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Where Are They Now - July 4, 2014
Hello fans,It's time to vote for who you would like to see featured in Where Are They Now. Here are the choices:
Richard O'Brien - The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Flash Gordon, Dark City
Richard Romanus - Mean Streets, Heavy Metal, Point of No Return
Adrienne Barbeau - The Fog, Maude, Creepshow, Escape from New York
Craig Wasson - Body Double, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Robert Wuhl - Batman, Arli$$, Good Morning, Vietnam
To vote, visit: Where Are They Now ArchivesThis week we are finding out what actress Alicia Silverstone has been up to over the years. She has grown up a lot since her Clueless days. Find out what she's doing now!
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Email Melissa *View Past Issues: Where Are They Now Archives*--DEAD OR ALIVE?--See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":
Klaus Maria Brandauer: Starred in the movie "Mephisto", played Baron Blixen in "Out of Africa" and the villain, Largo, in the James Bond movie "Never Say Never Again"
George Lazenby: One-shot wonder as James Bond in the movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
David Doyle: Played Bosley on the TV series "Charlie's Angels"
(Answer at the bottom)*Alicia SilverstoneLearn More About Alicia Silverstone on Celebrity NoozBIRTH DATE: October 4, 1976, San Francisco, California
CLAIM TO FAME: She is known for her roles in such films as The Crush and Clueless, and for appearing in three music videos for Aerosmith.
FAMILY LIFE: She married her longtime boyfriend, rock musician Christopher Jarecki, in a beachfront ceremony at Lake Tahoe on June 11, 2005. In May 2011, gave birth to a boy, whom they named Bear Blu Jarecki.
INFO: Silverstone began modeling at the age of six, and found her way into television commercials. Her first credited acting role was playing Fred Savage's "dream girl" in The Wonder Years episode entitled "Road Test."
In 1993, she won the leading part in the film The Crush, for which she won two awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards for the role-Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain.
After seeing her in this role, director Marty Callner chose Silverstone to appear in Aerosmith's music video for "Cryin." She was also cast in the videos for "Amazing" and "Crazy."
Filmmaker Amy Heckerling saw her in these videos and cast her in the 1995 hit Clueless. Silverstone went on to sign a deal with Columbia-TriStar valued between $8 and $10 million that got her a three-year first look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions.
Silverstone's next big role was that of Batgirl in 1997's Batman & Robin, although her performance was not well received. She won a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. That same year, Excess Baggage, the first movie by her production company was released. She starred in the film with Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken.
TRIVIA: Is noted for being an animal rights and environmental activist.
In 2010, she was awarded a Voice Of Compassion Award by the Physician's Committee For Responsible Medicine for "shining a spotlight on the powerful health benefits of a vegan diet.
Has two older siblings, a half-sister from her father's previous marriage named Kezi Silverstone and a brother named David Silverstone.
Attended Crocker Middle School and then San Mateo High School.
Became legally emancipated at the age of 15 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of the film The Crush.
Was ranked #5 in VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: In early 2009, Silverstone starred in the world premiere of Donald Margulies's Time Stands Still at the Geffen Playhouse LA. She reprised this role in 2010 alongside Laura Linney in the New York production of the play on Broadway.
Silverstone later returned to Broadway in the 2012 New York production of The Performers and starred in Angels in Stardust, and Ass Backwards.
She starred in the teen romance The Art of Getting By, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. She next appeared in Butter, playing the adoptive mother of a 12-year old African American girl who enters a local butter sculpture competition in a small Iowa town.
Silverstone was offered the role in Amy Heckerling's Vamps after Heckerling saw her in Time Stands Still.
Silverstone is also known for her vegan lifestyle. In 2009, she released a book called The Kind Diet, which is a guide to vegan nutrition. The associated website is: http://thekindlife.com/
The cookbook topped the Hardcover Advice & Misc. category of The New York Times Best Seller list.
In 2012, she received criticism when she uploaded a video of herself feeding pre-chewed food to her son from her own mouth, a process called premastication. She released a statement that this has been going on for thousands of years and is perfectly natural.
