alleged civic conception of the nation would be determined only by the case of the loss gives Alsace and Lorraine in the Franco Prussian War Ethnic nationalism edit See also Ethnic nationalism Whereas nationalism in and of itself does not necessarily imply a belief in the superiority of one ethnicity or country over others some nationalists support ethnocentric supremacy and or ethnocentric protectionism National purity edit Some nationalists exclude certain groups Some nationalists defining the national community in ethnic linguistic cultural historic or religious terms or a combination of these may then seek to deem certain minorities as not truly being a part of the 'national community' as they define it Sometimes a mythic homeland is more important for the national identity than the actual territory occupied by the nation Left wing nationalism edit Parts of Caracas slums friendly to former Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez often feature political murals with anti American and anti imperialist messages Left wing nationalism occasionally known as socialist nationalism not to be confused with national socialism refers to any political movement that combines left wing politics with nationalism Many nationalist movements are dedicated to national liberation in the view that their nations are being persecuted by other nations and thus need to exercise self determination by liberating themselves from the accused persecutors Anti revisionist Marxist–Leninism is closely tied with this ideology and practical examples include Stalin's early work Marxism and the National Question and his Socialism in One Country edict which declares that nationalism can be used in an internationalist context fighting for national liberation without racial or religious divisions Other examples of left wing nationalism include Fidel Castro's

th of July Movement that launched the Cuban Revolution ousting the American backed Fulgencio Batista in Cornwalls Mebyon Kernow Ireland's Sinn Féin Wales's Plaid Cymru the Awami League in Bangladesh and the African National Congress in South Africa citation needed Territorial nationalism edit Main article Territorial nationalism Nationalist slogan "Brazil love it or leave it" often used during the Brazilian military dictatorship Territorial nationalists assume that all inhabitants of a particular nation owe allegiance to their country of birth or adoption A sacred quality is sought in the nation and in the popular memories it evokes Citizenship is idealised by territorial nationalists A criterion of a territorial nationalism is the establishment of a mass public culture based on common values codes and traditions of the population Pan nationalism edit Main article Pan nationalism Pan nationalism is unique in that it covers a large area span Pan nationalism focuses more on "clusters" of ethnic groups Pan Slavism is one example of Pan nationalism The goal was to unite all Slavic people into one country They did succeed by uniting several south Slavic people into Yugoslavia in Anti colonial nationalism edit This form of nationalism came about during the decolonization of the post war periods It was a reaction mainly in Africa and Asia against being subdued by foreign powers It also appeared in the non Russian territories of the Tsarist empire and later the USSR where Ukrainianists and Islamic Marxists condemned Russian Bolshevik rule in their territories as a renewed Russian imperialism This form of nationalism took many guises including the peaceful passive resistance movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian subcontinent Benedict Anderson argued that anti colonial nationalism is grounded in the experience of literate and bilingual indigenous intellectuals fluent in the language of the imperial power schooled in its "national" history and staffing the colonial administrative cadres up to but not including its highest levels Post colonial national governments have been essentially indigenous forms of the previous imperial administration Criticisms edit Patriotism is an emotional attachment to a nation which an individual recognizes as their homeland This attachment also known as national feeling or national pride can be viewed in terms of different features relating to one's own nation including ethnic cultural political or historical aspects It encompasses a set of concepts closely related to those of nationalism An excess of patriotism in the defense of a nation is called chauvinism another related term is jingoism The English term patriot is first attested in the Elizabethan era via Middle French from Late Latin th century patriota meaning "countryman" ultimately from Greek pat???t?? patriotes meaning "from the same country" from pat??? patris meaning "fatherland" The abstract noun patriotism appears in the early th century Contents hide History Philosophical issues Marxism Region specific issues Surveys See also Further reading References History edit An American poster with a patriotic theme issued by the U S Food Administration during World War I The general notion of civic virtue and group dedication has been attested in culture globally throughout the historical period For the Enlightenment thinkers of th century Europe loyalty to the state was chiefly considered in contrast to loyalty to the Church It was argued that clerics should not be allowed to teach in public schools since their patrie was heaven so that they could not inspire love of the homeland in their students One of the most influential proponents of this classical notion of patriotism was Jean Jacques Rousseau Enlightenment thinkers also criticized what they saw as the excess of patriotism In Samuel Johnson published The Patriot a critique of what he viewed as false patriotism On the evening of April he made the famous statement "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel " James Boswell who reported this comment in his Life of Johnson does not provide context for the quote and it has therefore been argued that Johnson was in fact attacking the false use of the term "patriotism" by contemporaries such as John Stuart rd Earl of Bute the patriot minister and his supporters Johnson spoke elsewhere in favor of what he considered "true" patriotism However there is no direct evidence to contradict the widely held belief that Johnson's famous remark was a criticism of patriotism itself Patriotism is the will of the members of a country to support the country and help it continue Philosophical issues edit Patriotism may be strengthened by adherence to a national religion a civil religion or even a theocracy This is the opposite of the separation of church and state demanded by the Enlightenment thinkers who saw patriotism and faith as similar and opposed forces Michael Billig and Jean Bethke Elshtain have both argued that the difference between patriotism and faith is difficult to discern and relies largely on the attitude of the one doing the labelling Christopher Heath Wellman professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St Louis describes that a popular view of the "patriotist" position is robust obligations to compatriots and only minimal samaritan responsibilities to foreigners Wellman calls this position "patriotist" rather than "nationalist" to single out the members of territorial political units rather than cultural groups Marxism edit Marxists have taken various stances regarding patriotism On one hand Karl Marx famously stated that "The working men have no country" and that "the supremacy of the proletariat will cause them national differences to vanish still faster " The same view is promoted by present day Trotskyists such as Alan Woods who is "in favour of tearing down all frontiers and creating a socialist world commonwealth " On the other hand Stalinists and Maoists are usually in favour of socialist patriotism based on the theory of socialism in one country Region specific issues edit In the European Union thinkers such as Jürgen Habermas have advocated a Euro patriotism but patriotism in Europe is usually directed at the nation state and often coincides with Euroscepticism Surveys edit Several surveys have tried to measure patriotism for various reasons such as the Correlates of War project which found some correlation between war propensity and patriotism The results from different studies are time dependent For example patriotism in Germany before World War I ranked at or near the top whereas today it ranks at or near the bottom of patriotism surveys citation needed Since the World Values Survey explores people's national values and beliefs and refer to the average answer "for high income residents" of a country to the question "Are you proud to be insert nationality " It ranges from not proud to very proud See also edit Anti patriotism Chauvinism Collective narcissism Communitarianism Cultural identity Exceptionalism John Knox Witherspoon February – November was a Scottish American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish Common Sense Realism and while president of the College of New Jersey – now Princeton University became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character Politically active Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July Declaration of Independence He was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration Later he signed the Articles of Confederation and supported ratification of the Constitution In he was Convening Moderator of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Contents hide Early life and ministry in Scotland Princeton Revolutionary War Death and burial Family Philosophy Legacy Statues Buildings Other References Citations Sources External links Early life and ministry in Scotland edit John Knox Witherspoon was born at Gifford a parish of Yester at East Lothian Scotland as the eldest child of the Reverend James Alexander Witherspoon and Anne Walker a descendant of John Welsh of Ayr and John Knox This latter claim of Knox descent though ancient in origin is long disputed and without primary documentation He attended the Haddington Grammar School and obtained a Master of Arts from the University of Edinburgh in He remained at the University to study divinity In he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in divinity by the University of St Andrews Witherspoon was a staunch Protestant nationalist and supporter of republicanism Consequently he was opposed to the Roman Catholic Legitimist Jacobite rising of – Following the Jacobite victory at the Battle of Falkirk he was briefly imprisoned at Doune Castle which had a long term effect on his health He became a Church of Scotland Presbyterian minister at Beith Ayrshire – where he married Elizabeth Montgomery of Craighouse They had ten children with five surviving to adulthood From – he was minister of the Laigh kirk Paisley Low Kirk Witherspoon became prominent within the Church as an Evangelical opponent of the Moderate Party During his two pastorates he wrote three well known works on theology notably the satire "Ecclesiastical Characteristics" which opposed the philosophical influence of Francis Hutcheson Princeton edit The President's House in Princeton New Jersey Completed in John Witherspoon lived here from to it is a U S National Historic Landmark At the urging of Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton whom he met in Paisley Witherspoon finally accepted their renewed invitation having turned one down in to become President and head professor of the small Presbyterian College of New Jersey in Princeton Thus Witherspoon and his family emigrated to New Jersey in At the age of he became the sixth President of the college later known as Princeton University Upon his arrival Witherspoon found the school in debt with weak instruction and a library collection which clearly failed to meet student needs He immediately began fund raising—locally and back home in Scotland—added three hundred of his own books to the library and began purchasing scientific equipment including the Rittenhouse orrery many maps and a "terrestrial" globe Witherspoon also instituted a number of reforms including modeling the syllabus and university structure after that used at the University of Edinburgh and other Scottish universities He also firmed up entrance requirements which helped the school compete with Harvard and Yale for scholars Witherspoon taught personally courses in Eloquence or Belles Lettres Chronology history and Divinity However none was more important than Moral Philosophy a required course An advocate of Natural Law within a Christian and republican Cosmology Witherspoon considered Moral Philosophy vital for ministers lawyers and those holding positions in government magistrates Firm but good humored in his leadership Witherspoon was very popular among both faculty and students Witherspoon had been a prominent evangelical Presbyterian minister in Scotland before accepting the Princeton position As the College's primary occupation at the time was training ministers Witherspoon became a major leader of the early Presbyterian church in America He also helped organize Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton N J Nonetheless Witherspoon transformed a college designed predominantly to train clergymen into a school that would equip the leaders of a new Protestant country Students who later played prominent roles in the new nation's development included James Madison Aaron Burr Philip Freneau William Bradford and Hugh Henry Brackenridge From among his students came judges three of whom became justices of the U S Supreme Court Cabinet officers members of the Continental Congress U S senators and United States congressmen Revolutionary War edit In John Trumbull's famous painting Witherspoon is the second seated figure from the viewer's right among those shown in the background facing the large table Long wary of the power of the British Crown Witherspoon saw the growing centralization of government progressive ideology of colonial authorities and establishment of Episcopacy authority as a threat to the Liberties of the colonies Of particular interest to Witherspoon was the crown's growing interference in the local and colonial affairs which previously had been the prerogatives and rights of the American authorities When the crown began to give additional authority to its appointed Episcopacy over Church affairs British authorities hit a nerve in the Presbyterian Scot who saw such events in the same lens as his Scottish Covenanters Soon Witherspoon came to support the Revolution joining the Committee of Correspondence and Safety in early His sermon "The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men" was published in many editions and he was elected to the Continental Congress as part of the New Jersey delegation appointed Congressional Chaplain by President Hancock and in July voted to adopt the Virginia Resolution for Independence In answer to an objection that the country was not yet ready for independence according to tradition he replied that it "was not only ripe for the measure but in danger of rotting for the want of it " He lost a son during the Battle of Germantown in Witherspoon served in Congress from June until November and became one of its most influential members and a workhorse of prodigious energy He served on over committees most notably the powerful standing committees the board of war and the committee on secret correspondence or foreign affairs He spoke often in debate helped draft the Articles of Confederation helped organize the executive departments played a major role in shaping foreign policy and drew up the instructions for the peace commissioners He fought against the flood of paper money and opposed the issuance of bonds without provision for their amortization "No business can be done some say because money is scarce " he wrote He also served twice in the New Jersey Legislature and strongly supported the adoption of the United States Constitution during the New Jersey ratification debates In November as British forces neared Witherspoon closed and evacuated the College of New Jersey The main building Nassau Hall was badly damaged and his papers and personal notes were lost Witherspoon was responsible for its rebuilding after the war which caused him great personal and financial difficulty In he was elected to a one year term in the New Jersey Legislative Council representing Somerset County At the age of he married a old bride with whom he had two more children Death and burial edit Witherspoon had suffered eye injuries and was blind by He died in on his farm Tusculum just outside of Princeton and is buried along Presidents Row in Princeton Cemetery Family edit On June Witherspoon's daughter Ann married Samuel Stanhope Smith who had studied theology and philosophy under him and who would succeed him as Princeton's president in Another daughter Frances married David Ramsay a delegate from South Carolina to the continental Congress on March She died a year after their marriage Philosophy edit A situation comedy often shortened to the portmanteau sitcom is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment such as a home or workplace with often humorous dialogue Such programs originated in radio but today sitcoms are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms This form also includes mockumentaries such as The Office and Parks and Recreation A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience depending on the