall-Grant.On television, he has landed romantic roles; his most notable role, which he played for seven years on the television show Gilmore Girls, is Luke Danes, the on-again, off-again love interest of the show's protagonist, Lorelai Gilmore, played by Lauren Graham. On Seinfeld, <mask>'s character was deemed "spongeworthy" by Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). In the "Das Boob" episode of Will & Grace, his character had a profound effect on Grace (Debra Messing). <mask> also played the love interests of Jennifer Grey in It's Like, You Know and Sharon Lawrence's character in Fired Up. He has also appeared on Arli$$ and Get Real. Among <mask>'s recent projects are a co-starring role on Aliens in America and voicing the character of King Faraday in the 2004 animated series Justice League Unlimited, from Warner Bros. Animation.He has also starred as Agent Strahm in two iterations of the Saw franchise, Saw IV and Saw V, also appearing through flashback sequences in Saw VI. <mask> appeared in some episodes of the second season of 90210 as Liam Court's ex-con father who has recently been released from prison and wants to reconnect with his son. <mask> starred as Michael Buchanan in the NBC drama series The Event, which premiered on September 20, 2010. His character was killed off in episode 18. In 2016, <mask> reprised his role as Luke Danes for the revival miniseries Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which streamed on Netflix on November 25, 2016. Personal life
<mask> met his wife Kristine Saryan in 2001 during the intermission of a play they were both attending. The couple married in 2014, the same year they welcomed their son Nicholas.Saryan was seen on Gilmore Girls twice, once as Chrissy, Miss Patty’s dance assistant (episode 4.21 - Last Week Fights, This Week Tights), and once as an interview subject in the 2016 limited series, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (episode 2 - Spring). In 2017, <mask> founded a coffee company, Scotty P's Big Mug Coffee. I Am All In podcast
In 2021, <mask> partnered with I Heart Radio to launch the 'I Am All In' podcast dedicated to fans of Gilmore Girls. For the podcast, he watches an  episode and discusses the content with his producers and guests. Guests have included Sean Gunn (Kirk Gleason), Yanic Truesdale (Michel Gerard), Sally Struthers (Babette Dell), Keiko Agena (Lane Kim), Grant Lee Phillips (Troubadour), Rose Abdoo (Gypsy), and many others. The show is available on I Heart Radio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Filmography

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