WRITE TO ALICIA SILVERSTONE: Alicia Silverstone
c/o SFM
1122 S. Robertson Blvd., Suite 15
Los Angeles, CA 90035
* CREDITS:2014 Angels in Stardust...Tammy
2014 HR (TV Movie)...Ellen Bell
2013 Gods Behaving Badly...Kate
2013 Ass Backwards...Laurel
2012 Vamps...Goody
2012 Suburgatory (TV Series)...Eden
2011 Butter...Jill
2011 Childrens Hospital (TV Series)...Kelly Munch by Proxy (2011)
2011 The Art of Getting By...Ms. Herman
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited (Short)...Café Patron
2009 My Mother's Red Hat (Video short)
2008 Bad Mother's Handbook (TV Movie)...Karen
2007 The Singles Table (TV Series)...Georgia Pilot (2007) Georgia's Big Move (2007)
2006 Pink Collar (TV Movie)...Hayden Flynn
2006 Candles on Bay Street (TV Movie)...Dee Dee
2006 Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker...Jack Starbright
2005 Queen B (TV Movie)...Beatrice 'Bea'
2005 Silence Becomes You...Violet
2005 Beauty Shop...Lynn
2004 Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed...Heather
2004 Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (Video Game)...Heather (voice)
2001-2003 Braceface (TV Series)...Sharon Spitz
2003/I Scorched...Sheila Rilo
2003 Miss Match (TV Series)...Kate Fox
2002 Rock My World...Nat
2000 Love's Labour's Lost...The Princess
1999 Blast from the Past...Eve
1997 Excess Baggage...Emily
1997 Batman & Robin...Batgirl / Barbara Wilson
1995 The Babysitter...Jennifer
1995 True Crime (Video)...Mary Giordano
1995 Clueless...Cher
1995 Hideaway...Regina
1995 Le nouveau monde...Trudy Wadd
1994 Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look at (Video)...Teenage Girl ("Cryin'", "Amazing", "Crazy")
1994 Cool and the Crazy (TV Movie)...Roslyn
1994 Rebel Highway (TV Series)...Roslyn Cool and the Crazy (1994)
1993 Scattered Dreams (TV Movie)...Phyllis Messenger
1993 Torch Song (TV Movie)...Delphine
1993 The Crush...Adrienne Forrester
1992 The Wonder Years (TV Series)...Jessica Road Test (1992)
To see Then & Now pictures of Alicia Silverstone, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Klaus Maria Brandauer: ALIVE
Born: 06/22/1944
George Lazenby: ALIVE
Born: 09/05/1939
David Doyle: Dead (Heart attack)
Born: 12/01/1929 Died: 02/26/1997
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...7/1
Umaru Dikko, 79, Nigerian politician, Minister of Transportation (1979-1983).
Bob Jones, 59, British politician, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (since 2012).
Anatoly Kornukov, 72, Soviet-born Russian military officer, commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force (1998-2002), ordered KAL 007 to be shot down.
Graeme McMahon, 74, Australian AFL football executive, Chairman of Essendon (1996-2003), pancreatic cancer.
Damaso Ruano, 76, Spanish geometric landscape artist.
6/30
Pierre Bec, 92, French Occitan language poet and linguist.
Marco Borghese, 70, Italian royal and American vintner, traffic collision.
Frank Cashen, 88, American MLB baseball executive (Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets), complications from congestive heart failure.
Anton Cassar, 90, Maltese journalist and editor (L-Orizzont).
Bobby Castillo, 59, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins), cancer.
Álvaro Corcuera, 56, Mexican Roman Catholic priest, Director of the Legion of Christ (2005-2012), brain tumor.
Alejandra Da Passano, 66, Argentine actress.
Christian Führer, 71, German Protestant pastor and political activist, an organiser of the Monday demonstrations in East Germany, respiratory failure.
Bob Hastings, 89, American actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family).
John Hughes, 35, British Church of England priest, Dean of the Chapel at Jesus College, traffic collision.
Petero Mataca, 81, Fijian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Suva (1976-2012).
Paul Mazursky, 84, American film director and screen-writer (An Unmarried Woman, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Down and Out in Beverly Hills).
Ed Messbarger, 82, American basketball coach (Angelo State Rams).
Frank M. Robinson, 87, American science fiction writer (The Power) and speechwriter (Harvey Milk).
Maria Luisa Spaziani, 91, Italian poet.