program's production format The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated by the use of a laugh track Contents hide Characteristics History By country Australia Canada China Czech Republic Denmark Germany India Mexico New Zealand Pakistan Russia Serbia Turkey United Kingdom United States Sitcoms on U S radio Sitcoms on U S television s– s s s s s s and s Definition of Sitcom in the st century See also References Further reading External links Characteristics edit icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it October History edit The terms "situational comedy" or "sitcom" weren't commonly used until s Some of the characters pratfalls routines and situations as preserved in eyewitness accounts and in the texts of the plays themselves are remarkably similar to those in earlier modern sitcoms such as I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners The first television sitcom is said to be Pinwright's Progress ten episodes being broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom between and In the United States director and producer William Asher has been credited with being the "man who invented the sitcom " having directed over two dozen of the leading sitcoms including I Love Lucy from the s through the s By country edit Australia edit See also Television in Australia and Television ratings in Australia There have been few long running Australian made sitcoms but many U S and UK sitcoms have been successful there UK sitcoms are a staple of government broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC in the s and s many UK sitcoms also screened on the Seven Network By UK comedies Bless This House and Are You Being Served had been repeated by ABC Television several times and were then acquired and screened by the Seven Network in prime time In Daily at Dawn was the first Australian comedy series to feature a regular gay character Terry Bader as journalist Leslie In Mother and Son was winner of the Television Drama Award presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission In Kath & Kim The first episode of series four attracted an Australian audience of million nationally the highest rating ever for a first episode in the history of Australian television until the series premiere of Underbelly A Tale of Two Cities in with m viewers In Please Like Me was prised by the critics receiving an invitation to screen at the Series Mania Television Festival in Paris and has garnered three awards and numerous nominations Also in At Home With Julia was criticised by several social commentators as inappropriately disrespectful to the office of Prime Minister the show nevertheless proved very popular both with television audiences — becoming the most watched Australian scripted comedy series of — and with television critics Nominated to the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for Best Television Comedy Series Canada edit See also Canadian humour and Television in Canada The popular show King of Kensington aired from to prior to the start of the fourth season drew to million viewers weekly Corner Gas which ran for six seasons from to became an instant hit averaging a million viewers per episode million viewers in its first episode on January And has been the recipient of six Gemini Awards and has been nominated almost times for various awards Between and the Little Mosque on the Prairie premiere drew an audience of million but declined in its fourth season drawing viewers a week or twenty percent of its original audience China edit See also Television in China icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it October Czech Republic edit icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it October Denmark edit icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it October Germany edit icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it October India edit Sitcoms started appearing on Indian television in the s with serials like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi and Wagle Ki Duniya on the state run Doordarshan channel Gradually as private channels were allowed many more sitcoms followed in the s such as Zabaan Sambhalke Shrimaan Shrimati Office Office Khichdi Sarabhai vs Sarabhai to F I R & Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah –present Mexico edit See also Television in Mexico El Chavo del Ocho who ran from to was the most watched show in the Mexican television and had a Latin American audience of million viewers per episode at its peak of popularity during the mid s The show continues to be popular in Hispanic America as well as in Brazil Spain United States and other countries with syndicated episodes averaging million daily viewers in all of the markets where it is distributed in the Americas Since it ceased production in the show has earned an estimated billion in syndication fees alone for Televisa New Zealand edit Gliding On a popular sit com in New Zealand in the early s won multiple awards over the course of its run including Best Comedy Best Drama and Best Direction at the Feltex Awards Pakistan edit icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it October Russia edit My Fair Nanny a Russian comedy television series based on the American television sitcom The Nanny earned two TEFI awards and it was so popular in Russia that some of the original American writers of the show were commissioned to write new scripts after all original episodes were remade Serbia edit icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it October Turkey edit icon This section is empty You can help by adding to it November United Kingdom edit Main article British sitcom In Are You Being Served was ranked th in the countdown of Britain's Best Sitcom United States edit An Emmy Award or simply Emmy recognizes excellence in the television industry and corresponds to the Academy Award for film the Tony Award for theatre and the Grammy Award for music Because Emmy Awards are given in various sectors of the American television industry they are presented in different annual ceremonies held throughout the year The two events that receive the most media coverage are the Primetime Emmys and the Daytime Emmys which recognize outstanding work in American primetime and daytime entertainment programming respectively Other notable Emmy Award ceremonies are those honoring national sports programming national news and documentary shows national business and financial reporting and technological and engineering achievements in television including the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards Regional Emmy Awards are also presented throughout the country at various times through the year recognizing excellence in local and statewide television In addition International Emmys are awarded for excellence in TV programming produced and initially aired outside the United States Three related but separate organizations present the Emmy Awards the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ATAS the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences NATAS and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences IATAS Each is responsible for administering a particular set of Emmy ceremonies Contents hide History Emmy statuette Area specific ceremonies Calendar Primetime Emmys Daytime Emmys Sports Emmys News and Documentary Emmys Engineering Emmys Regional Emmys International Emmys College Television Awards Other Emmys See also References External links History edit TV producer Bruce Kennedy holding an Emmy The Los Angeles based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ATAS established the Emmy Award as part of an image building and public relations opportunity The first Emmy Awards ceremony were presented on January at the Hollywood Athletic Club but solely to honor shows produced and aired locally in the Los Angeles area Shirley Dinsdale has the distinction of receiving the very first Emmy for Most Outstanding Television Personality during that first awards ceremony In the s the ATAS expanded the Emmys into a national event presenting the awards to shows aired nationwide on broadcast television In the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences NATAS was formed in New York as a sister organization to serve members on the East Coast and help to also supervise the Emmys The NATAS also established regional chapters throughout the United States with each one developing their own local Emmy awards show for local programming The ATAS still however maintained its separate regional ceremony honoring local programming in the Los Angeles Area Originally there was only one Emmy Awards ceremony held per year to honor shows nationally broadcast in the United States In the first Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held to specifically honor achievement in national daytime programming Other area specific Emmy Awards ceremonies soon followed Also the International Emmy Awards honoring television programs produced and initially aired outside the U S was established in the early s Meanwhile all Emmys awarded prior to the emergence of these separate area specific ceremonies are listed along with the Primetime Emmy Awards in the ATAS' official records In due to various conflicts the ATAS and the NATAS agreed to split ties However they also agreed to share ownership of the Emmy statue and trademark with each responsible for administering a specific set of award ceremonies There was an exception regarding the Engineering Awards those honoring individuals companies or to scientific or technical organizations in recognition of significant developments and contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television the NATAS continues to administer the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards while the ATAS holds the separate Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards With the rise of cable television in the s cable programs first became eligible for the Primetime Emmys in and the Daytime Emmys in In the ABC Television Network cancelled the soap operas All My Children and One Life to Live and sold the two shows' licensing rights to the production company Prospect Park so they could be continued on web television this prompted NATAS to create a new Daytime Emmys category for the ceremony to honor such web only series The ATAS also began accepting original online only web television programs in Emmy statuette edit The Emmy statuette depicting a winged woman holding an atom was designed by television engineer Louis McManus who used his wife as the model The TV Academy rejected a total of forty seven proposals before settling on McManus' design in The statuette "has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television The wings represent the muse of art the atom the electron of science " When deciding a name for the award Academy founder Syd Cassyd originally suggested "Ike" the nickname for the television iconoscope tube However "Ike" was also the popular nickname of World War II hero and future U S President Dwight D Eisenhower and the Academy members wanted something unique Finally television engineer and the third academy president Harry Lubcke suggested the name "Immy" a term commonly used for the image orthicon tube used in the early cameras After "Immy" was chosen it was later feminized to Emmy to match their female statuette Each Primetime Emmy statuette weighs six pounds twelve and a half ounces kg and is made of copper nickel silver and gold The statue stands inches cm tall with a base diameter of inches cm and weight of oz kg The Regional Emmy Award statuette is inches cm tall with a base diameter of inches cm and weight of oz kg Each takes five and a half hours to make and is handled with white gloves to prevent fingerprints The Regional Emmy Awards are made by Society Awards a New York based company that also makes the Golden Globe Awards The Primetime Emmy statues are manufactured by R S Owens & Company based out of Chicago Illinois which is also charged with manufacturing the Academy Award statues As its trademark owners the ATAS and the NATAS hold firm rules on the use of the "Emmy" image as well as its name For example the Emmy statuette must always appear facing left Any copyright notice for the statue should read "ATAS NATAS" listing both academies Academy members must also obtain permission to use the statue image or name for promotional uses even though they are winners of the award Furthermore DVDs of Emmy winning shows may reference the fact that they received an Emmy but cannot use the statue image unless it is capable of being removed from all copies after one year after the award is presented Area specific ceremonies edit Actress Dana Delany holding an Emmy TV producer and writer Bradley Bell accepting Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful The Emmys are presented in various area specific ceremonies held annually throughout the calendar year ranging from honoring nationally televised shows to regionally and locally produced programs Each ceremony has their own set of nominating and voting procedures along with different rules regarding voting committees Also the various ceremonies each have own set of award categories and it is not uncommon for them to have some of the same names e g Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series and Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series A show that enters into one of the national Emmy competitions cannot also be entered into any of the others For example syndicated shows whose air times vary between media markets may be eligible for both the Daytime and Primetime Emmys but cannot enter in both In general a show is considered national if it reaches more than percent of U S households programs that do not reach at least percent of the country may enter into the Regional Emmys instead Web television shows are treated similar to syndicated shows they must be available for downloading or streaming by more than percent of the US national market to be eligible in one the national Emmy competitions and they can only enter into one of those national Emmy ceremonies Regardless of which area specific ceremony one wins an Emmy all winners are called an "Emmy Winner" Calendar edit A typical calendar of the major Emmy ceremonies is as follows with the dates listed being those in Date in Ceremony Academy in charge January th Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards NATAS April nd Daytime Emmy Awards NATAS May th Sports Emmy Awards NATAS September th Primetime Emmy Awards ATAS September th News and Documentary Emmy Awards NATAS November rd International Emmy Awards IATAS Primetime Emmys edit Main articles Primetime Emmy Award and List of Primetime Emmy Awards ceremonies The Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming Ceremonies generally are held in mid September on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season and are currently broadcast in rotation among the ABC CBS NBC and Fox networks Some award categories presented to behind the scenes personnel such as art directors costume designers cinematographers casting directors and sound editors are awarded at a separate Creative Arts Emmys ceremony held a few days earlier The Primetime Emmys are run and voted on by members of the ATAS For most categories members from each of the ATAS' branches vote around June to determine the nominees only in their respective categories All members can however vote for nominations in the best program categories The final voting to determine the winners is held in August Daytime Emmys edit For more details on this topic see Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards generally are held in June are presented in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming The first daytime themed Emmy Awards were given out at the primetime ceremony in but the first separate awards show made just for daytime programming was not held until Like the Primetime Emmys a separate Creative Arts Emmy ceremony is also held a few days earlier to honor the behind the scenes personnel working in daytime television The Daytime Emmys are run and voted on by members of the NATAS Voting is done by peer judging panels Any active member of the NATAS who has national credits for at least two years and within the last five years is eligible to be a judge Depending on the category voting is done using either a ratings score criteria or a preferential scoring system All the drama acting categories have an addition preliminary voting round called the "pre nominations" where one or two actors from each show is selected to then move on and be considered for the primary nominations for the awards Sports Emmys edit For more details on this topic see Sports Emmy Award The Sports Emmy Awards are presented for excellence in sports programming The awards ceremony takes place every Spring usually sometime in the last two weeks in April or the first week in May and is held on a Monday night in New York City Voting is done by peer judging panels The NATAS solicits anybody with significant experience in national sports production to serve as judges The panels are organized so that they only have one representative from each corporate entity i e CBS Corporation Disney NBCUniversal st Century Fox Time Warner etc Most categories only have a single voting round using preferential scoring system The top entries in each category are announced as the "nominations" and then the top entry is announced as the Emmy