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Paul Reubens
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Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, film producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian, in 1982, Reubens put up a show about a character he had been developing for years. The show was called The Pee-wee Herman Show and it ran for five months with HBO producing a successful special about it. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and for the decade, Reubens would be completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances. In 1985 Pee-wees Big Adventure, directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success, Big Top Pee-wee, 1988s sequel, was less successful than its predecessor. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning childrens program Pee-wees Playhouse, thereafter, Reubens decided to take a sabbatical from Pee-wee. In July 1991, Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in a theater in Sarasota. The arrest set off a reaction of national media attention that changed the general publics view of Reubens. Since 2006, Reubens has been making cameos and guest appearances in numerous projects,30 Rock, Dirt, Pushing Daisies, and The Blacklist. Since the 1990s, he has worked on two possible Pee-wee films, one dark and adult, dubbed The Pee-wee Herman Story, and one a family-friendly epic adventure called Pee-wees Playhouse, in 2010, he starred on Broadway in The Pee-wee Herman Show. In 2016, Reubens helped write and star in the Netflix original movie, Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where his parents, Judy and Milton Rubenfeld, owned a lamp store. Paul has two siblings, Luke, who is a dog trainer, and Abby, who is an attorney. Reubens spent a significant amount of his childhood in Oneonta, New York, as a child, Reubens frequented the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, whose winter headquarters was in Sarasota. The circuss atmosphere sparked Reubens interest in entertainment and influenced his later work, Reubens also loved to watch reruns of I Love Lucy, which made him want to make people laugh. At age five, Reubens asked his father to him a stage. Reubens attended Sarasota High School, where he was named president of the National Thespian Society and he was accepted into Northwestern Universitys summer program for gifted high-school students and also joined the local Asolo Theater and Players of Sarasota Theater, appearing in several plays. After graduation, he attended Boston University and began auditioning for acting schools and he soon joined the Los Angeles–based improvisational comedy team The Groundlings and remained a member for six years, working with Bob McClurg, John Paragon, Susan Barnes, and Phil Hartman. Hartman and Reubens became friends, often writing and working on material together, in 1980, he had a small part as a waiter in The Blues Brothers
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Neil Patrick Harris
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Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, comedian, magician, singer, and composer, known primarily for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles. On television, he is known for playing the character on Doogie Howser. Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, and Count Olaf on A Series of Unfortunate Events. Harris is also known for his role as the character in Joss Whedons musical Dr. Horribles Sing-Along Blog. His other films include Starship Troopers, Beastly, The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2, A Million Ways to Die in the West, and Gone Girl. In 2014, he starred in the role in Hedwig. Harris has hosted the Tony Awards in 2009,2011,2012 and he also hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2013, and hosted the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, thus making him the first openly gay man to host the Academy Awards. Harris was named one of Time magazines 100 Most Influential People in 2010 and he is married to David Burtka with whom he has two children. Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and grew up Ruidoso, New Mexico, with his brother and their parents, Sheila Gail. His parents were lawyers and also ran a restaurant and he attended La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, graduating with high honors in 1991. Harris began his career as an actor and was discovered by playwright Mark Medoff at a drama camp in Las Cruces. Medoff later cast him in the 1988 drama film Claras Heart, Claras Heart earned Harris a Golden Globe nomination. The same year, he starred in Purple People Eater, a childrens fantasy, Harris first film role as an adult was 1995s Animal Room, although he portrayed a teenager. His subsequent film work has included supporting roles in The Next Best Thing, Undercover Brother, and Starship Troopers. In 2010, Harris provided voice acting for the role of the adult Dick Grayson in the animated film Batman, Under the Red Hood, the same year, he played the lead in the indie comedy The Best and the Brightest. On March 7,2010, he made an appearance at the 82nd Academy Awards. He starred in the films The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2, in 2014, Harris showed a more serious side in Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher. Harris co-starred in the film as Desi Collings, the wealthy and obsessed ex-boyfriend of Amy Dunne, Harris has said, I was pinching myself at the opportunity to work with Fincher, he received general praise from critics for his performance, as did the film
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Nathan Fillion
