Willie Nelson - Wikipedia. Watch Phantasm III: Lord Of The Dead Youtube. Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 2. American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist.[1] The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1. Red Headed Stranger (1.

Stardust (1. 97. 8), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1.

Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 3. Born during the Great Depression, and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1. Air Force but was later discharged due to back problems. After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music.

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During this time, he worked as a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky- tonks. Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he wrote "Family Bible" and recorded the song "Lumberjack" in 1. In 1. 95. 8, he moved to Houston, Texas, after signing a contract with D Records. He sang at the Esquire Ballroom weekly and he worked as a disk jockey.

During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Hello Walls", "Pretty Paper", and "Crazy". In 1. 96. 0 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and later signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist.

In 1. 96. 2, he recorded his first album, .. And Then I Wrote. Due to this success, Nelson signed in 1. RCA Victor and joined the Grand Ole Opry the following year.

After mid- chart hits in the late 1. Nelson retired in 1. Austin, Texas. The ongoing music scene of Austin motivated Nelson to return from retirement, performing frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters. In 1. 97. 3, after signing with Atlantic Records, Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. In 1. 97. 5, he switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded the critically acclaimed album Red Headed Stranger.

The same year, he recorded another outlaw country album, Wanted! The Outlaws, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. During the mid- 1. Honeysuckle Rose and recording hit songs like "On the Road Again", "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", and "Pancho and Lefty", he joined the country supergroup. The Highwaymen, along with fellow singers Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. In 1. 99. 0, Nelson's assets were seized by the Internal Revenue Service, which claimed that he owed US$3.

The difficulty of paying his outstanding debt was aggravated by weak investments he had made during the 1. In 1. 99. 2, Nelson released The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?; the profits of the double album—destined to the IRS—and the auction of Nelson's assets cleared his debt. During the 1. 99. Nelson continued touring extensively, and released albums every year. Reviews ranged from positive to mixed. He explored genres such as reggae, blues, jazz, and folk.

Nelson made his first movie appearance in the 1. The Electric Horseman, followed by other appearances in movies and on television.

Nelson is a major liberal activist and the co- chair of the advisory board of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which is in favor of marijuana legalization. On the environmental front, Nelson owns the bio- diesel brand Willie Nelson Biodiesel, which is made from vegetable oil.

Nelson is also the honorary chairman of the Advisory Board of the Texas Music Project, the official music charity of the state of Texas. Early life. Willie Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas on April 2. Great Depression, to Myrle Marie (née Greenhaw) and Ira Doyle Nelson. He was born on April 2.

F. D. Sims on April 3. He was named Willie by his cousin Mildred, who also chose Hugh as his middle name, in honor of her recently deceased younger brother. His parents moved from Arkansas in 1. Nelson's grandfather, William, worked as a blacksmith, while his father worked as a mechanic. His mother left soon after he was born, and his father remarried and also moved away, leaving Willie and his sister Bobbie to be raised by their grandparents. The Nelsons, who taught singing back in Arkansas, started their grandchildren in music.[7] Nelson's grandfather bought him a guitar when he was six, and taught him a few chords, and with his sister Bobbie, he sang gospel songs in the local church.

He wrote his first song at age seven, and when he was nine, played guitar for the local band Bohemian Polka. During the summer, the family picked cotton along with other citizens of Abbott. Nelson disliked picking cotton, so he earned money by singing in dance halls, taverns, and honky tonks from age 1. Nelson's musical influences were Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Django Reinhardt, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. Nelson attended Abbott High School, where he was a halfback on the football team, guard on the basketball team and shortstop in baseball. He also raised pigs for the Future Farmers of America organization. While still at school he sang and played guitar in The Texans, a band formed by his sister's husband, Bud Fletcher.

The band played in honky tonks, and also had a Sunday morning spot at KHBR in Hillsboro, Texas. Meanwhile, Nelson had a short stint as a relief phone operator in Abbott, followed by a job as a tree trimmer for the local electrical company, as well as pawn shop employee. After leaving school, in 1. United States Air Force for eight to nine months. Nelson's high school football portrait, c. Upon his return, in 1. Martha Matthews, and from 1.

Baylor University. Nelson joined the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, but dropped out to pursue a career in music.