Zeljko Sturanovic, 54, Montenegrian politician, Prime Minister (2006-2008), lung cancer.
6/29
Sixto Batista Santana, 82, Cuban military officer and politician.
Ed Bobit, 86, American media executive and magazine publisher.
Damian D'Oliveira, 53, South African-born English cricketer (Worcestershire), cancer.
Dermot Healy, 66, Irish poet, novelist and playwright.
Doug Lehmann, 62, Australian vintner (Peter Lehmann Wines), heart attack.
Philip Lutzenkirchen, 23, American college football player (Auburn Tigers), traffic collision.
Jory Sherman, 81, American Western and horror novelist.
6/28
Lasse Kuhler, 75, Swedish entertainer and dancer.
Visitacao Lobo, 68, Indian footballer.
Brian Roe, 75, British cricketer (Somerset).
Meshach Taylor, 67, American actor (Designing Women, Mannequin, Dave's World), cancer.
Tjovoo, 37, South African actress, heart failure as a complication from pericardial effusion.
6/27
Edmond Blanchard, 60, Canadian politician and judge, New Brunswick MLA for Campbellton, Chief Justice of the CMAC.
Fred Brown, 70, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1974-1982).
Greg Coote, 72, Australian film executive, CEO of Dune Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures, cancer.
Allen Grossman, 82, American poet (Bollingen Prize), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Odysseas Hatzopoulos, 73, Greek book publisher.
Michel Helou, Lebanese politician, MP for Jezzine, cancer.
Marek Jakobczak, 44, Polish footballer, lung cancer.
Tymon Mabaleka, 65, Zimbabwean footballer (national team).
John MacGlashen, 94, Canadian Hall of Fame canoeist and sports administrator (Atlantic Bowl, MFL, Canoe Association).
Leslie Manigat, 83, Haitian politician, President (1988), complications from a stroke.
Bernard Ferdinand Popp, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Antonio (1983-1993).
Haruhiko Saito, 73, Japanese actor (Kaito Ruby).
Hussein Shire, 85, Ugandan-born Somali transportation and agricultural executive.
Rachid Solh, 88, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister (1974-1975, 1992), MP for Beirut (1960-1974).
Rex Whitehead, 65, Australian cricket umpire, complications from a stroke.
Bobby Womack, 70, American Hall of Fame R&B singer ("Woman's Gotta Have It", "Lookin' for a Love") and songwriter ("It's All Over Now", "I Can Understand It").
6/26
Lidia Alexeyeva, 89, Russian basketball player and Hall of Fame coach (national team), Olympic champion team (1976, 1980).
Howard Baker, 88, American politician and diplomat, Senator for Tennessee (1967-1985), Senate Majority Leader (1981-1985), White House Chief of Staff (1987-1988), complications from a stroke.
Tamla Baw, 94, British-born Burmese Karen military and executive officer, general and chairman of the KNU, natural causes.
Terry Blair, 67, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (since 2009).
Ian Cook, 68, Australian media executive (Sky News Australia, Nine News, Seven News).
Bill Frank, 76, American Hall of Fame CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
Fernando de Giles, 75, Spanish journalist, writer and painter.
Ron Hall, 68, Australian football player (Scottsdale), heart attack.
Nina Hoekman, 49, Ukrainian-born Dutch draughts player and coach, cancer.
Rollin King, 83, American airline executive, co-founder of Southwest Airlines, complications from a stroke.
Wolf Koenig, 86, German-born Canadian filmmaker (Lonely Boy).
Basavalingappa R. Konda, 71, Indian historian and academic, originally proposed Bidar for World Monuments Fund status, heart attack.
Bob Mischak, 81, American football player (New York Giants, New York Titans, Oakland Raiders).
Valentine Monticello, Italian-born British sommelier and wine label artist.
Ivan Plyushch, 72, Ukrainian politician, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1990, 1991-1994, 2000-2002), cancer.
Mary Rodgers, 83, American composer (Once Upon a Mattress) and children's author (Freaky Friday), heart ailment.
Julius Rudel, 93, Austrian-born American Grammy Award-winning conductor and director (New York City Opera, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra).
Moacyr Jose Vitti, 73, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Curitiba (since 2004).