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He has acted in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr. Horribles Sing-Along Blog, television soap operas and sitcoms, and theater. Fillion has also voiced several video games, including the Bungie titles Halo 3, Halo 3, ODST, Halo, Reach, Fillion was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the younger of two sons of Bob Fillion and Cookie Fillion, both retired English teachers. Both sides of his fathers family were part of the Quebec diaspora in Fall River, Massachusetts and his mother had a Norwegian maternal grandfather and he has been an American citizen since 1997. In 1997, he left the series to other projects. Fillion had a role as Caleb in 2003 in the final five episodes of the final season of Joss Whedons series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fillion also won the Syfy Genre Awards in 2006 for Best Actor/Television and was runner-up for Best Actor/Movie, Fillion called his time on Firefly the best acting job he ever had, and compares every job he has had to it. Although the show was cancelled, it was adapted to the big screen, Fillion lent his voice to the animated series King of the Hill in 2001, the video game Jade Empire, and the animated series Justice League Unlimited in 2005 and 2006. He portrayed Green Lantern/Hal Jordan in Green Lantern, Emerald Knights, Justice League, Doom, Justice League, The Flashpoint Paradox and Justice League, Fillion starred in James Gunns 2006 horror film Slither. For his starring role as Bill Pardy, he garnered a 2006 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nomination in the category of Dude You Dont Wanna Mess With. Waitress grossed $22,125,001 in worldwide sales as of May 13,2008, Fillion starred in White Noise 2, The Light. He made one appearance in the 2006–2007 season of the television show Lost, as Kevin, Drive was created by Fillions longtime friend and former Angel and Firefly writer Tim Minear. Ivan Sergei played Alex Tully in the pilot episode of Drive. The first two Drive episodes premiered on April 13,2007, in Canada, however, the show did not deliver the ratings Fox desired, and on April 25,2007, the network announced that the series was cancelled. The final two produced episodes were supposed to air back-to-back on Fox in July 2007 but did not actually available until July 15 when they were posted on the Drive MySpace page. He reprised his 1990s role as One Life to Lives Joey for the series 9, 999th and 10, 000th episodes, Fillion joined the cast of ABCs Desperate Housewives at the beginning of the fall 2007 season as Dr. Adam Mayfair. His first appearance was in the episode Now You Know, which aired on September 30,2007 and he voiced the role of an ODST Gunnery sergeant in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3, alongside fellow Firefly stars Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin. At one point early in the first mission, he himself as Reynolds over the radio. All three actors are given personalities in the game that match those of their characters from Firefly and he provides the voice and portrayed likeness for Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck in Halo 3, ODST, Halo 5, Guardians, and a brief appearance in Halo, Reach
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Megan Fox
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Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She began her career in 2001, with several minor television and film roles. In 2004, she made her debut with a role in the teen comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. In 2007, she co-starred as Mikaela Banes, the love interest of Shia LaBeoufs character, in the action film Transformers. Fox reprised her role in the 2009 sequel, Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen, later in 2009, she starred as the eponymous lead in the black comedy horror film Jennifers Body. Fox is also considered one of the female sex symbols and has appeared in magazines such as Maxim, Rolling Stone. Fox was born on May 16,1986 in Oak Ridge and her parents are Gloria Darlene and Franklin Thomas Fox. Foxs father, an officer, and her mother divorced when Fox was three years old. Her mother later remarried, and Fox and her sister were raised by her mother and her stepfather and she was raised very strictly Pentecostal, but later attended Catholic school for 12 years. Foxs parents divorced when she was young and she said that the two were very strict and that she was not allowed to have a boyfriend or invite friends to her house. She lived with her mother until she made enough money to support herself, Fox began her training in dance and drama at age five, in Kingston, Tennessee. She attended a class at the community center there and was involved in Kingston Elementary Schools chorus. At 10 years of age, after moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, when she was 13 years old, Fox began modeling after winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina. At age 17, she tested out of school via correspondence in order to move to Los Angeles, Fox has spoken extensively of her time in education, that in middle school she was bullied, consequently she ate lunch in the bathroom to avoid being pelted with ketchup packets. She said that the problem was not her looks, but that she had gotten along better with boys. I’ve had only one great girlfriend my whole life, in the same interview, she mentions that she hated school and has never been a big believer in formal education and that the education I was getting seemed irrelevant. So, I was sort of checked out on part of it. At 15, Fox made her debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun, as spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart
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Batman