He worked as a bouncer for a nightclub, as a partsman in an autohouse, saddle maker and again tree trimmer. He later joined Johnny Bush's band. Watch Dark Cove Online Free 2016. Nelson moved with his family to Pleasanton, Texas, where he auditioned for a disc jockey job in KBOP. The owner of the station, Dr. Ben Parker, gave Nelson the job despite his lack of experience working on radio. With the equipment of the station, Nelson made his first two recordings in 1.

The Storm Has Just Begun" and "When I've Sung My Last Hillbilly Song". He recorded the tracks on used tapes, and sent the demos to the local label SARG Records. SARG rejected the recordings.

Nelson then had stints working for KDNT in Denton, Texas, KCUL and KCNC in Fort Worth, Texas, where he hosted The Western Express, taught Sunday school and he played in nightclubs. He then decided to move to San Diego. He was unable to find a job, and decided to go to Portland, Oregon, where his mother lived. Nelson tried to hitchhike, but after nobody picked him up, he slept in a ditch. He then found a nearby railroad yard and boarded a freight train that left him in Eugene. A truck driver then drove Nelson to a bus station and loaned him $1.

Portland. Music career. Beginnings (1. 95. Nelson was hired by KVAN in Vancouver, Washington and appeared frequently on a television show.

He made his first record in 1. No Place For Me", that included Leon Payne's "Lumberjack" on the B- side. The recording failed. Nelson continued working as a radio announcer and singing in Vancouver clubs.

He made several appearances in a Colorado nightclub, later moving to Springfield, Missouri. After failing to land a spot on the Ozark Jubilee, he started to work as a dishwasher. Unhappy with his job, he moved back to Texas. After a short time in Waco, he settled in Fort Worth, and quit the music business for a year. He sold bibles and vacuum cleaners door- to- door, and eventually became a sales manager for the Encyclopedia Americana. After his son Billy was born in 1.

Seth Rogen - Wikipedia. Seth Aaron Rogen (; born April 1. Canadian- American actor, comedian and filmmaker.

He began his career performing stand- up comedy during his teenage years. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a supporting role in the series Freaks and Geeks. Shortly after he moved to Portland, Oregon for his role, Freaks and Geeks was officially cancelled after one season due to low viewership. Rogen later got a part on sitcom. Undeclared, which also hired him as a staff writer.

After landing his job as a staff writer on the final season of Da Ali G Show, he was guided by Judd Apatow toward a film career. Rogen made his first movie appearance in Donnie Darko with a minor role in 2. Rogen was cast in a supporting role and credited as a co- producer in Apatow's directorial debut, The 4.

Year- Old Virgin. Afterwards, Universal Pictures agreed to cast him as the lead in Apatow's films Knocked Up and Funny People. Rogen co- starred as Steve Wozniak in Universal's Steve Jobs biopic in 2.

In 2. 01. 6, he developed the AMC television series Preacher with his writing partner Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin. He also serves as a writer and executive producer, and directed the first two episodes of the series with Goldberg.

Rogen and Goldberg co- wrote the films Superbad, Pineapple Express, The Green Hornet, This Is the End, and directed both This Is the End and The Interview; all of which Rogen starred in. He has also done voice work for the films Horton Hears a Who!, the Kung Fu Panda film series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Monsters vs. Aliens, Paul, Sausage Party, and the 2. The Lion King. Early life[edit]Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Jewish parents. His mother, Sandy (née Belogus), is a social worker, and his father, Mark Rogen (born 1. Workmen's Circle Jewish fraternal organization.[5][6][7][8] Since Rogen's father is American, he has American citizenship by birth.[9] He has described his parents, who met on kibbutz Beit Alfa in Israel, as "radical Jewish socialists".[6] Rogen has an older sister named Danya.[5] Rogen attended Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and Point Grey Secondary School, incorporating many of his classmates into his writing. He was also known for the stand- up comedy he performed at Camp Miriam, a Habonim Dror camp.[5]As a child, Rogen did not want to pursue any career other than comedy, stating "As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted".[7] He got his start in show business at age 1.

Mark Pooley.[5] His early comedy routines involved jokes about his bar mitzvah, his grandparents, and his camp counsellors.[5] During his teenage years he would perform stand- up comedy routines at places like bar mitzvahs and small parties, later shifting to bars.[1. A mohel paid him to write jokes.[1.

At the age of 1. 3, he co- wrote a rough draft of Superbad with childhood friend Evan Goldberg, whom he had met at bar mitzvah classes.[7][1. Based on their teenage experiences,[6] Rogen and Goldberg spent the rest of their time in high school polishing the script.

