Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a highly successful American method actor. He is best known for portraying antagonistic, cynical, neurotic and aggressive characters. He received Kennedy Center Honors in 2001, and has been nominated for an Academy Award a dozen times, winning three of them. He has also won seven Golden Globe Awards.
 
He was born John Joseph Nicholson in New York, New York, although until 1974 he had thought his place of birth was his hometown, Neptune, New Jersey. A journalist's research uncovered what apparently had happened: the woman he had always thought of as his mother was actually his grandmother, who had arranged to raise him as her own child. She did this because he was actually the illegitimate offspring of her daughter, a woman whom Nicholson thought was his older sister. Because of this fact Nicholson is pro-life and has spoken out about it saying, "I'm very contra my constituency in terms of abortion because I'm positively against it. I don't have the right to any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life."
 
Nicholson started his career as an actor, writer, and producer, working for and with Roger Corman. This included his screen debut in The Cry Baby Killer (1958), where he played a juvenile delinquent who panics after shooting two other teenagers, and Little Shop of Horrors.
 
His work with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper on the LSD-fueled The Trip led to his real break. That film led to a small supporting role in Easy Rider (1969), for which he received his first Oscar nomination. A Best Actor nomination came the following year for his persona-defining role in Five Easy Pieces (1970), which includes his famous chicken salad dialogue about getting what you want.
 
Other early movies he is known for include Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), Milos Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which he received his first Oscar, and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Nicholson won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Terms of Endearment (1984).
 
The 1989 Batman, where Nicholson played the supervillain The Joker, was an international smash hit, and a lucrative percentage deal earned Nicholson about US$50 million http://www.filmaction.com/hollywood%20eh.htm. For his role as Col. Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men (1992), a dark movie about a murder in a military unit, he received yet another nomination by the Academy. He would win his next Oscar for his role as the neurotic lead in the romance As Good As It Gets (1997).
 
The September 11, 2001 attacks led Nicholson to focus on comedies. In About Schmidt (2002), Nicholson portrayed a man who questions his own life after his retirement and the death of his wife. The deeply emotional, slow film stands in sharp contrast to many of his previous roles. In the comedy Anger Management, he plays an aggressive therapist alongside Adam Sandler. His most recent film is the 2003 Something's Gotta Give.
 
Nicholson is also a well-known and highly visible fan of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers; he has courtside seats, and attends whenever his schedule allows. When he is at a televised Lakers game, he is invariably sought out for celebrity camera shots during one or more breaks in the game.
 
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Our Paris Apartment for Your SF Place (haight ashbury)

CLASSIC PARISIAN APARTMENT in the heart of the City of Light The Neighborhood Situated in a 17th-century building just off the Place des Victoires (2nd arrondissement), we are two minutes from the Jardin du Palais Royal, five minutes from the Louvre, twelve minutes from the Opera Garnier, fifteen minutes from the Centre Pompidou, and a couple more minutes to the Marais. Napoleon Bonaparte once lived in our building. Our street, rue du Mail—the luxury textile center of Paris--is also the nucleus of one of the city’s most celebrated dining and shopping neighborhoods. Fan out from that epicenter, and within two to four blocks in every direction you’ll find legendary Paris landmarks, including Le Grand Colbert (featured in Something’s Gotta Give, starring Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson), Le Grand Vefour (Collette’s favorite), Drouant (hangout of Renoir, Rodin, Monet, and Zola), and Legrand Filles et Fils (great French epicerie and a serious wine bar for more than 100 years). Three blocks from us on Rue Montorgueil, you can shop for fresh produce, poulets roti, hundreds of cheeses, wines, olives, and breads—and when you get tired, plop down at any of the myriad of cafes and restaurants on and near this famous pedestrian street. For shopping, there’s Galerie Vivienne; Place des Victoires (Kenzo, Hartford, Victoire); the shops of the Galerie Palais Royal (Marc Jacobs and lots of others; the great department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps (a short walk, or two metro stops); and the luxury boutiques of the Avenue d’Opera, Boulevard des Capucines, Place Vendome, and Rue St. Honore. More hip shops on Rue Etienne Marcel and Rue Montmartre. We’re on the #3 Metro line (Bourse or Sentier), or the #1 (Palais Royal-Louvre). The Apartment A jewel of a flat decorated with a Moroccan influence, it’s a perfect place for a couple looking for an intimate Paris getaway (but will sleep four). The apartment consists of three rooms, the front salon (TV room) dating from 1630 and the other two from 1650. The grand salon and bedroom have 15-foot ceilings and high double windows, so the flat feels very light and spacious. The bathroom (very Moroccan) has the biggest, deepest, greenest clawfoot tub you’ve ever luxuriated in. Here are the details: One queen bed, one double sofa bed; Wi-Fi, cable TV, dishwasher, microwave, toaster, clothes washer, flat-screen TV, CD and DVD players and scores of CDs and movies.... No pets, please. About Us My wife, Beth Arnold, and I are both writers (see our website, and learn how we made our way to France, at www.chasingmatisse.com). We have four children between us, two of whom live in San Francisco—so we’re especially looking for a swap in SF for Christmas 2008. We plan to be there from mid-December to around January 3; our dates are flexible. Our 24-year-old daughter from Arkansas will be with us, so we'll need a place for her to sleep as well. If you’re interested in staying at our charming apartment in Paris, please get in touch. You can email us at ljmorg@hotmail.com and beth@betharnold.com. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, James Morgan 1, rue du Mail 75002 Paris FRANCE
Published: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:10:21 GMT - Source: Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Read the article