winner later at the awards ceremony News and Documentary Emmys edit For more details on this topic see News & Documentary Emmy Award The News & Documentary Emmy Awards are presented for excellence in national news and documentary programming The awards ceremony takes place every Fall Voting is done by peer judging panels The NATAS solicits anybody with significant experience in national news or documentary reporting or production to serve as judges Most categories have two voting rounds with separate judging panels in each round The top entries in each category are announced as the "nominations" and then the top entry is announced as the Emmy winner later at the awards ceremony Engineering Emmys edit Main articles Primetime Emmy Engineering Award and Technology & Engineering Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards presented by the ATAS and the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards presented by the NATAS are two separate ceremonies that honor individuals companies or to scientific or technical organizations in recognition of significant developments and contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television Each academy has its own separate panel of highly qualified experienced engineers in the television industry to determine their respective award recipients Among the ATAS's Engineering Emmy Award repertoire is the Philo T Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award given to honor companies who have significantly affected the state of television and broadcast engineering over a long period of time Regional Emmys edit There are total regional chapters located across the United States that each conduct regional awards to recognize excellence in all the regional television markets including state to state programming as well as local news and locally produced shows Nineteen of the regional chapters are affiliated with the NATAS while the Los Angeles based ATAS acts as the regional chapter serving the Los Angeles area In general a show is considered regional if it does not reach more than percent of U S households programs that reach more than percent of the country must enter into one of the national Emmy competitions instead The Regional Emmys are essential in helping NATAS and ATAS honor the works of deserving individuals in local TV through a regional outreach Like the national awards each region goes through their own rigorous nomination and voting procedures Committees are formed to review entries for eligibility and high standards Once accepted each entry goes before different review committees and their votes are cast to determine the final nominees The final votes are then calculated by certified accounting firms within each region Regardless of winning on a national or regional level all recipients are "Emmy Award" winners Originally each Regional Emmy Awards ceremony primarily focused on only honoring individuals in local news programming The regionals have since been expanded to encompass all locally and state to state produced shows that receive less than fifty percent of the country's viewing audience Regional chapter States in region Boston New England Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont Most of Connecticut Chicago Midwest Parts of Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin Highlands Ranch Heartlands Colorado Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma Parts of Wyoming Dallas Lone Star Texas Parts of New Mexico Los Angeles ATAS Los Angeles only Brecksville Lower Great Lakes Parts of Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania Southfield Michigan Michigan Arkansas Mid America Arkansas Iowa and Missouri Parts of Illinois and Louisiana Delaware Mid Atlantic Delaware Most of Pennsylvania Parts of New Jersey and Ohio Nashville Midsouth North Carolina Tennessee Maryland National Capitol Chesapeake Bay Maryland Virginia and Washington D C New York New York New York Parts of Connecticut and New Jersey Alaska Northwest Alaska Idaho Montana Oregon and Washington Kentucky Ohio Valley Kentucky and West Virginia Parts of Indiana and Ohio San Diego Pacific Southwest Most of Southern California Parts of Nevada Arizona Rocky Mountain Arizona and Utah Most of New Mexico and Wyoming Parts of Southern California San Francisco Northern California Northern California and Hawaii Parts of Nevada Atlanta Southeast Mississippi and South Carolina Most of Alabama and Georgia Suncoast Florida Parts of Alabama Louisiana and Georgia Minnesota Upper Midwest Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota Parts of Nebraska and Wisconsin International Emmys edit See also List of International Emmy Award winners It has been suggested that this section be split into a new article titled International Emmy Award Discuss May Brazilian actress and TV host Fernanda Lima holding Rede Globo's six medals of nominations to the International Emmys in The International Emmy Awards are presented annually since by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to television programs that have been produced and transmitted outside the United States The award ceremony takes place in New York City By National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences began to honor the programming produced outside the United States with an best international program award Responsible for the International Relations Committee of the Academy Ted Cott noted that the goal was "to promote international understanding and draw attention of the American public to television programs produced and presented in different countries around the world " The winners in the first years include War and Peace a dramatization of the Leo Tolstoy novel produced by ITV Granada in Les Raisins verts RTF in and Le Barbier de Seville of CBC in Initially no there were distinctions and only one prize was delivered For the competition two categories were created fiction and nonfiction and a year later renamed entertainment and documentary Co founder of the International Academy Ralph Baruch became international head of CBS in the s to him it was evident that the three major U S networks were not much interested in programming foreign In order to promote interest in such programming Baruch thought it would be good begin to "awarding" the best international programming Founded in the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is an organization of leading media and entertainment figures from over countries and companies from all sectors of television including internet mobile and technology The Academy was founded with a mission to recognize excellence in television programming produced outside of the United States The first International Emmy Awards as we know them today were carried out in two years after the formation of the Council The Baruch himself organized the first award ceremony held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City The event was attended by about guests Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff speaks during the opening of the International Academy Day an annual event created by the IATAS held in the city of Rio de Janeiro At the time there were only two categories one for fiction won that year for La cabina of Televisión Española and a non fiction award won that year by the BBC for Horizon The Making of a História Natural Film The categories of fiction and non fiction continued until when new awards were introduced and other categories were created Replacing the previous two now there were awards for best drama series documentary performing arts and popular arts programs In the children's programming category was introduced to International Emmy Awards given to Fraggle Rock from CBC In a sixth category was presented Arts documentary the winner that first year was Gwen A Juliet Remembered produced by Saffron Productions for BBC Until the International Emmy only rewarded art program children's program actor actress comedy documentary current affairs program news drama series reality show and miniseries In was created the category of best telenovela recognized by the institution as "a universal phenomenon " The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced or more in non English languages with a new category added to the International Emmy Awards competition By regulation of the award a television station or their representatives may never vote in the categories in which they are competing The Academy does not participate in the trial Who evaluates the registered programs are about television professionals from countries The whole process is audited by Ernst & Young Currently the awards are presented at the International Emmy Awards Gala Held each year in November at the Hilton Hotel New York City the Gala attracts over television professionals who gather to celebrate excellence in television and network with their peers The three Interactive categories are awarded in a separate ceremony held during MIPTV in Cannes There are twenty one program categories for the International Emmy Awards Arts Programming Best Performance by an Actor George Timothy Clooney born May is an American actor screenwriter producer director and activist He has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards one for acting and the other for producing Clooney made his acting debut on television in and later gained wide recognition in his role as Dr Doug Ross on the long running medical drama ER from to for which he received two Emmy Award nominations While working on ER he began attracting a variety of leading roles in films including the superhero film Batman & Robin and the crime comedy Out of Sight in which he first worked with director Steven Soderbergh who would become a long time collaborator In he took the lead role in Three Kings a well received war satire set during the Gulf War In Clooney's fame widened with the release of his biggest commercial success the heist comedy Ocean's Eleven the first of the film trilogy a remake of the film with Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean He made his directorial debut a year later with the biographical spy comedy Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and has since directed the historical drama Good Night and Good Luck the sports comedy Leatherheads the political drama The Ides of March and the war film The Monuments Men Clooney won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Middle East thriller Syriana and subsequently earned Best Actor nominations for the legal thriller Michael Clayton and the comedy dramas Up in the Air and The Descendants In he received the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing the political thriller Argo He is the only person who has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories In Clooney was included in Time?'s annual Time as one of the "Most Influential People in the World" He is also noted for his political activism and has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since January His humanitarian work includes his advocacy of finding a resolution for the Darfur conflict raising funds for the Haiti earthquake Armenian Genocide recognition Tsunami and victims and creating documentaries such as Sand and Sorrow to raise awareness about international crises He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations Contents hide Early life Career Early work – During her grandfather's reign, Elizabeth was third in the line of succession to the throne, behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, the Duke of York. Although her birth generated public interest, she was not expected to become queen, as the Prince of Wales was still young, and many assumed that he would marry and have children of his own.[15] When her grandfather died in 1936 and her uncle succeeded as Edward VIII, she became second-in-line to the throne, after her father. Later that year Edward abdicated, after his proposed marriage to divorced socialite Wallis Simpson provoked a constitutional crisis.[16] Consequently, Elizabeth's father became king, and she became heir presumptive. If her parents had had a later son, she would have lost her position as first-in-line, as her brother would have been heir apparent and above her in the line of succession.[17] Elizabeth received private tuition in constitutional history from Henry Marten, Vice-Provost of Eton College,[18] and learned French from a succession of native-speaking governesses.[19] A Girl Guides company, the 1st Buckingham Palace Company, was formed specifically so that she could socialise with girls her own age.[20] Later, she was enrolled as a Sea Ranger.[19] In 1939, Elizabeth's parents toured Canada and the United States. As in 1927, when her parents had toured Australia and New Zealand, Elizabeth remained in Britain, since her father thought her too young to undertake public tours.[21] Elizabeth "looked tearful" as her parents departed.[22] They corresponded regularly,[22] and she and her parents made the first royal transatlantic telephone call on 18 May.[21] Second World War In September 1939, Britain entered the Second World War, which lasted until 1945. During the war, many of London's children were evacuated to avoid the frequent aerial bombing. The suggestion by senior politician Lord Hailsham[23] that the two princesses should be evacuated to Canada was rejected by Elizabeth's mother, who declared, "The children won't go without me. I won't leave without the King. And the King will never leave."[24] Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret stayed at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, until Christmas 1939, when they moved to Sandringham House, Norfolk.[25] From February to May 1940, they lived at Royal Lodge, Windsor, until moving to Windsor Castle, where they lived for most of the next five years.[26] At Windsor, the princesses staged pantomimes at Christmas in aid of the Queen's Wool Fund, which bought yarn to knit into military garments.[27] In 1940, the 14-year-old Elizabeth made her first radio broadcast during the BBC's Children's Hour, addressing other children who had been evacuated from the cities.[28] She stated: We are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen, and we are trying, too, to bear our share of the danger and sadness of war. We know, every one of us, that in the end all will be well.[28] Elizabeth in Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945 Princess Elizabeth (left, in uniform) on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with (left to right) her mother Queen Elizabeth, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, King George VI, and Princess Margaret, 8 May 1945 In 1943, at the age of 16, Elizabeth undertook her first solo public appearance on a visit to the Grenadier Guards, of which she had been appointed colonel the previous year.[29] As she approached her 18th birthday, the law was changed so that she could act as one of five Counsellors of State in the event of her father's incapacity or absence abroad, such as his visit to Italy in July 1944.[30] In February 1945, she joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service as an honorary second subaltern with the service number of 230873.[31] She trained as a driver and mechanic and was promoted to honorary junior commander five months later.[32][33] At the end of the war in Europe, on Victory in Europe Day, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret mingled anonymously with the celebratory crowds in the streets of London. Elizabeth later said in a rare interview, "We asked my parents if we could go out and see for ourselves. I remember we were terrified of being recognised ... I remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down Whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief."[34] During the war, plans were drawn up to quell Welsh nationalism by affiliating Elizabeth more closely with Wales. Proposals, such as appointing her Constable of Caernarfon Castle or a patron of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (the Welsh League of Youth), were abandoned for various reasons, which included a fear of associating Elizabeth with conscientious objectors in the Urdd, at a time when Britain was at war.[35] Welsh politicians suggested that she be made Princess of Wales on her 18th birthday. The idea was supported by the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, but rejected by the King because he felt such a title belonged solely to the wife of a Prince of Wales and the Prince of Wales had always been the heir apparent.[36] In 1946, she was inducted into the Welsh Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.[37] In 1947, Princess Elizabeth went on her first overseas tour, accompanying her parents through southern Africa. During the tour, in a broadcast to the British Commonwealth on her 21st birthday, she made the following pledge: I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.[38] Marriage and family Main article: Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh Elizabeth met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and 1937.[39] They are second cousins once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark and third cousins through Queen Victoria. After another meeting at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth—though only 13 years old—said she fell in love with Philip and they began to exchange letters.[40] Their engagement was officially announced on 9 July 1947.