They initially worried that American Pie (1. His mother was supportive of his comic endeavours and would often drive him to stand- up gigs at the comedy club Yuk Yuks.[1. With his deadpan humour, he won the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest at 1. Also when Rogen was 1. Around this time, he landed a role on Judd Apatow's television show Freaks and Geeks after attending a local casting call.[7][1.

Despite a strong academic performance, Rogen dropped out of high school, began working for Apatow,[1. Los Angeles. Rogen paid the bills and had become the main wage earner at just 1. Early work and friendship with Judd Apatow[edit]Rogen's acting debut was in Apatow's Freaks and Geeks, a cult hit series first released in 1.

Ken Miller, a cynical, acerbic "freak".[7] Revolving around a group of teenagers' lives, Freaks and Geeks first aired in 1. Although well- reviewed, the show was NBC's lowest- viewed program and was cancelled after one season due to poor ratings.[1. Impressed with Rogen's improvisational skills,[1. Apatow then chose him as the lead in another of his shows, Undeclared. Rogen was originally set to play a fairly popular but nerdy college freshman, but the network did not think he was leading male material. Apatow opted not to go along with the show.[1.

Rogen also served as a staff writer to the short- lived production.[1. Following the show's cancellation in 2. Rogen did not get many auditions, which was not upsetting to him as he always thought he would achieve better success as a writer.[1. He would soon be a part of Apatow's "frat pack", a close- knit group that includes Steve Carell and Paul Rudd.[1. Of the awkwardness of a grown man spending so much time with a teenaged Rogen, Apatow said: "I'm such a comedy fan that, even though he's 1. I know I'm hanging out with one of the guys who's going to be one of the great comics."[1.

Around this time, Apatow would come up with odd requests for Rogen and Goldberg, such as turn an idea of his into a movie in 1. Regarding Apatow's professional effect on Rogen, the actor said in 2.

Obviously, I can't stress how important Judd's been to my career".[1. Rogen had roles in Donnie Darko (2. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2. Watch Saving General Yang Full Movie.

A big career point for him was becoming a staff writer for Sacha Baron Cohen's last season of Da Ali G Show in 2. Along with the show's other writers, Rogen received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.[2. He became familiar to audiences as one of the main character's co- workers in Apatow's well- reviewed buddy comedy directorial debut feature The 4. Year- Old Virgin (2. Rogen also co- produced it and improvised all his dialogue.[1. Rogen] hadn't done any screen work that indicated he could carry as memorable and convincing a performance as he does with the character Cal," MTV's John Constantine wrote.[1.

The Boston Globe reviewer Wesley Morris wrote that Rogen, along with co- stars Rudd and Romany Malco, were each hilarious in their own right[2. Orlando Sentinel's Roger Moore believed that Rogen had his moments in the film[2.

Moira Macdonald of the Seattle Times said the actor was "droopily deadpan."[2. He followed this with a small role in You, Me and Dupree (2.

Matt Dillon, Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson.[2. Breakthrough[edit]His breakthrough came when Universal Studios greenlit him for the lead in yet another Apatow production: Knocked Up (2. Katherine Heigl's just- promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy. Upon completing The 4. Year- Old Virgin, Apatow had approached Rogen about potential starring roles, but the actor suggested many high- concept science fiction ideas. After Apatow insisted that he would work better in real life situations, the two agreed on the accidental pregnancy concept of this production.[2. Rogen called shooting sex scenes with Heigl "nerve- racking" and found comfort with the supporting cast since, even though he played a lead, the focus was not all on him.[2.

Made on a $3. 0 million budget and released on June 1, Knocked Up was a critical and commercial box office hit, garnering an approval rating of 9. Rotten Tomatoes and grossing $2. Rogen also received favourable reviews.[3. Later that year he played a supporting part as an irresponsible police officer in Superbad, which he had written with his writing partner and was co- produced by Apatow. Michael Cera and Jonah Hill originate the main roles, two teenage best friends whose party plans go wrong, based on them.[6] The film and their writing was praised, with critics finding it to be very authentic.[3.

It topped the US box office for two weeks in a row.[3. Rogen hosted Saturday Night Live on October 6, 2. April 4, 2. 00. 9.[3. Rogen's projects in 2. Jimmy Hayward's Horton Hears a Who!, an animated film based on the Dr. Seussbook, that Rogen voiced a character in.[3. Rogen additionally co- wrote Drillbit Taylor, also produced by Apatow and starring Owen Wilson as the homeless titular character.[4.