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Batman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, originally named the Bat-Man, the character is also referred to by such epithets as the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, and the Worlds Greatest Detective. Batmans secret identity is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy American playboy, philanthropist, after witnessing the murder of his parents Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne as a child, he swore vengeance against criminals, an oath tempered by a sense of justice. Wayne trains himself physically and intellectually and crafts a bat-inspired persona to fight crime, Batman operates in the fictional Gotham City, with assistance from various supporting characters, including his butler Alfred, police commissioner Gordon, and vigilante allies such as Robin. A large assortment of villains make up Batmans rogues gallery, including his archenemy, Batman became popular soon after his introduction in 1939 and gained his own comic book title, Batman, the following year. As the decades went on, differing interpretations of the character emerged, the late 1960s Batman television series used a camp aesthetic, which continued to be associated with the character for years after the show ended. Various creators worked to return the character to his dark roots, the success of Warner Bros. live-action Batman feature films have helped maintain the publics interest in the character. The character has also intrigued psychiatrists, with trying to understand the characters psyche. In 2015, FanSided ranked Batman as number one on their list of 50 Greatest Super Heroes In Comic Book History. Kevin Conroy, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Anthony Ruivivar, Jason OMara, Batman has been portrayed in both film and television by Lewis Wilson, Robert Lowery, Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, and Ben Affleck. In early 1939, the success of Superman in Action Comics prompted editors at National Comics Publications to request more superheroes for its titles, in response, Bob Kane created the Bat-Man. Collaborator Bill Finger recalled that Kane had an idea for a character called Batman, I went over to Kanes, and he had drawn a character who looked very much like Superman with kind of. Reddish tights, I believe, with boots, with a small domino mask, swinging on a rope. He had two wings that were sticking out, looking like bat wings. And under it was a big sign, the bat-wing-like cape was suggested by Bob Kane, inspired by Leonardo Da Vincis sketch of an ornithopter flying device as a child. Finger suggested giving the character a cowl instead of a domino mask, a cape instead of wings. Finger said he devised the name Bruce Wayne for the secret identity, Bruce Waynes first name came from Robert Bruce. Wayne, being a playboy, was a man of gentry, I searched for a name that would suggest colonialism
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Aquaman
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Aquaman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73, initially a backup feature in DCs anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title. During the late 1950s and 1960s superhero-revival period known as the Silver Age, in the 1990s Modern Age, Aquamans character became more serious than in most previous interpretations, with storylines depicting the weight of his role as king of Atlantis. Aquaman has been adapted for many times, first appearing in animated form in the 1967 The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure. Actor Alan Ritchson also portrayed the role in action in the television show Smallville. Jason Momoa portrayed the character in the 2016 film Batman v Superman, Dawn of Justice and will reprise his role in the DC Extended Universe, the characters original 1960s animated appearances left a lasting impression, meaning Aquaman is widely recognised in popular culture. My mother died when I was a baby, and he turned to his work of solving the oceans secrets and his greatest discovery was an ancient city, in the depths where no other diver had ever penetrated. My father believed it was the lost kingdom of Atlantis and he made himself a water-tight home in one of the palaces and lived there, studying the records and devices of the races marvelous wisdom. From the books and records, he learned ways of teaching me to live under the ocean, drawing oxygen from the water and using all the power of the sea to make me wonderfully strong and swift. By training and a hundred scientific secrets, I became what you see — a human being who lives and thrives under the water, in his early Golden Age appearances, Aquaman can breathe underwater and control fish and other underwater life for up to a minute. Initially, he was depicted as speaking to sea creatures in their own rather than telepathically. Aquamans adventures took place all across the world, and his base was a fishing boat kept underwater. During his wartime adventures, most of Aquamans foes were Nazi U-boat commanders, Aquamans last appearance in More Fun Comics was in issue #107, before being moved along with Superboy and Green Arrow to Adventure Comics, starting with issue #103 in 1946. Aquamans adventures continued to be published in Adventure Comics through the 1940s and 1950s, the first of these elements was the story Aquamans Undersea Partner in Adventure Comics #229, where his octopus sidekick, Topo, was first introduced. This and subsequent elements were later, after the establishment of DCs multiverse in the 1960s, eventually, Arthur decided to use his talents to become the defender of the Earths oceans. It was later revealed that he had, in his youth, adventured as Aquaboy and on one occasion, met Superboy, when Arthur grew up, he called himself Aquaman. It was later revealed that after Atlannas death, Tom Curry met and married a human woman and had a son named Orm Curry. Orm grew up as a youth in the shadow of his brother