[41] The engagement was not without controversy: Philip had no financial standing, was foreign-born (though a British subject who had served in the Royal Navy throughout the Second World War), and had sisters who had married German noblemen with Nazi links.[42] Marion Crawford wrote, "Some of the King's advisors did not think him good enough for her. He was a prince without a home or kingdom. Some of the papers played long and loud tunes on the string of Philip's foreign origin."[43] Elizabeth's mother was reported, in later biographies, to have opposed the union initially, even dubbing Philip "The Hun".[44] In later life, however, she told biographer Tim Heald that Philip was "an English gentleman".[45] Before the marriage, Philip renounced his Greek and Danish titles, converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism, and adopted the style Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, taking the surname of his mother's British family.[46] Just before the wedding, he was created Duke of Edinburgh and granted the style His Royal Highness.[47] Elizabeth and Philip were married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey. They received 2500 wedding gifts from around the world.[48] Because Britain had not yet completely recovered from the devastation of the war, Elizabeth required ration coupons to buy the material for her gown, which was designed by Norman Hartnell.[49] In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations, including his three surviving sisters, to be invited to the wedding.[50] The Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, was not invited either.[51] Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, on 14 November 1948. One month earlier, the King had issued letters patent allowing her children to use the style and title of a royal prince or princess, to which they otherwise would not have been entitled as their father was no longer a royal prince.[52] A second child, Princess Anne, was born in 1950.[53] Following their wedding, the couple leased Windlesham Moor, near Windsor Castle, until 4 July 1949,[48] when they took up residence at Clarence House in London. At various times between 1949 and 1951, the Duke of Edinburgh was stationed in the British Crown Colony of Malta as a serving Royal Navy officer. He and Elizabeth lived intermittently, for several months at a time, in the hamlet of Gwardamanga, at Villa Guardamangia, the rented home of Philip's uncle, Lord Mountbatten. The children remained in Britain.[54] Reign Accession and coronation Elizabeth in crown and robes next to her husband in military uniform Coronation portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, June 1953 Coronation of Elizabeth II Main article: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II During 1951, George VI's health declined and Elizabeth frequently stood in for him at public events. When she toured Canada and visited President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C., in October 1951, her private secretary, Martin Charteris, carried a draft accession declaration in case the King died while she was on tour.[55] In early 1952, Elizabeth and Philip set out for a tour of Australia and New Zealand by way of Kenya. On 6 February 1952, they had just returned to their Kenyan home, Sagana Lodge, after a night spent at Treetops Hotel, when word arrived of the death of the King and consequently Elizabeth's immediate accession to the throne. Philip broke the news to the new Queen.[56] Martin Charteris asked her to choose a regnal name; she chose to remain Elizabeth, "of course".[57] She was proclaimed queen throughout her realms and the royal party hastily returned to the United Kingdom.[58] She and the Duke of Edinburgh moved into Buckingham Palace.[59] With Elizabeth's accession, it seemed probable that the royal house would bear her husband's name, becoming the House of Mountbatten, in line with the custom of a wife taking her husband's surname on marriage. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Elizabeth's grandmother, Queen Mary, favoured the retention of the House of Windsor, and so on 9 April 1952 Elizabeth issued a declaration that Windsor would continue to be the name of the royal house. The Duke complained, "I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."[60] In 1960, after the death of Queen Mary in 1953 and the resignation of Churchill in 1955, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor was adopted for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles.[61] Amid preparations for the coronation, Princess Margaret informed her sister that she wished to marry Peter Townsend, a divorcé‚ 16 years Margaret's senior, with two sons from his previous marriage. The Queen asked them to wait for a year; in the words of Martin Charteris, "the Queen was naturally sympathetic towards the Princess, but I think she thought—she hoped—given time, the affair would peter out."[62] Senior politicians were against the match and the Church of England did not permit remarriage after divorce. If Margaret had contracted a civil marriage, she would have been expected to renounce her right of succession.[63] Eventually, she decided to abandon her plans with Townsend.[64] In 1960, she married Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created Earl of Snowdon the following year. They were divorced in 1978; she did not remarry.[65] Despite the death of Queen Mary on 24 March, the coronation on 2 June 1953 went ahead as planned, as Mary had asked before she died.[66] The ceremony in Westminster Abbey, with the exception of the anointing and communion, was televised for the first time.[67][d] Elizabeth's coronation gown was embroidered on her instructions with the floral emblems of Commonwealth countries:[71] English Tudor rose; Scots thistle; Welsh leek; Irish shamrock; Australian wattle; Canadian maple leaf; New Zealand silver fern; South African protea; lotus flowers for India and Ceylon; and Pakistan's wheat, cotton, and jute.[72] Continuing evolution of the Commonwealth Further information: Historical development of the Commonwealth realms, from the Queen's accession The Commonwealth realms (pink) and their territories and protectorates (red) at the beginning of Elizabeth II's reign A formal group of Elizabeth in tiara and evening dress with eleven politicians in evening dress or national costume. Elizabeth II and Commonwealth leaders at the 1960 Commonwealth Conference, Windsor Castle From Elizabeth's birth onwards, the British Empire continued its transformation into the Commonwealth of Nations.[73] By the time of her accession in 1952, her role as head of multiple independent states was already established.[74] Spanning 1953–54, the Queen and her husband embarked on a six-month around-the-world tour. She became the first reigning monarch of Australia and New Zealand to visit those nations.[75] During the tour, crowds were immense; three-quarters of the population of Australia were estimated to have seen her.[76] Throughout her reign, the Queen has undertaken state visits to foreign countries and tours of Commonwealth ones and she is the most widely travelled head of state.[77] In 1956, French Prime Minister Guy Mollet and British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden discussed the possibility of France joining the Commonwealth. The proposal was never accepted and the following year France signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community, the precursor of the European Union.[78] In November 1956, Britain and France invaded Egypt in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to capture the Suez Canal. Lord Mountbatten claimed the Queen was opposed to the invasion, though Eden denied it. Eden resigned two months later.[79] The absence of a formal mechanism within the Conservative Party for choosing a leader meant that, following Eden's resignation, it fell to the Queen to decide whom to commission to form a government. Eden recommended that she consult Lord Salisbury, the Lord President of the Council. Lord Salisbury and Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chancellor, consulted the British Cabinet, Winston Churchill, and the Chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, resulting in the Queen appointing their recommended candidate: Harold Macmillan.[80] The Suez crisis and the choice of Eden's successor led in 1957 to the first major personal criticism of the Queen. In a magazine, which he owned and edited,[81] Lord Altrincham accused her of being "out of touch".[82] Altrincham was denounced by public figures and slapped by a member of the public appalled by his comments.[83] Aleksejs Širovs born – chess player Andris Škele born – politician Prime Minister of Latvia Armands Škele – basketball player Ksenia Solo born – actress Ernests Štalbergs – – architect ensemble of the Freedom Monument Izaks Nahmans Šteinbergs – – politician lawyer and author Maris Štrombergs – BMX cyclist gold medal winner at and Olympics T edit Esther Takeuchi born – materials scientist and chemical engineer Mihails Tals – – the th World Chess Champion Janis Roberts Tilbergs – – painter sculptor U edit Guntis Ulmanis born – president of Latvia Karlis Ulmanis – – prime minister and president of Latvia


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Breakthrough – After ER – –present Political views In the U S Humanitarian work Darfur Armenian Genocide Personal life Relationships Real estate Motorcycle accident In the media Awards and nominations Selected filmography References External links Early life Clooney was born in Lexington Kentucky His mother Nina Bruce née Warren born was a beauty queen and city councilwoman His father Nick Clooney born is a former anchorman and game show host who hosted AMC for five years in the late s Clooney has Irish German and English ancestry His maternal great great great great grandmother Mary Ann Sparrow was the half sister of Nancy Lincoln mother of President Abraham Lincoln Clooney has an older sister named Adelia known as Ada His aunt was the famed cabaret singer and actress Rosemary Clooney Through Rosemary his cousins include actors Miguel Ferrer Rafael Ferrer and Gabriel Ferrer who is married to singer Debby Boone Clooney was raised a strict Roman Catholic but said in that he does not know if he believes in Heaven or even God He has said "Yes we were Catholic big time whole family whole group " He began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell Kentucky He attended St Michael's School in Columbus Ohio then Western Row Elementary School a public school in Mason Ohio from to and St Susanna School in Mason where he served as an altar boy The Clooneys moved back to Kentucky when George was midway through the seventh grade In middle school Clooney developed Bell's palsy a condition that partially paralyzes the face The malady went away within a year In an interview with Larry King he stated that "yes it goes away It takes about nine months to go away It was the first year of high school which was a bad time for having half your face paralyzed " After his parents moved to Augusta Kentucky Clooney attended Augusta High School He has stated that he earned all As and a B in school and was an enthusiastic baseball and basketball player He tried out to play professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds in but he did not pass the first round of player cuts and was not offered a contract He attended Northern Kentucky University from to majoring in broadcast journalism and very briefly attended the University of Cincinnati but did not graduate from either He made money selling women's shoes insurance door to door stocking shelves working construction and cutting tobacco Career Early work – Clooney's first role was as an extra in the television mini series Centennial in which was based on the novel of the same name by James A Michener and was partly filmed in Clooney's hometown of Augusta Kentucky Clooney's first major role came in in the short lived sitcom E R not to be confused with ER the better known hospital drama on which Clooney also co starred a decade later He played a handyman on the series The Facts of Life and appeared as Bobby Hopkins a detective on an episode of The Golden Girls His first prominent role was a semi regular supporting role in the sitcom Roseanne playing Roseanne Barr's supervisor Booker Brooks followed by the role of a construction worker on Baby Talk a co starring role on the CBS drama Bodies of Evidence as Detective Ryan Walker and then a year long turn as Det James Falconer on Sisters In Clooney also played a role in the comedy horror film Return of the Killer Tomatoes During this period Clooney was a student at the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school for five years Breakthrough – Clooney rose to fame when he played Dr Doug Ross alongside Anthony Edwards Julianna Margulies and Noah Wyle on the hit NBC medical drama ER from to After leaving the series in he made a cameo appearance in the th season and returned for a guest spot in the show's final season For his work on the series Clooney received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in and He also earned three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in and losing to co star Anthony Edwards Clooney began appearing in films while working on ER His first major Hollywood role was in the horror comedy crime thriller From Dusk till Dawn directed by Robert Rodriguez and co starring Harvey Keitel He followed its success with the romantic comedy One Fine Day with Michelle Pfeiffer and the action thriller The Peacemaker with Nicole Kidman Clooney was then cast as Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin which was a modest box office performer but a critical failure with Clooney himself calling the film "a waste of money" In he co starred in the crime comedy Out of Sight opposite Jennifer Lopez marking the first of his many collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh He also starred in Three Kings during the last weeks of his contract with ER After ER – George Clooney cast his hands and shoes in the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in After leaving ER Clooney starred in the commercially successful films The Perfect Storm a disaster drama and O Brother Where Art Thou a Coen brothers' adventure comedy In he teamed up with Soderbergh again for the heist comedy Ocean's Eleven a remake of the s Rat Pack film of the same name As of it was Clooney's most successful film earning more than million worldwide The film spawned two sequels starring Clooney Ocean's Twelve in and Ocean's Thirteen in In Clooney and Soderbergh co founded Section Eight Productions for which Grant Heslov was president of television Clooney made his directorial debut in the film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind based on the autobiography of TV producer Chuck Barris Though the film did not do well at the box office critics stated that Clooney's directing showed promise In Clooney starred in Syriana which was based loosely on former Central Intelligence Agency agent Robert Baer's memoirs of his service in the Middle East He suffered an accident on the set of Syriana which caused a brain injury with complications from a punctured dura The same year he directed produced and starred in Good Night and Good Luck a film about s television journalist Edward R Murrow's famous war of words with Senator Joseph McCarthy At the Academy Awards Clooney was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night and Good Luck as well as Best Supporting Actor for Syriana He won the Oscar for his role in Syriana George Clooney at the premiere of The Men Who Stare at Goats in the Toronto International Film Festival Clooney next appeared in The Good German a film noir directed by Soderbergh that is set in post World War II Germany In August Clooney and Heslov started the production company Smokehouse Pictures In October Clooney received the American Cinematheque Award which honors someone in the entertainment industry who has made "a significant contribution to the art of motion pictures" On January Clooney was nominated for an Academy Award and many other awards for Best Actor for Michael Clayton Later that year he directed his third film Leatherheads in which he also starred On April Variety reported that Clooney had quietly resigned from the Writers Guild of America over a dispute concerning Leatherheads Clooney who is the director producer and star of the film claimed that he had contributed in writing "all but two scenes" of it and requested a writing credit alongside Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly who had worked on the screenplay for years Clooney lost an arbitration vote – and withdrew from the union over the decision He became a "financial core status" non member meaning he no longer has voting rights and cannot run for office or attend membership meetings according to the WGA's constitution He next co starred with Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey in the war parody comedy film The Men Who Stare at Goats which was directed by Heslov and released in November Also in November he voiced Mr Fox in Wes Anderson's animated feature Fantastic Mr Fox The same year Clooney starred in the comedy drama Up in the Air which was initially given limited release and then wide released on December For his performance in the film which was directed by Jason Reitman he was nominated for a Golden Globe a Screen Actors Guild Award BAFTA and an