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Our Paris Apartment for your SF Place (haight ashbury)

CLASSIC PARISIAN APARTMENT in the heart of the City of Light: Situated in a 17th-century building just off the Place des Victoires (2nd arrondissement), we are two minutes from the Jardin du Palais Royal, five minutes from the Louvre, twelve minutes from the Opera Garnier, fifteen minutes from the Centre Pompidou, and a couple more minutes to the Marais. Napoleon Bonaparte once lived in our building. Our street, rue du Mail—the luxury textile center of Paris—is also the nucleus of one of the city’s most celebrated dining and shopping neighborhoods. Within two to four blocks in every direction you’ll find legendary Paris landmarks, including Le Grand Colbert (featured in Something’s Gotta Give, starring Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson), Le Grand Vefour (Colette’s favorite), Drouant (hangout of Renoir, Rodin, Monet, and Zola), and Legrand Filles et Fils (great French epicerie and a serious wine bar for more than 100 years). Three blocks from us on Rue Montorgueil, you can shop for fresh produce, poulets roti, hundreds of cheeses, wines, olives, and breads—and when you get tired, plop down at any of the myriad of cafes and restaurants on and near this famous pedestrian street. We’re on the #3 Metro line (Bourse or Sentier), or the #1 (Palais Royal-Louvre). The apartment, a jewel of a flat decorated with a Moroccan influence, sleeps four but is a perfect place for a couple looking for an intimate Paris getaway. It consists of three rooms, the front salon (TV room) dating from 1630 and the other two from 1650. The grand salon and bedroom have 15-foot ceilings and high double windows, so the flat feels very light and spacious. The bathroom (very Moroccan) has the biggest, deepest, greenest clawfoot tub you’ve ever luxuriated in. Details: One queen bed, one double sofa bed; Wi-Fi, cable TV, dishwasher, microwave, toaster, clothes washer, flat-screen TV, CD and DVD players and scores of CDs and movies.... No pets, please. My wife, Beth Arnold, and I are both writers (see our website, and learn how we made our way to France, at www.chasingmatisse.com). We have four children between us, two of whom live in San Francisco—so we’re especially looking for a swap in SF for Christmas 2008. We plan to be there from mid-December to around January 3; our dates are flexible. If you’re interested in staying at our charming apartment in Paris, please get in touch. You can email us at ljmorg@hotmail.com and beth@betharnold.com. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, James Morgan 1, rue du Mail 75002 Paris FRANCE
Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:46:52 GMT - Source: Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Read the article

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Region revs up for an East-West rivalry reborn

Expect Jack Nicholson to be flying into Logan Airport while Celtics fans from Chatham to Chicopee to Charlestown revive their "Beat LA!" chants. Television executives are salivating over a matchup that has not played out in more than two decades. In today's editions, a headline in the Sun Star Cebu in the Philippines reads: "Are you ready? It's Celtics vs. ...
Published: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT - Source: Boston.Com - Read the article

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