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Riddler
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The Riddler is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Created by writer Bill Finger and artist Dick Sprang, the character first appeared in Detective Comics #140, the character is one of Batmans most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batmans rogues gallery. Frank Gorshin and John Astin portrayed the character in the 1960s Batman television series, Cory Michael Smith currently portrays Edward Nigma in the television show Gotham. In 2014, the Riddler was ranked as IGNs 59th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time, the Riddler has an obsession with riddles, puzzles, and word games. The character frequently delights in over-stating his intellectual superiority and on forewarning both Batman and the police of his capers by sending them complex clues, with this self-conscious use of a gimmick, Riddlers crimes are flamboyant and ostentatious. The character is depicted as wearing a mask either with a green suit and bowler hat. A black, green, or purple question mark serves as his visual motif, the characters origin story recounts that the Riddler, whose real name is Edward Nigma, becomes fascinated with puzzles at a young age. He sneaks into the one night, takes the puzzle out of the teachers desk. As predicted, he wins the contest and is given a book about riddles as a prize and he soon finds himself longing for greater challenges and thrills, and dons the disguise of the Riddler to challenge Batman, believing him to be a worthy adversary. In Batman, The Long Halloween, the Riddler appears as an informant and he first appears when Carmine The Roman Falcone hires him to figure out who the Holiday Killer is. Falcone eventually loses his patience with Riddler, however, and orders his daughter Sophia to force him to leave, upon exiting Falcones office, Holiday attacks Riddler, but for some reason leaves him alive. The attack was planned to coincide with the holiday of April Fools and this may be why Riddler was left alive, as matters are traditionally reversed on the holiday. He appeared again in the chapter of the story in which Harvey Dent is disfigured. He later showed up as a member of Two-Faces jury during the Hangmans trial, in Catwoman, When in Rome, he joins Selina Kyle on a trip to Italy in search of his fellow rogues origins. It is there that he manipulates her into believing that some of Batmans most dangerous foes are after her and he has his henchmen employ several gimmicks and weapons used by the Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze and the Joker to achieve this. He hopes to extract Batmans real identity from her, but to his dismay, the Riddler appears in The Question series, being convinced to become a big-time villain by a prostitute he meets on a bus. He hijacks the bus and begins asking riddles, killing and robbing anyone that gets them wrong, Question quickly subdues him by asking him philosophical riddles in return. He is outwitted and has a breakdown before being set free as a reward for getting one last riddle right
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Two-Face
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Two-Face is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane and first appeared in Detective Comics #66, as one of Batmans most enduring enemies, Two-Face belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. Once an upstanding Gotham City district attorney, Harvey Dent was hideously scarred on the side of his face after a mob boss threw acidic chemicals at him during a court trial. He was subsequently driven insane and adopted the Two-Face persona, becoming a criminal obsessed with duality, in later years, writers have portrayed Two-Faces obsession with chance and fate as the result of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and dissociative identity disorder. He obsessively makes all important decisions by flipping his former lucky charm, the modern version is established as having once been a personal friend and ally of James Gordon and Batman. Two-Face was ranked #12 on IGNs list of the Top 100 Comic Book Villains of All Time, in the Batman film series, Billy Dee Williams portrayed Harvey Dent in Batman, and Tommy Lee Jones portrayed Two-Face in Batman Forever. Nicholas DAgosto currently portrays Harvey Dent on the live-action TV series Gotham, Two-Face first appears in Detective Comics #66 with the name Harvey Apollo Kent, later stories changed his name to Harvey Dent to avoid an association with Superman. The character only made three appearances in the 1940s, and appeared twice in the 1950s. By this time, he was dropped in favor of more kid friendly villains, though he did appear in a 1968 issue, in 1971, writer Dennis ONeil brought Two-Face back, and it was then that he became one of Batmans arch-enemies. In his autobiography, Batman creator Bob Kane claims to have inspired by Robert Louis Stevensons Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Some inspiration was derived from the Pulp magazine character the Black Bat whose origin story included having acid splashed on his face. In the wake of Frank Millers 1986 revision of Batmans origin and it was also established, in Batman, Year One, that pre-accident Harvey Dent was one of Batmans earliest allies. He had clear ties to both Batman and Commissioner Gordon, making him an unsettling and personal foe for both men, Harvey Dents origin relates that he went through much hardship during