Academy Award saw the release of The American based on the novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth and directed by Anton Corbijn Clooney played the lead role and was a producer of the film –present As of Clooney is represented by Bryan Lourd co chairman of Creative Artists Agency CAA In Clooney starred in The Descendants as a husband whose wife has an accident that leaves her in a coma He earned critical praise for his work and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Also he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild for Best Actor the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Actor He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the political drama The Ides of March In Clooney won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama the BAFTA Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Argo He is the only person in Academy Award history to be nominated for Oscars in six different categories Best Picture Best Actor Best Supporting Actor Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay Clooney co starred with Sandra Bullock in Gravity a science fiction thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón He co wrote directed and starred in The Monuments Men an adaption of The Monuments Men Allied Heroes Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M Edsel Clooney also produced August Osage County an adaptation of the play of the same name The film stars Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts Political views In the U S Clooney supported President Obama's campaigns in the and presidential elections He is a supporter of gay rights In he opposed the Iraq war saying "You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars instead you create an entire generation of people seeking revenge Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win I believe Donald Rumsfeld thinks this is a war that can be won but there is no such thing anymore We can't beat anyone anymore " Humanitarian work Clooney in Abéché Chad in January with the UN Clooney is involved with Not On Our Watch Project an organization that focuses global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities along with Brad Pitt Matt Damon Don Cheadle David Pressman and Jerry Weintraub In February he visited Goz Beida Chad with New York Times columnist Nicholas D Kristof In January he organized the telethon Hope for Haiti Now which collected donations for the Haiti earthquake victims In March Clooney was featured with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play ' '—a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop ban on same sex marriage—as attorney David Boies The production was held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and broadcast on YouTube to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights In September Clooney offered to take an auction winner out to lunch to benefit the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network GLSEN GLSEN works to create a safe space in schools for children who are or may be perceived to be gay lesbian bisexual or transgender Darfur Clooney discusses Sudan with President Barack Obama at the White House in October Clooney has advocated a resolution of the Darfur conflict He spoke at a Save Darfur rally in Washington D C In April he spent ten days in Chad and Sudan with his father to make the TV special "A Journey to Darfur" reflecting the situation of Darfur's refugees and advocated for action The documentary was broadcast on American cable TV as well as in the UK and France In it was released on DVD with the sale proceeds being donated to the International Rescue Committee In September of the same year he spoke to the UN Security Council with Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel to ask the UN to find a solution to the conflict and to help the people of Darfur In December he visited China and Egypt with Don Cheadle and two Olympic winners to ask both governments to pressure Sudan's government On March he sent an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling on the European Union to take "decisive action" in the region given the failure of Sudan President Omar al Bashir to respond to UN resolutions He narrated and was co executive producer of the documentary Sand and Sorrow Clooney also appeared in the documentary film Darfur Now a call to action film released in November for people all over the world to help stop the Darfur crisis In December Clooney and fellow actor Don Cheadle received the Summit Peace Award from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome In his acceptance speech Clooney said that "Don and I … stand here before you as failures The simple truth is that when it comes to the atrocities in Darfur … those people are not better off now than they were years ago " On January the United Nations announced Clooney's appointment as a UN messenger of peace effective January Clooney conceived of and with John Prendergast human rights activist co founder of the Enough Project and Strategic Advisor for Not on Our Watch Project initiated the Satellite Sentinel Project SSP after an October trip to South Sudan SSP aims to monitor armed activity for signs of renewed civil war between Sudan and South Sudan and to detect and deter mass atrocities along the border regions there Clooney and John Prendergast co wrote a Washington Post op ed piece in May titled "Dancing with a dictator in Sudan" arguing that “ President Omar al Bashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide is escalating bombing and food aid obstruction in Darfur and he now threatens the entire north south peace process the evidence shows that incentives alone are insufficient to change Khartoum's calculations International support should be sought immediately for denying debt relief expanding the ICC indictments diplomatically isolating the regime suspending all non humanitarian aid obstructing state controlled bank transactions and freezing accounts holding oil wealth diverted by senior regime officials ” On March Clooney was arrested outside the Sudanese Embassy for civil disobedience He intended to be arrested when he planned the protest Several other prominent participants were also arrested including Martin Luther King III Armenian Genocide George Clooney is an avid supporter of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide He is one of the chief associates of the Lives Initiative a project which aims to remember the lives lost during the event As part of the initiative Clooney launched the Aurora Prize which will be awarded to those who risk their lives to prevent genocides and atrocities Clooney had also urged various American government officials to support the United State's recognition of the Armenian Genocide His wife Amal Clooney represented Armenia during the Perinçek v Switzerland case involving Dogu Perinçek who was convicted by a Swiss court for publicly denying the Armenian Genocide Both George and Amal Clooney plan to visit Armenia to commemorate the th anniversary of the event Personal life Relationships Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis at the th Venice Film Festival in Clooney dated the actress Kelly Preston – Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam from to He also had a relationship with actress Ginger Lynn Allen Clooney dated French reality TV personality Céline Balitran – After meeting British model Lisa Snowdon in he had a five year on again off again relationship with her Clooney dated Renée Zellweger and Krista Allen – In June he started dating reality personality Sarah Larson but the couple broke up in May In July Clooney was in a relationship with Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis until they split in June In July Clooney started dating former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler and they ended their relationship in July Clooney became engaged to British Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin on April as confirmed by a representative at Alamuddin's chambers Doughty Street Chambers In July Clooney publicly criticized the British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail after it claimed his fiancée's mother opposes their marriage on religious grounds When the tabloid apologized for its false story Clooney refused to accept the apology He called the paper "the worst kind of tabloid One that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers " On August Clooney and Alamuddin retrieved marriage licenses at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea of the United Kingdom Alamuddin and Clooney were officially married on September at Ca' Farsetti They were married by Clooney's friend Walter Veltroni the former mayor of Rome In Clooney and Alamuddin adopted a rescue dog a bassett hound named Millie from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society Real estate Clooney's main home is in Los Angeles He purchased the square foot m house in through his George Guilfoyle Trust His home in Italy is in the village of Laglio on Lake Como near the former residence of Italian author Ada Negri Clooney also maintains a home in Los Cabos Mexico that is next door to the home of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber In Clooney and his new British wife Amal Alamuddin bought the Mill House on an island in the River Thames at Sonning Eye in England at a cost of around £ million Motorcycle accident On September Clooney and then girlfriend Sarah Larson were injured in a motorcycle accident in Weehawken New Jersey when his motorcycle was hit by a car The driver of the car reported that Clooney attempted to pass him on the right while Clooney said that the driver signaled left and then decided to make an abrupt right turn and clipped his motorcycle On October more than two dozen staff at the hospital were suspended without pay for looking at Clooney's medical records in violation of federal law In the media Clooney has appeared in commercials outside the U S for Fiat Nespresso and Martini vermouth Clooney was named one of Time magazine's Most Influential People in the World in and He is sometimes described as one of the most handsome men in the world In TV Guide ranked Clooney No on its " Sexiest Stars of All Time" list He was parodied in the South Park episode "Smug Alert " which mocks his acceptance speech at the th Academy Awards However Clooney has also lent his voice to South Park as Sparky the Dog in "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" and as the emergency room doctor in South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut Clooney was caricatured in the American Dad episode "Tears of a Clooney" in which Francine Smith plans to destroy him Director Alexander Cartio made his debut feature film Convincing Clooney about a Los Angeles artist who faced with rejection as an actor and screenwriter arrives at a master plan trying to get Clooney to star in his first ever low budget short film The movie was released on DVD in November Awards and nominations Main article List of awards and nominations received by George Clooney Clooney at the National Board of Review Awards Throughout his career Clooney has won two Academy Awards one for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Syriana and one for Best Picture as one of the runas Žebriunas – lt Arunas Žebriunas one of the most prominent film directors during the Soviet rule Vytautas Šapranauskas – lt Vytautas Šapranauskas theater and film actor television presenter humorist Žilvinas Tratas actor and model Džiugas Siaurusaitis lt Džiugas Siaurusaitis actor television presenter humorist Sakalas Uždavinys lt Sakalas Uždavinys theater and film actor director Marius Jampolskis actor and TV host Ballet and Dance edit Egle Špokaite soloist of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre – Actress art director Edita Daniute Professional Ballroom Dancer and World DanceSport Champion Iveta Lukosiute Professional Ballroom Dancer and World Dance Champion Music edit Soprano vocalist Violeta Urmanaviciute Urmana Pop singer Violeta RiaubiškyteSee also List of Lithuanian singers Linas Adomaitis – pop singer participant in the Eurovision Song Contest Ilja Aksionovas lt Ilja Aksionovas pop and opera singer boy soprano Osvaldas Balakauskas – ambassador and classical composer Alanas Chošnau – singer member of former music group Naktines Personos Egidijus Dragunas – lt Egidijus Dragunas leader of Sel one of the first hip hop bands in Lithuania Justas Dvarionas – lt Justas Dvarionas pianist educator Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis – painter and composer Balys Dvarionas – composer conductor pianist professor Gintare Jautakaite pop artist signed with EMI and Sony Music Entertainment in Gintaras Januševicius internationally acclaimed pianist Algirdas Kaušpedas architect and lead singer of Antis Nomeda Kazlauskaite Kazlaus opera singer dramatic soprano appearing internationally Vytautas Kernagis – one of the most popular bards Algis Kizys – long time bass player of post punk no wave band Swans Andrius Mamontovas – rock singer co founder of Foje and LT United Marijonas Mikutavicius – singer author of Trys Milijonai the unofficial sports anthem in Lithuania Vincas Niekus – lt Vincas Niekus composer Virgilijus Noreika – one of the most successful opera singers tenor Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis – one of the best composer of the late th century Kipras Petrauskas – lt Kipras Petrauskas popular early opera singer tenor Stasys Povilaitis – one of the popular singers during the Soviet period Violeta Riaubiškyte – pop singer TV show host Mindaugas Rojus opera singer tenor baritone Ceslovas Sasnauskas – composer Rasa Serra – lt Rasa Serra real name Rasa Veretenceviene singer Traditional folk A cappella jazz POP Audrone Simonaityte Gaižiuniene – lt Audrone Gaižiuniene Simonaityte one of the more popular female opera singers soprano Virgis Stakenas – lt Virgis Stakenas singer of country folk music Antanas Šabaniauskas – lt Antanas Šabaniauskas singer tenor Jurga Šeduikyte – art rock musician won the Best Female Act and the Best Album of in the Lithuanian Bravo Awards and the Best Baltic Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards Jonas Švedas – composer Michael Tchaban composer singer and songwriter Violeta Urmanaviciute Urmana opera singer soprano mezzosoprano appearing internationally Painters and graphic artists edit See also List of Lithuanian artists Robertas Antinis – sculptor Vytautas Ciplijauskas lt Vytautas Ciplijauskas painter Jonas Ceponis – lt Jonas Ceponis painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis – painter and composer Asteroid Ciurlionis is named for him Kostas Dereškevicius lt Kostas Dereškevicius painter Vladimiras Dubeneckis painter architect Stasys Eidrigevicius graphic artist Pranas Gailius lt Pranas Gailius painter Paulius Galaune Petronele Gerlikiene – self taught Lithuanian American artist Algirdas Griškevicius lt Algirdas Griškevicius Vincas Grybas – sculptor Leonardas Gutauskas lt Leonardas Gutauskas painter writer Vytautas Kairiukštis – lt Vytautas Kairiukštis painter art critic Vytautas Kasiulis – lt Vytautas Kasiulis painter graphic artist stage designer Petras Kalpokas painter Rimtas Kalpokas – lt Rimtas Kalpokas painter graphic artist Leonas Katinas – lt Leonas Katinas painter Povilas Kaupas – lt Povilas Kaupas Algimantas Kezys Lithuanian American photographer Vincas Kisarauskas – lt Vincas Kisarauskas painter graphic artist stage designer Saulute Stanislava Kisarauskiene – lt Saulute Stanislava Kisarauskiene graphic artist painter Stasys Krasauskas – lt Stasys Krasauskas graphic artist Stanislovas Kuzma – lt Stanislovas Kuzma sculptor Antanas Martinaitis – lt Antanas Martinaitis painter Jonas Rimša – lt Jonas Rimša painter Jan Rustem painter Antanas Samuolis – lt Antanas Samuolis painter Šarunas Sauka painter Boris Schatz – sculptor and founder of the Bezalel Academy Irena Sibley née Pauliukonis – Children s book author and illustrator Algis Skackauskas – painter Antanas Žmuidzinavicius – painter Franciszek Smuglewicz – painter Yehezkel Streichman Israeli painter Kazys Šimonis – painter Algimantas Švegžda – lt Algimantas Švegžda painter Otis Tamašauskas Lithographer Print Maker Graphic Artist Adolfas Valeška – painter and graphic artist Adomas Varnas – painter Kazys Varnelis – artist Vladas Vildžiunas lt Vladas Vildžiunas sculptor Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis lt Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis graphic artist Viktoras Vizgirda – painter William Zorach – Modern artist who died in Bath Maine Antanas Žmuidzinavicius – painter Kazimieras Leonardas Žoromskis – painter Politics edit President Valdas Adamkus right chatting with Vice President Dick Cheney left See also List of Lithuanian rulers Mindaugas – the first and only King of Lithuania – Gediminas – the ruler of Lithuania – Algirdas – the ruler together with Kestutis of Lithuania – Kestutis – the ruler together with Algirdas of Lithuania – Vytautas – the ruler of Lithuania – together with Jogaila Jogaila – the ruler of Lithuania – from to together with Vytautas the king of Poland – Jonušas Radvila – the field hetman of Grand Duchy of Lithuania – Dalia Grybauskaite – current President of Lithuania since Valdas Adamkus – President of Lithuania till Jonas Basanavicius – "father" of the Act of Independence of Algirdas Brazauskas – the former First secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Lithuanian SSR the former president of Lithuania after and former Prime Minister of Lithuania Joe Fine – mayor of Marquette Michigan – Kazys Grinius – politician third President of Lithuania Mykolas Krupavicius – priest behind the land reform in interwar Lithuania Vytautas Landsbergis – politician professor leader of Sajudis the independence movement former speaker of Seimas member of European Parliament Stasys Lozoraitis – diplomat and leader of Lithuanian government in exile – Stasys Lozoraitis junior – politician diplomat succeeded his father as leader of Lithuanian government in exile – Antanas Merkys – the last Prime Minister of interwar Lithuania Rolandas Paksas – former President removed from the office after impeachment Justas Paleckis – journalist and politician puppet Prime Minister after Soviet occupation Kazimiera Prunskiene – the first female Prime Minister Mykolas Sleževicius – three times Prime Minister organized

