RIP Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton 1942-2008

Michael Crichton the worldwide known sci fi writer died this past tuesday on his home in Los Angeles... the reports indicate that he died of cancer at the age of 66.
Crichton has been criticized by many for his stands on global warming, for he was one of the strongest oppositors of Global Warming claiming that the situation was not as bad as governments wanted us to believe. He was also very influential on Hollywood for he wrote many hit movies, as well as directing some of his own work. Some hollywood classics written by Crichton include the very famous Jurassic Park I, II and III, Sphere, Disclosure, Rising Sun, Congo, The Terminal Man and the Andromeda Strain, he is also well known for being the author and creator of ER (Emergency Room) which is a TV Series that has been going on strongly for 15 seasons now. He also collaborated as a screenplay writer on the movies Twister and the Great Train Robbery...

I consider myself a big fan of his writing, and can personally say that his book State of Fear in which he debates the truth about global warming, has been one of my personal favorites for I have already read it 2 times and I strongly recommend it.

Here is a listing of some of his best novels:

1969 - The Andromeda Strain
1972 - The Terminal Man
1975 - The Great Train Robbery
1976 - Eaters of the Dead
1980 - Congo
1987 - Sphere
1990 - Jurassic Park
1992 - Rising Sun
1994 - Disclosure
1999 - Timeline
2002 - Prey
2004 - State of Fear
2006 - Next

RIP Michael Crichton...

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RIP: Paul Newman

Paul Newman 1925-2008

Paul Newman not only was a legendary film actor, he also was an avid automobile fanatic who loved cars and racing, he was a humanitarian and an entrepreneur.

Together with Carl Haas, they were co-owners of the Newman-Haas racing squad.

He had his own brand, which many of you might now called Newman's Own, the incredible thing about this one and you can see it on the label picture below, is that all the profits he made from selling his goods, he'd sent them to charity, according to the website, they have already donated around 250 million dollars, to undisclosed charities.

Some of his movies include Hollywood classics, such as, the Color of Money, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, some of his late movies include, Road to Perdition and Cars (he was Doc Hudson's voice).

He lost his first born son, Scott Newman, to drug overdose, and subsequently he started the Scott Newman Center for drug abuse prevention.

Although he was married twice, he was a big supporter of monogamy, he was married first in 1949 to Jackie Witte, an had 2 daughters and a son (Scott). They divorced in 1958. Since then, he married actress Joan Woodard, with whom she had 3 daugthers. He was a devoted husband and father, when he got asked about his monogamist lifestyle he'd reply, Why go out for a hamburger, when you have the whole steak at home?

An incredible human being, dead at 83, after a long battle with lung cancer. I leave you with some of his pictures, including two with one of his long time friend Robert Redford.








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RIP: Bernie Mac

1957-2008

In some terribly shocking news, comedian actor Bernie Mac has died in the hospital in complications with pneumonia. This is really a true shock to hollywood and the comedians world. Mac, who was only 50 years old, had starred in the Oceans eleven trilogy, as the lovable Frank Catton, he was also the star of his hit show, the Bernie Mac Show on fox. Some other famous movies include Percy Jones in the movie Guess Who with Ashton Kutcher and Gin in the Bad Santa movie.





A great loss. He will be really missed.

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