his childhood. Growing up under the parentage of an abusive and mentally-ill father, Harvey Dent started developing repressed mental illnesses of his own, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. His hard work ethic, however, later allowed him to rise as the youngest district attorney to serve Gotham City, nicknamed Apollo for his looks and clean-cut image. He is elected about six months before Batman takes his role as a masked vigilante, Dent forges an alliance with police captain James Gordon and Batman to rid Gotham of crime boss Sal Maroni, and Carmine Falcone, with the former murdered by the latters son. Gordon also speculated that Dent might have been Batman, but dismissed this theory on grounds that Dent lacked Batmans financial resources, Falcone hires the corrupt Assistant District Attorney Vernon Fields to provide Sal Maroni with sulfuric acid to disfigure Dent with. Two-Face gets his trademark coin from his father that would employ the coin in a nightly game that always ended with a beating
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Superman
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Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, high school living in Cleveland, Ohio. They sold Superman to Detective Comics, the future DC Comics, Superman debuted in Action Comics #1 and subsequently appeared in various radio serials, newspaper strips, television programs, films, and video games. With this success, Superman helped to create the superhero archetype, the character is also referred to by such epithets as the Man of Steel, the Man of Tomorrow, and The Last Son of Krypton. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farm couple, the child is raised as Clark Kent, very early on he started to display various superhuman abilities, which, upon reaching maturity, he resolved to use for the benefit of humanity through a secret Superman identity. Superman resides and operates in the fictional American city of Metropolis, as Clark Kent, he is a journalist for the Daily Planet, a Metropolis newspaper. Supermans love interest is generally Lois Lane, and his archenemy is supervillain Lex Luthor and he is typically a member of the Justice League and close ally of Batman and Wonder Woman. Like other characters in the DC Universe, several versions of Superman have been depicted over the years. Supermans appearance is distinctive and iconic, he wears a blue costume with a red-and-yellow emblem on the chest, consisting of the letter S in a shield shape. This shield is used in media to symbolize the character. Superman is widely considered an American cultural icon and he has fascinated scholars, with cultural theorists, commentators, and critics alike exploring the characters impact and role in the United States and worldwide. The characters ownership has often been the subject of dispute, with Siegel, the character has been adapted extensively and portrayed in other forms of media as well, including films, television series, and video games. Several actors have portrayed Superman in motion pictures and TV series including Kirk Alyn, George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, Dean Cain, Tom Welling, Brandon Routh, Henry Cavill, Siegels fanzine did not sell well. Siegel and Shuster shifted to making comic strips, which they self-published in a book they called Popular Comics, the pair dreamed of becoming professional authors and believed that syndicated newspaper strips offered more lucrative and stable work than pulp magazines. The art quality standards were lower, making them more accessible to the inexperienced Shuster. In early 1933 or in 1934, Siegel developed a new character, also named Superman, but now a heroic character and this first prototype of Superman had no fantastic abilities and wore casual clothing. Siegel and Shuster often compared this version to Slam Bradley, a character they created in 1936. Siegel shared his idea with Shuster and they decided to turn it into a comic strip, the first publisher they solicited was Humor Publishing in Chicago, after having read one of their comic books, Detective Dan
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Steven Tyler
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He is known as the Demon of Screamin due to his high screams and his wide vocal range. He is also known for his on-stage acrobatics, during his high-energy performances, Tyler usually dresses in bright, colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his microphone stand. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler had a drug and alcohol addiction. Tyler and bandmate Joe Perry became known as the Toxic Twins due to their drug abuse, in the wake of this success, Tyler emerged as one of the most enduring rock icons. Since the late 1980s, he has embarked on solo endeavors including guest appearances on other artists music, film and TV roles, authoring a bestselling book. Tyler is included among Rolling Stones 100 Greatest Singers and he was ranked third on Hit Paraders Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time. Steven Victor Tallarico was born on March 26,1948, at the Polyclinic Hospital in Manhattan, New York, the family moved to Yonkers when he was about nine years old. The son of Susan Ray, a secretary, and Victor A. Tallarico and his father was of Italian and German descent, while his mother was of Polish and English ancestry. His maternal grandfather, who was from what is present-day Poland and his paternal grandfather, Giovanni Tallarico, was from Cotronei, Calabria, Italy. Steven has one sister named Lynda. Steven attended Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, in 1965, aged 17, Tyler spent time in Greenwich Village, New York, the highlight of which was seeing a Rolling