producers for Argo as well as a BAFTA and a Golden Globe For his role in The Descendants he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award BAFTA Award Satellite Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Lead Actor and Best Cast On January Clooney was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award Selected filmography Main article George Clooney filmography Weehawken is a township in Hudson County New Jersey United States As of the United States Census the township's population was reflecting a decline of from the counted in the Census which had in turn increased by from the counted in the Census Contents hide Name History Geography Demographics Census Census Economy Sports Points of interest Hamilton Memorial Government Local government Federal state and county representation Politics Public safety Education Transportation Roads and highways Public transportation Media and culture Notable people See also References External links Name edit The name Weehawken is generally considered to have evolved from the Algonquian language Lenape spoken by the Hackensack and Tappan It has variously been interpreted as "maize land" "place of gulls" "rocks that look like trees" which would refer to the Palisades atop which most of the town sits or "at the end" among other suggested translations Three U S Navy ships have been named for the city The USS Weehawken launched on November was a Passaic class monitor or ironclad ship which sailed for the Union Navy during the American Civil War encountered battles at the Charleston South Carolina coast and sank in a moderate gale on December The Weehawken was the last ferry to The West Shore Terminal on March at am ending years of continuous ferry service Weehawken Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was the site of a colonial Hudson River ferry landing citation needed The name and the place have inspired mention in literature such as in The Lorax by Dr Seuss in Carl Sandburg's Pulitzer Prize–winning book of poetry Cornhuskers in the song "Dig You Later A Hubba Hubba Hubba " made popular by Perry Como Well now you're really talkin' you're no square You can't be from Weehawken hmm hmm Delaware and in the American painter Edward Hopper's East Wind Over Weehawken History edit Weehawken was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March from portions of Hoboken and North Bergen A portion of the township was ceded to Hoboken in Additional territory was annexed in from West Hoboken The township's written history began in when Henry Hudson on his third voyage to the New World sailed down what was later named The North River on the Half Moon and weighed anchor in Weehawken Cove At the time it was the territory of the Hackensack and Tappan of the Turtle Clan or Unami a branch of the Lenni Lenape They were displaced by immigrants to the province of New Netherland who had begun to settle the west bank of the Hudson at Pavonia in On May Maryn Adriansen received a patent for a plantation of acres at Awiehaken In Director General of New Netherland Peter Stuyvesant negotiated a deal with the Lenape to purchase all the land from "the great rock above Wiehacken" west to Sikakes Secaucus and south to Konstapels Hoeck Constable Hook In Weehawken become part of Bergen when it and most of northeastern New Jersey came under the jurisdiction of the court at Bergen Square Alexander Hamilton fights his fatal duel with Aaron Burr In New Netherland was ceded to the British and the town became part of the Province of East Jersey John Luby in acquired several parcels comprising acres m along the Hudson Most habitation was along the top of the cliffs since the low lying areas were mostly marshland Descriptions from the period speak of the dense foliage and forests and excellent land for growing vegetables and orchard fruits As early as there was regular if sporadic ferry service from Weehawken In King George II made the first official grant for ferry service the ferry house north of Hoboken primarily used for farm produce and likely was sold at the Greenwich Village landing that became Weehawken Street Map showing Dea's Point the original Hamilton Monument and Highwood the estate of James Gore King During the American Revolutionary War Weehawken was used as a lookout for the patriots to check on the British who were situated in New York and controlled the surrounding waterways In fact in July Lord Stirling asked Aaron Burr in a letter written on behalf of General George Washington to employ several persons to "go to Bergen Heights Weehawk Hoebuck or any other heights thereabout to observe the motions of the enemy's shipping" and to gather any other possible intelligence Early documented inhabitants included a Captain James Deas whose stately residence at Deas' Point was located atop a knoll along the river Lafayette had used the mansion as his headquarters and later Washington Irving came to gaze at Manhattan Not far from Deas' was a ledge paces wide and paces long situated feet m above the Hudson on the Palisades This ledge long gone was the site of documented duels and probably many unrecorded ones in the years – The most famous is the duel between General Alexander Hamilton first Secretary of the Treasury and Colonel Aaron Burr sitting third Vice President of the United States which took place on July It was re enacted on July the th anniversary of the fatal duel by descendants of Hamilton and Burr In the mid th century James G King built his estate Highwood on the bluff that now bears his name and entertained many political and artistic figures of the era including Daniel Webster Ferries departing the West Shore Railroad's Weehawken Terminal pre With the ferry the Hackensack Plank Road a toll road that was a main artery from Weehawken to Hackensack and later the West Shore Railroad built during the early s the waterfront became a transportation hub The wealthy built homes along the top of the New Jersey Palisades where they might flee from the sweltering heat of New York and breathe the fresh air of the heights Weehawken became the playground of the rich during the middle to late th century A series of wagon lifts stairs and even an elevator designed by the same engineer as those at the Eiffel Tower which at the time was the world's largest were put in place to accommodate the tourists and summer dwellers The Eldorado Amusement Park a pleasure garden drew massive crowds Geography edit Weehawken is part of the New York metropolitan area Situated on the western shore of the Hudson River along the southern end of the New Jersey Palisades across from Midtown Manhattan it is the location of the western terminus of the Lincoln Tunnel Weehawken is one of the towns that comprise North Hudson sometimes called NoHu in the artistic community According to the United States Census Bureau the township had a total area of square miles km including square miles km of land and square miles km of water As the emergent Palisades define Weehawken's natural topography so too the Lincoln Tunnel which cuts the town in half looms as an inescapable man made feature Geographically Weehawken has distinct neighborhoods Downtown The Heights Uptown which includes Kingswood Bluff known as "The bluffs" and The Waterfront which since the s has been developed for transportation commercial recreational and residential uses Though some are long abandoned e g Grauert Causeway there are still several outdoor public staircases e g Shippen Steps throughout the town and more than "dead end" streets At its southeastern corner is Weehawken Cove which along with the rail tracks farther inland defines Weehawken's border with Hoboken Its northern boundary is shared with West New York Traversing Weehawken is Boulevard East a scenic thoroughfare offering a sweeping vista of the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline Local zoning laws prohibit the construction of high rise buildings that would obstruct sight lines from higher points in town In a decision that blocked the development of a pair of waterfront towers that would have stood feet m a judge cited the panoramic vistas from Weehawken as "a world class amenity that encourages people to live work and locate businesses in the area" The turn of the th century saw the end of the large estates casinos hotels and theaters as tourism gave way to subdivisions such as Highwood Park and Clifton Park and the construction of many of the private homes still seen in town This coincided with the influx of the Germans Austrians and Swiss who built them and the breweries and embroidery factories in nearby Union City and West New York While remaining essentially residential Weehawken continued to grow as Hudson County became more industrial and more populated Shortly after the First World War a significant contingent of Syrian immigrants from Homs a major textile center in its own right moved into Weehawken to take advantage of the burgeoning textile industry citation needed Demographics edit Historical population Census Pop ± — - - - - - - Est Population sources Census edit At the United States Census there were people households and families residing in the township The population density was per square mile km There were housing units at an average density of per square mile km The racial makeup of the township was White Black or African American Native American Asian Pacific Islander from other races and from two or more races Hispanics or Latinos of any race were of the population There were households of which had children under the age of living with them were married couples living together had a female householder with no husband present and were non families of all households were made up of individuals and had someone living alone who was years of age or older The average household size was and the average family size was In the township of the population were under the age of from to from to from to and who were years of age or older The median age was years For every females there were males For every females age and over there were males The Census Bureau's American Community Survey showed that in inflation adjusted dollars median household income was with a margin of error of and the median family income was Males had a median income of versus for females The per capita income for the township was About of families and of the population were below the poverty line including of those under age and of those age or over Census edit As of the United States Census there were people households and families residing in the township The population density was people per square mile km² There were housing units at an average density of per square mile km² The racial makeup of the township was White African American Native American Asian Pacific Islander from other races and from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were of the population There were households out of which had children under the age of living with them were married couples living together had a female householder with no husband present and were non families of all households were made up of individuals and had someone living alone who was years of age or older The average household size was and the average family size was In the township the population was spread out with under the age of from to from to from to and who were years of age or older The median age was years For every females there were males For every females age and over there were males The median income for a household in the township was and the median income for a family was Males had a median income of versus for females The per capita income for the township was About of families and of the population were below the poverty line including of those under age and of those age or over Weehawken with a population density about equal to that of Jersey City is among the most densely populated municipalities in the United States Economy edit Weehawken has a retail district along Park Avenue its boundary with Union City and large office and apartment townhouse developments along the Hudson River Weehawken is a mostly residential community but has a business district at Lincoln Harbor between the Lincoln Tunnel and Weehawken Cove UBS Swatch Group USA Hartz Mountain Telx colocation center are among the corporations which maintain offices in the neighborhood which also hosts a Sheraton Hotel Sports edit Formula One announced plans in to host a street race on a circuit stretching miles km in Weehawken and West New York called Grand Prix of America that was planned to have its first event in June The three day event was anticipated to attract people and bring in approximately million in economic activity Points of interest edit Though the panoramic view from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to George Washington Bridge may be its most famous attraction Weehawken is also home to other sites of historic aesthetic and engineering importance The city's main commercial thoroughfare is Park Avenue which is populated mostly by locally owned stores eateries and bars Hamilton Park on Boulevard East is located at the site of the former Eldorado Amusement Resort King's Bluff a historic district at "the end of the Palisades" includes many homes in an eclectic array of architectural styles citation needed The Weehawken Water Tower on Park Avenue was built in as part of the Hackensack Water Company Complex and inspired by Palazzo Vecchio in Florence Italy The Tower is cited on the Federal Maritime Chart as the "Red Tower" and serves as a warning to ships traveling south along the Hudson that they are approaching New York Bay The former North Hudson Hospital is located on Park Avenue Hackensack Plank Road an early colonial thoroughfare climbs from Downtown to The Heights and further north citation needed The "Horseshoe" on Shippen Street is a cobbled double hairpin street leading to Hackensack Plank Road and Shippen Street Steps at the bottom of which is located Weehawken's original town hall and is the site of a planned historical museum citation needed Hackensack Number Two a reservoir previously part of Hudson County's water system along with # demolished in the Gregory Highpoint Historic District is named for the river from which water was pumped into them The Lincoln Tunnel Approach and Helix is the eight lane circular viaduct that leads into the Art Deco style Lincoln Tunnel Toll Plaza Nearby are the Ventilation Towers at Lincoln Harbor citation needed The Weehawken Public Library which built between and as the home the son of William Peter Sr wealthy brewer beer baron of the William Peter Brewing Company is located at Hauxhurst Avenue It opened as a library in and underwent renovations from to The Atrium which is home to Hudson River Performing Arts Center sponsored events NY Waterway's Weehawken Port Imperial Ferry Terminal a state of the art facility opened in is located at the site of the United Fruit Company which was the largest banana import facility in the nation from the time of its opening in The West Shore Railroad Tunnel carved through the cliffs is now used for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail Memorial on the Hudson River Walk at Ferry Boulevard near the end of Pershing Road It consists of two trident shaped beams that served as supports for the twin towers of the World Trade Center View from Hamilton Park Water Tower Public Library Memorial Hamilton Memorial edit bust of Alexander Hamilton Historical marker of the Burr Hamilton duel in Weehawken Weehawken dueling grounds historical marker The Alexander Hamilton Memorial in Hamilton Park was the first memorial to the Burr Hamilton duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr It was constructed in by the Saint Andrew Society of which Hamilton had been a member A foot m marble cenotaph consisting of an obelisk topped by a flaming urn and a plaque with a quote from Horace surrounded by an iron fence was constructed approximately where Hamilton was believed to have fallen Duels continued to be fought at the site and the marble was slowly vandalized and removed for souvenirs leaving nothing remaining by The tablet itself did survive turning up in a junk store and finding its way to the New York Historical Society in Manhattan where it still resides From to the site was marked by two stones with the names Hamilton and Burr placed where they were thought to have stood during the duel When a road from Hoboken to Fort Lee was built through the site in an inscription on a boulder where a mortally wounded Hamilton was thought to have rested—one of the many pieces of graffiti left by visitors—was all that remained No primary accounts of the duel confirm the boulder anecdote In railroad tracks were built directly through the site and the boulder was hauled to the top of the Palisades where it remains today located just off the Boulevard East In an iron fence was built around the boulder supplemented by a bust of Hamilton and a plaque The bust was thrown over the cliff on October by vandals and the head was never recovered a new bust was unveiled on July The plaque was stolen by vandals in the s and an abbreviated version of the text was inscribed on the indentation left in the boulder which remained until the s when a granite pedestal was added in front of the boulder and the bust was moved to the top of the pedestal New markers were added on July the th anniversary of the duel Government edit Weehawken Town Hall Local government edit Weehawken operates within the Faulkner Act formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law under the Council Manager form of municipal government The governing body consists of a five member council elected to serve four year terms of office on a concurrent basis in non partisan elections held in May Two council members are elected from the township at large and the remainder are chosen from each of three wards The council selects a mayor from among its members in a reorganization meeting held in the first week of July after the election As of the mayor of Weehawken is Richard F Turner at large who has served as mayor for years and first became mayor in after Stanley Iacono didn't run for re election Other members of the Township Council are Carmela Silvestri Ehret st Ward Rosemary J Lavagnino nd Ward Robert J Sosa rd Ward and Robert E Zucconi at large all serving terms of office expiring on June James V Marchetti is the Township Manager Federal state and county representation edit Weehawken is located in the th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's rd state legislative district Prior to the Census Weehawken had been part of the th Congressional District a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January based on the results of the November general elections New Jersey's Eighth Congressional District is represented by Albio Sires D West New York New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker D Newark term ends and Bob Menendez D Paramus For the – legislative session Senate General Assembly the rd Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Brian P Stack D Union City and in the General Assembly by Carmelo Garcia D Hoboken and Raj Mukherji D Jersey City The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie R Mendham Township The Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno R Monmouth Beach The Hudson County Executive elected at large is Thomas A DeGise Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders District comprises Weehawken West New York and Guttenberg and is represented by Caridad Rodriguez Politics edit As of March there were a total of registered voters in Weehawken of which were registered as Democrats were registered as Republicans and were registered as Unaffiliated There were voters registered to other parties In the presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received of the vote cast ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with votes and other candidates with votes among the ballots cast by the township's registered voters ballots were spoiled for a turnout of In the presidential election Democrat Barack Obama received of the vote cast ahead of Republican John McCain with votes and other candidates with votes among the ballots cast by the township's registered voters for a turnout of In the presidential election Democrat John Kerry received of the vote ballots cast outpolling Republican George W Bush with votes and other candidates with votes among the ballots cast by the township's registered voters for a turnout percentage of In the gubernatorial election Democrat Barbara Buono received of the vote cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with votes and other candidates with votes among the ballots cast by the township's registered voters ballots were spoiled for a turnout of In the gubernatorial election Democrat Jon Corzine received of the vote ballots cast ahead of Republican Chris Christie with votes Independent Chris Daggett with votes and other candidates with votes among the ballots cast by the township's registered voters 3 Music 4 Radio 5 Motion Picture Film Processing 6 Logo and fanfare 7 Highest-grossing films 8 Production deals 9 Films 10 See also 11 References 12 Additional sources 13 External links History[edit] Creation[edit] See also: Fox Film and Twentieth Century Pictures This section does not cite any references (sources). Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2014) Carmen Miranda in The Gang's All Here. In 1946, she was the highest-paid actress in the United States.[3] Alice Faye, Don Ameche, and Carmen Miranda in That Night in Rio, produced by Fox in 1941. From the 1952 film Viva Zapata! Twentieth Century Pictures' Joseph Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck left United Artists over a stock dispute, and began merger talks with the management of financially struggling Fox Film, under president Sidney Kent. Spyros Skouras, then manager of the Fox West Coast Theaters, helped make it happen (and later became president of the new company). Aside from the theater chain and a first-rate studio lot, Zanuck and Schenck felt there was not much else to Fox, which had been reeling since founder William Fox lost control of the company in 1930. The studio's biggest star, Will Rogers, died in a plane crash weeks after the merger. Its leading female star, Janet Gaynor, was fading in popularity and promising leading men James Dunn and Spencer Tracy had been dropped because of heavy drinking. At first, it was expected that the new company was originally to be called "Fox-20th Century", even though 20th Century was the senior partner in the merger. However, 20th Century brought more to the bargaining table besides Schenck and Zanuck; it was more profitable than Fox and had considerably more talent. The new company, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, began trading on May 31, 1935; the hyphen was dropped in 1985. Schenck became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, while Kent remained as President. Zanuck became Vice President in Charge of Production, replacing Fox's longtime production chief Winfield Sheehan. For many years, 20th Century Fox claimed to have been founded in 1915, the year Fox Film was founded. For instance, it marked 1945 as its 30th anniversary. However, in recent years it has claimed the 1935 merger as its founding, even though most film historians agree it was founded in 1915.[4] The company's films retained the 20th Century Pictures searchlight logo on their opening credits as well as its opening fanfare, but with the name changed to 20th Century-Fox. After the merger was completed, Zanuck quickly signed young actors who would carry Twentieth Century-Fox for years:[citation needed] Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Sonja Henie, and Betty 1.12 Football (Association; Soccer) 1.13 Football (Australian Rules) 1.14 Golf 1.15 Gymnastics 1.16 Ice hockey 1.17 Judo 1.18 Kickboxing 1.19 Mixed martial arts 1.20 Motorsport 1.21 Rowing 1.22 Rugby league 1.23 Rugby union 1.24 Sailing 1.25 Shooting 1.26 Skiing 1.27 Speed skating 1.28 Swimming 1.29 Table tennis 1.30 Tennis 1.31 Track and field 1.32 Triathlon 1.33 Volleyball 1.34 Water polo 1.35 Weightlifting 1.36 Wrestling 1.37 Professional wrestling 2 Commissioners, managers/coaches and owners 3 Officials and referees 4 Jewish sports halls of fame 5 See also 6 References 6.1 Notes 6.2 Bibliography 6.2.1 General works 6.2.2 Baseball 6.2.3 Boxing 6.2.4 Chess 6.2.5 Olympics Athletes[edit] Baseball[edit] Ryan Braun, outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers) Ike Davis, first baseman (Oakland Athletics) Ian Kinsler, second baseman (Detroit Tigers) Ryan Lavarnway, catcher (Atlanta Braves) Jason Marquis, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds) Joc Pederson, outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers) Kevin Youkilis, first and third baseman Cal Abrams, US, outfielder[2] Rubén Amaro, Jr., US, outfielder, general manager (Philadelphia Phillies)[2] Morrie Arnovich, US, outfielder, All-Star[2] Brad Ausmus, US, catcher, All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, manager of the Detroit Tigers[2] José Bautista, Dominican-born, pitcher[2] Robert "Bo" Belinsky, U.S., pitcher. Pitched no-hit game as rookie with Los Angeles Angels in 1962.[3] Moe Berg, US, catcher & shortstop, and spy for US in World War II[2] Ron Blomberg, US, DH/first baseman/outfielder, Major League Baseball's first designated hitter[4] Lou Boudreau, US, shortstop, 8x All-Star, batting title, MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame, manager[2] Ralph Branca, US, pitcher, 3x All-Star[5] Ryan Braun, US, outfielder, 2007 Rookie of the Year, home run champion, 5x All-Star, 5x Silver Slugger, 2011 National League MVP (Milwaukee Brewers)[6] Craig Breslow, US, relief pitcher (Boston Red Sox)[2] Mark Clear, US, relief pitcher, 2x All-Star[7] Andy Cohen, US, second baseman, coach Harry Danning, US, catcher, 4x All-Star[2][8] Ike Davis, US, first baseman (Oakland Athletics)[9] Moe Drabowsky, US, pitcher[10] Harry Eisenstat, US, pitcher[11] Mike Epstein, US, first baseman[2] Harry Feldman, US, pitcher[2] Scott Feldman, US, pitcher (Houston Astros)[2] Gavin Fingleson, South African-born Australian, Olympic silver medalist[12] Nate Freiman, US, first baseman (Oakland Athletics)[13][14] Sam Fuld, US, outfielder (Oakland Athletics)[15] Sid Gordon, US, outfielder & third baseman, 2x All-Star[2] John Grabow, US, relief pitcher[2] Shawn Green, US, right fielder, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger[2] Hank Greenberg, US, first baseman & outfielder, 5x All-Star, 4x home run champion, 4x RBI leader, 2x MVP, Baseball Hall of Fame[2] Ken Holtzman, US, starting pitcher, 2x All-Star[2] Joe Horlen, US, pitcher, All-Star, ERA leader[2] Gabe Kapler, US, outfielder[2] Ian Kinsler, US, second baseman, 3x All-Star (Detroit Tigers)[16] Sandy Koufax, US, starting pitcher, 6x All-Star, 5x ERA leader, 4x strikeouts leader, 3x Wins leader, 2x W-L% leader, 1 perfect game, MVP, 3x Cy Young Award, Baseball Hall of Fame[2] Barry Latman, US, pitcher[11] Ryan Lavarnway, US, catcher (Atlanta Braves)[17] Al Levine, US, relief pitcher[2] Mike Lieberthal, US, catcher, 2x All-Star, Gold Glove[2] Elliott Maddox, US, outfielder & third baseman[2] Jason Marquis, US, starting pitcher, Silver Slugger, All Star (Cincinnati Reds)[2] Erskine Mayer, US, pitcher[2] Bob Melvin, US, catcher & manager of the Oakland Athletics[18] Jon Moscot, US, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)[19] Jeff Newman, US, catcher & first baseman, All-Star, manager[2] Joc Pederson, US, outfielder (Los Angeles Dodgers)[20] Barney Pelty, US, pitcher[2] Lipman Pike, US, outfielder, second baseman, & manager, 4x home run champion, RBI leader[2] Kevin Pillar, US, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays) Aaron Poreda, US, pitcher (Yomiuri Giants)[2] Scott Radinsky, US, relief pitcher[2] Dave Roberts, US, pitcher[2] Saul Rogovin, US, pitcher[2] Al "Flip" Rosen, US, third baseman & first baseman, 4x All-Star, 2x home run champion, 2x RBI leader, MVP[2] Goody Rosen, Canada, outfielder, All-Star[2] Josh Satin, US, second baseman (Cincinnati Reds)[21] Richie Scheinblum, US, outfielder, All-Star[2] Scott Schoeneweis, US, pitcher[2] Michael Schwimer, US, relief pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)[22] Art Shamsky, US, outfielder & first baseman[2] Larry Sherry, US, relief pitcher[2] Norm Sherry, US, catcher & manager[2] Moe "the Rabbi of Swat" Solomon, US, outfielder[2] George Stone, US, outfielder, 1x batting title[23] Steve Stone, US, starting pitcher, All-Star, Cy Young Award[2] Danny Valencia, US, third baseman (Oakland Athletics)[24] Phil "Mickey" Weintraub, US, first baseman & outfielder Josh Whitesell, US, first baseman (Saraperos de Saltillo)[25] Steve Yeager, US, catcher[2] Kevin Youkilis, US, first baseman, third baseman, & left fielder, 3x All-Star, Gold Glove, Hank Aaron Award[2] Josh Zeid, US, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers Basketball[edit] Omri Casspi Jordan Farmar Gal Mekel Jon Scheyer Sam Balter, US, 5' 10" guard, Olympic champion[8][26] Sue Bird, US & Israel, WNBA 5' 9" point guard, 2x Olympic champion, 4x All-Star (Seattle Storm)[27] David Blatt, US & Israel, Israeli Premier League 6' 3.5" point guard, coached Russia National Basketball Team, Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv to Euroleague Championship, Euroleague Coach of the Year, 4x Israeli Coach of the Year, Head Coach of Cleveland Cavaliers[28][29] David Blu (formerly "Bluthenthal"), US & Israel, Euroleague 6' 7" forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[30] Harry Boykoff, US, NBA 6' 10" center[31] Tal Brody, US & Israel, Euroleague 6' 2" shooting guard[8] Larry Brown, US, ABA 5' 9" point guard, 3x All-Star, 3x assists leader, NCAA National Championship coach (1988), NBA coach, Olympic champion, Hall of Fame[8][26] Omri Casspi, Israel, 6' 9" small forward, drafted in 1st round of 2009 NBA Draft (Sacramento Kings)[32] Shay Doron, Israel & US, WNBA 5' 9" guard (New York Liberty)[33] Lior Eliyahu, Israel, 6' 9" power forward, NBA draft 2006 (Orlando Magic; traded to Houston Rockets), playing in the Euroleague (Hapoel Jerusalem)[34] Jordan Farmar, US, NBA 6' 2" point guard (Los Angeles Clippers)[35] Marty Friedman, US, 5' 7" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[8] Ernie Grunfeld, Romania-born US, NBA 6' 6" guard/forward & GM, Olympic champion[36] Yotam Halperin, Israel, 6' 5" guard, drafted in 2006 NBA draft by Seattle SuperSonics (Hapoel Jerusalem)[34] Sonny Hertzberg, US, NBA 5' 9" point guard, original NY Knickerbocker[37] Art Heyman, US, NBA 6' 5" forward/guard[37] Nat Holman, US, ABL 5' 11" guard & coach, Hall of Fame[8] Red Holzman, US, BAA & NBA 5' 10" guard, 2x All-Star, & NBA coach, NBA Coach of the Year, Hall of Fame[8] Eban Hyams, India-Israel-Australia, 6' 5" guard formerly of the Australian National Basketball League, Israeli Super League, first ever Indian national to play in ULEB competitions[38] Barry Kramer, first team All-American at NYU in 1963 Joel Kramer, US Phoenix Suns 6'7" forward Sylven Landesberg, US, 6' 6" former UVA shooting guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[39] Rudy LaRusso, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 5x All-Star[40] Nancy Lieberman, US, WNBA player, general manager, & coach, Olympic silver, Hall of Fame[26][41] Gal Mekel, Israel, NBA 6' 3" point guard (Dallas Mavericks)[42] Bernard Opper, US, NBL and ABL 5' 10" guard, All-American at University of Kentucky Donna Orender (née Geils), US, Women's Pro Basketball League 5' 7" point guard, All-Star, current WNBA president[37] Lennie Rosenbluth, US, NBA 6' 4" forward[36] Danny Schayes, US, NBA 6' 11" center/forward (son of Dolph Schayes)[37] Dolph Schayes, US, NBA 6' 7" forward/center, 3x FT% leader, 1x rebound leader, 12x All-Star, Hall of Fame, & coach (father of Danny Schayes)[8] Ossie Schectman, US, NBA 6' 0" guard, scorer of first NBA basket[36] Doron Sheffer, US (college), Maccabi Tel Aviv,Hapoel Jerusalem Jon Scheyer, US, All-American Duke University 6' 5" shooting guard & point guard (Maccabi Tel Aviv)[43] Barney Sedran, US, Hudson River League & New York State League 5' 4" guard, Hall of Fame[8] Sidney Tannenbaum, US, BAA 6' 0" guard, 2x All-American, left as NYU all-time scorer[8] Alex Tyus, US & Israel, 6' 8" power forward/center (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Neal Walk, US, NBA 6' 10" center[37] Max Zaslofsky, US, NBA 6' 2" guard/forward, 1x FT% leader, 1x points leader, All-Star, ABA coach[8] Bowling[edit] Barry Asher, 10 PBA titles, PBA Hall of Fame[7] Marshall Holman, 22 PBA titles (11th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame[44] Mark Roth, 34 PBA titles (5th all-time); PBA Hall of Fame[45] Boxing[edit] Yuri Foreman Zab Judah Dmitry Salita Barney Aaron (Young), English-born US lightweight, Hall of Fame[46] Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"), US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[8] Monte Attell ("The Knob Hill Terror"), US, bantamweight[47] Max Baer ("Madcap Maxie"), US, world champion heavyweight. Wore a Star of David on his trunks; inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame/[48] Benny Bass ("Little Fish"), US, world champion featherweight & world champion junior lightweight, Hall of Fame[8] Fabrice Benichou, France, world champion super bantamweight[34] Jack Kid Berg (Judah Bergman), England, world champion junior welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[8] Maxie Berger, Canada, wore a Star of David on his trunks[49] Samuel Berger, US, Olympic champion heavyweight[8] Jack Bernstein (also "John Dodick", "Kid Murphy", and "Young Murphy"), US, world champion junior lightweight[8] Nathan "Nat" Bor, US, Olympic bronze lightweight[26] Mushy Callahan (Vincente Sheer), US, world champion light welterweight[47] Joe Choynski ("Chrysanthemum Joe"), US, heavyweight, Hall of Fame[8][50] Robert Cohen, French & Algerian, world champion bantamweight[8] Al "Bummy" Davis (Abraham Davidoff), US, welterweight & lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[47] Louis "Red" Deutsch, US, heavyweight, later famous as the proprietor of the Tube Bar in Jersey City, NJ and inspiration for Moe Szyslak on "The Simpsons" Carolina Duer ("The Turk"), Argentine, WBO world champion super flyweight and bantamweight[51] John "Jackie" Fields (Jacob Finkelstein), US, world champion welterweight & Olympic champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[8] Hagar Finer, Israel, WIBF champion bantamweight[52] Yuri Foreman, Belarusian-born Israeli US middleweight and World Boxing Association champion super welterweight[53] György Gedó, Hungary, Olympic champion light flyweight[41] Abe Goldstein, US, world champion bantamweight[54] Ruby Goldstein ("Ruby the Jewel of the Ghetto"), US, welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[8] Roman Greenberg ("The Lion from Zion"), Israel, International Boxing Organization's Intercontinental champion heavyweight[53] Stéphane Haccoun, France, featherweight, super featherweight, and junior lightweight[55][56] Alphonse Halimi ("La Petite Terreur"), France, world champion bantamweight[8] Harry Harris ("The Human Hairpin"), US, world champion bantamweight[8] Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) champion welterweight[57] Ben Jeby (Morris Jebaltowsky), US, world champion middleweight[47] Yoel Judah, US, 3x world champion kickboxer and boxer & trainer[58] Zab Judah ("Super"), US, world champion junior welterweight & world champion welterweight (Converted to Christianity)[58][59][60][61] Louis Kaplan ("Kid Kaplan"), Russian-born US, world champion featherweight, Hall of Fame[8][50] Solly Krieger ("Danny Auerbach"), US, world champion middleweight[8] Julie Kogon US, 1947 New England Lightweight Champion. Inducted into the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame. Benny Leonard (Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"), US, world champion lightweight, Hall of Fame[8] Battling Levinsky (Barney Lebrowitz), US, world champion light heavyweight, Hall of Fame[8] King Levinsky (Harry Kraków), US, heavweight, also known as Kingfish Levinsky[8] Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman), US, world champion welterweight[47] Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff), England, world champion welterweight, Hall of Fame[8] Sammy Luftspring, Canada, Canadian champion welterweight, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame[47] Saoul Mamby, US, world champion junior welterweight[47] Al McCoy (Alexander Rudolph), US, world champion middleweight[8] Daniel Mendoza, England, world champion heavyweight, Hall of Fame[8] Jacob Michaelsen, Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight[26] Samuel Mosberg, US, Olympic champion lightweight[8] Bob Olin, US, world champion light heavyweight[62] Victor Perez ("Young"), Tunisian, world champion flyweight[8] Harold Reitman ("The Boxing Doctor"), professional heavyweight that fought while working as surgeon, Golden Gloves champion.[63] Charlie Phil Rosenberg ("Charles Green"), US, world champion bantamweight[8] Dana Rosenblatt ("Dangerous"), US, world champion middleweight[64] Maxie Rosenbloom ("Slapsie"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[8] Barney Ross (Dov-Ber Rasofsky), US, world champion lightweight & junior welterweight, Hall of Fame[8] Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano; "The Jewish Bomber"), US, world champion light heavyweight, wore Star of David on trunks[64] Shamil Sabirov, Russia, Olympic champion light flyweight[26] Dmitry Salita ("Star of David"), US, North American Boxing Association champion light welterweight[65] Isadore "Corporal Izzy" Schwartz ("The Ghetto Midget"), US, world champion flyweight[8] Al Singer ("The Bronx Beauty"), US, world champion lightweight[47] "Lefty" Lew Tendler, US, bantamweight, lightweight, and welterweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks, Hall of Fame[8] Sid Terris ("Ghost of the Ghetto"), US, lightweight, wore a Star of David on his trunks[54] Matt Wels, England, champion of Great Britain lightweight and world champion welterweight Canoeing[edit] Jessica Fox Shaun Rubenstein László Fábián, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic champion (K-2 10,000 meter), 4x world champion (3x K-2 10,000 meter and 1x K-4 10,000 meter) and one silver (K-4 10,000 meter)[26] Imre Farkas, Hungary, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000 and 10,000 meter)[66] Jessica Fox, French-born Australian, slalom canoer, Olympic silver (K-1 slalom), world championships bronze (C-1)[67] Myriam Fox-Jerusalmi, France, slalom canoer, Olympic bronze (K-1 slalom), 5 golds at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships (2x K-1, 3x K-1 team)[41] Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (K-2 500 m), world champion (K-2 500 m)[26] Leonid Geishtor, USSR (Belarus), sprint canoer, Olympic champion (Canadian pairs 1,000-meter)[41] Joe Jacobi, US, slalom canoer, Olympic champion (Canadian slalom pairs)[41] Michael Kolganov, Soviet (Uzbek)-born Israeli, sprint canoer, world champion, Olympic bronze (K-1 500-meter)[41] Anna Pfeffer, Hungary, sprint canoer, Olympic 2x silver (K-2 500 m), bronze (K-1 500 m); world champion (K-2 500 m), silver (K-4 500 m), 2x bronze (K-2 500)[26] Naum Prokupets, Moldovan-born Soviet, sprint canoer, Olympic bronze (C-2 1,000-meter), gold (C-2 10,000-meter) at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships[41] Leon Rotman, Romanian, sprint canoer, 2x Olympic champion (C-1 10,000 meter, C-1 1,000-meter) and bronze (C-1 1,000-meter), 14 national titles[41] Shaun Rubenstein, South Africa, canoer, World Marathon champion 2006[68] Cricket[edit] Michael Klinger Ben Ashkenazi, Australia (Victorian Bushrangers) Ali Bacher, South Africa, batsman and administrator (relative of Adam Bacher)[69] Mike Barnard, England, cricketer[69] Mark Bott, England, cricketer[70] Stevie Eskinazi, South African born, Australian raised, English wicketkeeper Mark Fuzes. Australian all rounder played for Hong Kong. Father Peter Fuzes kept goal for Australian Soccer team (see)[71] Dennis Gamsy, South Africa, Test wicket-keeper[72] Darren Gerard, England, cricketer[73] Norman Gordon, South Africa, fast bowler[69] Steven Herzberg, English-born Australian, cricketer[74] Sid Kiel, South Africa, opening batsman (Western Province)[75] Michael Klinger, Australia, batsman (Western Warriors)[69] Leonard "Jock" Livingston, Australia, cricketer[69] Bev Lyon, England, cricketer[69] Dar Lyon, England, cricketer (brother of Bev)[69] Greg, Jason, and Lara Molins, two brothers and a cousin from the same Irish family[74] Jon Moss, Australia, allrounder (Victorian Bushrangers)[69] John Raphael, England, batsman[69] Marshall Rosen, NSW Australia, cricketer and selector[76] Lawrence Seeff, South Africa, batsmen[77] Maurice Sievers, Australia, lower order batsman and fast-medium bowler[69] Bensiyon Songavkar, India, cricketer, MVP of 2009 Maccabiah Games cricket tournament[78] Fred Susskind, South Africa, Test batsman[69] Fred Trueman, England, English test fast bowler (a lifelong Christian)[69] Julien Wiener, Australia, Test cricketer[69] Mandy Yachad, South Africa, Test cricketer[69] Equestrian[edit] Margie Goldstein-Engle Robert Dover, US, 4x Olympic bronze, 1x world championship bronze (dressage)[79] Margie Goldstein-Engle, US, world championship silver, Pan American Games gold, silver, and bronze (jumping)[80] Edith Master, US, Olympic bronze (dressage)[26] Fencing[edit] Helene Mayer Soren Thompson Henri Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), Olympic champion[26] Paul Anspach, Belgium (épée & foil), 2x Olympic champion[26] Norman Armitage (Norman Cohn), US (sabre), 17x US champion, Olympic bronze[26] Albert "Albie" Axelrod, US (foil); Olympic bronze, 4x US champion[8] Péter Bakonyi, Hungary (saber), Olympic 3x bronze[41] Cliff Bayer, US (foil); youngest US champion[37] Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), Austria (saber), Olympic silver[41] Tamir Bloom, US (épée); 2x US champion[37] Daniel Bukantz, US (foil); 4x US champion[37] Sergey Sharikov, Russia (saber), 2x Olympic champion, silver, bronze[26] Yves Dreyfus, France (épée), Olympic bronze, French champion[26] Ilona Elek, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion[26] Boaz Ellis, Israel (foil), 5x Israeli champion[34] Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, Austria (sabre), Olympic bronze[26] Dr. Dezsö Földes, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion[26] Dr. Jenö Fuchs, Hungary (saber), 4x Olympic champion[81] Támas Gábor, Hungary (épée), Olympic champion[8] János Garay, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion, silver, bronze, killed by the Nazis[8] Dr. Oskar Gerde, Hungary (saber), 2x Olympic champion, killed by the Nazis[26] Dr. Sándor Gombos, Hungary (saber), Olympic champion[62] Vadim Gutzeit, Ukraine (saber), Olympic champion[82] Johan Harmenberg, Sweden (épée), Olympic champion[26] Delila Hatuel, Israel (foil), Olympian, ranked # 9 in world[83] Lydia Hatuel-Zuckerman, Israel (foil), 6x Israeli champion[84][85] Dr. Otto Herschmann, Austria (saber), Olympic silver[26] Emily Jacobson, US (saber), NCAA champion[86] Sada Jacobson, US (saber), ranked # 1 in the world, Olympic silver, 2x bronze[86] Allan Jay, British (épée & foil), Olympic 2x silver, world champion[26] Endre Kabos, Hungary (saber), 3x Olympic champion, bronze[26] Roman Kantor, Poland (épée), Nordic champion & Soviet champion, killed by the Nazis[26] Dan Kellner, US (foil), US champion[86] Byron Krieger, US[87] Grigory Kriss, Soviet (épée), Olympic champion, 2x silver[26] Allan Kwartler, US (saber), 3x Pan American Games champion[10] Alexandre Lippmann, France (épée), 2x Olympic champion, 2x silver, bronze[8] Helene Mayer, Germany & US (foil), Olympic champion[26] Ljubco Georgievski ????? ??????????? 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Dimitar Pop Georgiev Berovski ??????? ??? ???????? ???????? Ilyo Voyvoda ???? ??? ?????????? Pere Tošev ???? ????? Pitu Guli ???? ???? Dimo Hadži Dimov ???? ???? ????? Hristo Uzunov ?????? ?????? Literature edit Gjorgji Abadžiev ????? ??????? Petre M Andreevski ????? ? ?????????? Maja Apostoloska ???? ??????????? Dimitrija Cupovski ????????? ???????? Jordan Hadži Konstantinov Džinot ?????? ???? ???????????? ????? Vasil Iljoski ????? ?????? Slavko Janevski ?????? ???????? Blaže Koneski ????? ??????? Risto Krle ????? ???? Vlado Maleski ????? ??????? Mateja Matevski ?????? ???????? Krste Misirkov ????? ????????? Kole Nedelkovski ???? ??????????? Olivera Nikolova Anton Panov ????? ????? Gjorche Petrov ????? ?????? Vidoe Podgorec ????? ???????? Aleksandar Prokopiev ?????????? ????????? Koco Racin ???? ????? Jovica Tasevski Eternijan ?????? ???????? ????????? Gane Todorovski ???? ?????????? Stevan Ognenovski ?????? ?????????? Music edit Classical music edit Composers edit Atanas Badev ?????? ????? Dimitrije Bužarovski ????????? ?????????? Kiril Makedonski ????? ?????????? Toma Prošev ???? ?????? Todor Skalovski ????? ????????? Stojan Stojkov ?????? ??????? Aleksandar Džambazov ?????????? ???????? Conductors edit Borjan Canev ?????? ????? Instrumentalists edit Pianists Simon Trpceski ????? ???????? Opera singers edit Blagoj Nacoski ?????? ??????? Boris Trajanov ????? ???????? Popular and folk music edit Composers edit Darko Dimitrov ????? ???????? Slave Dimitrov ????? ???????? Jovan Jovanov ????? ??????? Ilija Pejovski ????? ???????? Musicians edit Bodan Arsovski ????? ???????? Goran Trajkoski ????? ????????? Ratko Dautovski ????? ????????? Kiril Džajkovski ????? ????????? Tale Ognenovski ???? ?????????? Vlatko Stefanovski ?????? ??????????? Stevo Teodosievski ????? ???????????? Aleksandra Popovska ?????????? ???????? Singers and Bands edit Lambe Alabakoski ????? ?????????? Anastasia ????????? Arhangel ???????? Kristina Arnaudova ???????? ????????? Kaliopi Bukle ??????? Dani Dimitrovska ???? ??????????? Riste Tevdoski ????? ???????? Karolina Goceva ???????? ?????? Vaska Ilieva ????? ?????? Andrijana Janevska ????????? ???????? Vlado Janevski ????? ???????? Jovan Jovanov ????? ??????? Leb i sol ??? ? ??? Aleksandar Makedonski ?????????? ?????????? Elvir Mekic ????? ????? Mizar ????? Jasmina Mukaetova ??????? ????e???? The Malagasy French Malgache are the ethnic group that forms nearly the entire population of Madagascar They are divided into two subgroups the "Highlander" Merina Sihanaka and Betsileo of the central plateau around Antananarivo Alaotra Ambatondrazaka and Fianarantsoa and the "coastal dwellers" elsewhere in the country This division has its roots in historical patterns of settlement The original Austronesian settlers from Borneo arrived between the third and tenth centuries and established a network of principalities in the Central Highlands region conducive to growing the rice they had carried with them on their outrigger canoes Sometime later a large number of settlers arrived from East Africa and established kingdoms along the relatively unpopulated coastlines The difference in ethnic origins remains somewhat evident between the highland and coastal regions In addition to the ethnic distinction between highland and coastal Malagasy one may speak of a political distinction as well Merina monarchs in the late th and early th century united the Merina principalities and brought the neighboring Betsileo people under their administration first They later extended Merina control over the majority of the coastal areas as well The military resistance and eventual defeat of most of the coastal communities assured their subordinate position vis à vis the Merina Betsileo alliance During the th and th centuries the French colonial administration capitalized on and further exacerbated these political inequities by appropriating existing Merina governmental infrastructure to run their colony This legacy of political inequity dogged the people of Madagascar after gaining independence in candidates ethnic and regional identities have often served to help or hinder their success in democratic elections Within these two broad ethnic and political groupings the Malagasy were historically subdivided into specifically named ethnic groups who were primarily distinguished from one another on the basis of cultural practices These were namely agricultural hunting or fishing practices construction style of dwellings music hair and clothing styles and local customs or taboos the latter known in the Malagasy language as fady citation needed The number of such ethnic groups in Madagascar has been debated The practices that distinguished many of these groups are less prevalent in the st century than they were in the past But many Malagasy are proud to proclaim their association with one or several of these groups as part of their own cultural identity "Highlander" ethnic groups Merina Sihanaka Betsileo Zafimaniry Coastal ethnic groups Antaifasy or Antefasy Antaimoro or Temoro or Antemoro Antaisaka or Antesaka Antambahoaka Antandroy or Tandroy Antankarana Antanosy or Tanosy Academia edit Afifi al Akiti Khasnor Johan historian Khoo Kay Kim Jomo Kwame Sundaram Danny Quah Harith Ahmad Architects edit Main article List of Malaysian architects Artists edit Main article List of Malaysian artists Business edit Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary born Tan Sri Dato Loh Boon Siew – Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Tan Sri William Cheng Dato Choong Chin Liang born Tan Sri Dato Tony Fernandes born Lim Goh Tong – Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow born Chung Keng Quee – Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan born Robert Kuok born Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan born Shoba Purushothaman Shah Hakim Zain Halim Saad Tan Sri Mohd Saleh Sulong Tan Sri Vincent Tan born Lillian Too born Tan Sri Dr Francis Yeoh Tun Daim Zainuddin born Tan Sri Kong Hon Kong Designers edit Bernard Chandran fashion designer Jimmy Choo born shoe designer Poesy Liang born artist writer philanthropist jewellery designer industrial designer interior architect music composer Inventors edit Yi Ren Ng inventor of the Lytro Entertainers edit Yasmin Ahmad – film director Stacy Angie Francissca Peter born Jamal Abdillah born Sudirman Arshad – Loganathan Arumugam died Datuk David Arumugam Alleycats Awal Ashaari Alvin Anthons born Asmawi bin Ani born Ahmad Azhar born Ning Baizura born Kasma Booty died Marion Caunter host of One In A Million and the TV Quickie Ella born Erra Fazira born Sean Ghazi born Fauziah Latiff born Angelica Lee born Daniel Lee Chee Hun born Fish Leong born Sheila Majid born Amy Mastura born Mohamad Nasir Mohamad born Shathiyah Kristian born Meor Aziddin Yusof born Ah Niu born Dayang Nurfaizah born Shanon Shah born Siti Nurhaliza born Misha Omar born Hani Mohsin – Aziz M Osman born Azmyl Yunor born P Ramlee born Aziz Sattar born Fasha Sandha born Ku Nazhatul Shima Ku Kamarazzaman born Nicholas Teo born Pete Teo Penny Tai born Hannah Tan born Jaclyn Victor born Chef Wan Adira Suhaimi Michael Wong born Victor Wong born Dato Michelle Yeoh Hollywood actress born James Wan director of Hollywood films like several Saw films Insidious The Conjuring Fast and Furious born Ziana Zain born Zee Avi Shila Amzah Yunalis Zarai Zamil Idris born Military edit Leftenan Adnan – Warrior from mainland Malaya 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