Stones concert. Tyler states that his friends and he hung around for a while, a photo in the bands autobiography Walk This Way shows Tyler standing behind Mick Jagger outside a hotel. Before Aerosmith, Tyler wrote what would one of Aerosmiths signature songs. In 1969, Tyler attended a rock show in Sunapee, New Hampshire, where he first saw future bandmates Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton. Tyler later stated he was struck by their raw power and attitude, around 1970, Tyler, Perry, and Hamilton decided to form a band. Tyler, who had played drums in many of his previous bands, insisted that he be the frontman, Joey Kramer, an old acquaintance of Tylers from New York, was recruited to play drums. Tyler invited his friend, Ray Tabano, to play rhythm guitar. Shortly after relocating to Boston, Tylers dissatisfaction with Tabanos lack of passion and dedication prompted the band to replace Tabano with Brad Whitford
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Kilowog
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Kilowog is a fictional superhero from DC Comics, and a member of the Green Lantern Corps. Kilowog first appears in Green Lantern Corps #1 and was created by Steve Englehart, a towering alien with a brutish cross of porcine and bull-doggish appearance, Kilowog is renowned throughout the Green Lantern Corps as the primary trainer of the Corps newest recruits. The Guardians of the Universe recruited Kilowog, a genetic scientist, from the planet Bolovax Vik. Kilowog was trained by Lantern Ermey, who would use the word poozer. In the middle of an arduous training session, Ermey had Kilowog and his fellow rookies help stop an attack on a group of Lanterns. Ermey, fatally wounded in battle, commended Kilowog on his abilities, in this capacity, Kilowog acted as the first trainer to a young Hal Jordan, the ring-recruited successor to the slain Abin Sur of Ungara, the Green Lantern of Space Sector 2814. Kilowog and his new recruit helped the Guardians confront Abin Surs murderer, during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Bolovax Vik was destroyed. This was a blow to the giant Green Lantern, as his race lived a highly communal lifestyle. The Crisis saw the immortal Guardians ethically divided and their ranks depleted for the first time in millions of years, the Corps as well suffered hundreds of casualties. The Guardians then decided to end their direct leadership of the Corps, and left for another dimension with their former mates and they ultimately became the Green Lantern Corps of Earth. While his appearance at first frightened most humans, Kilowog briefly became a celebrity following his defeat of the villain Black Hand on live television in a battle over Anaheim Stadium. During his time in the USSR, Kilowog was instrumental in the creation of the Soviet Unions first super-powered force, Kilowog ultimately became disenchanted with the U. S. S. R. and the flawed communist nations of Earth. While adventuring with the Green Lantern Corps of Earth, Kilowog found a world in Space Sector 872 which would make a suitable Bolovax Vik II, moved to action, he tapped into his ring and reconstituted the entire population of his world, some 16 billion beings. No sooner had he done this, though, than the world was obliterated by the renegade Green Lantern Sinestro, the trauma of this drove Kilowog temporarily insane, but he was helped back to his senses by fellow Green Lantern Arisia, to whom he confessed his love. He was also supported by other Green Lanterns, who made an effort to be near him, around this time, Kilowog is allowed to be one of the honor guard at Supermans funeral. When the Corps began to again, Kilowog returned to Oa to train the new generation of Green Lanterns. During the Emerald Twilight arc, numerous Green Lanterns were sent to stop the supposedly insane Hal Jordan, the very last Green Lantern to oppose Jordan was Kilowog himself, on Oa. He attempted to prevent his old pupil from entering and absorbing the power of the Great Battery itself, Kilowog was disintegrated with a blast by Jordans ring, leaving nothing but a seared skull and ashes, and a shaken but undeterred Jordan stole the energies of the Great Battery
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Giganta
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Giganta is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. A longtime enemy of Wonder Woman and a foil for The Atom, Giganta possesses the superhuman ability to increase her physical size and mass. Her first appearance, written by Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston, Later adaptations introduced Gigantas size-changing ability, a feature which has been retained to date. Giganta was introduced as a foe of the Golden Age Wonder Woman, in the story, a scientist named Professor Zool artificially mutates an ape named Giganta into a malicious red-haired strongwoman. The mutation machine goes haywire and somehow reverts the world to an earlier stage, Giganta joins a primitive tribe to attack Wonder Woman, but is defeated. When the world gets to the Golden Age of humanity, Giganta causes trouble by encouraging a rebellion, when the world returns to normal, Giganta is still in her strongwoman form. Giganta is ultimately subdued and captured by Wonder Woman and taken to Themiscrya for rehabilitation, in issue #28, she joins a rebellion of prisoners held on the island started by the Saturnian slaver Eviless, thereby becoming a member of the criminal team Villainy Inc. Eviless steals Wonder Womans lasso and kidnaps Hippolyta and she joins with the Atlantean Queen Clea to cause trouble. Giganta is not seen again in the comics until 1966, in Wonder Woman #163, in which her origin is revamped to include member of Wonder Womans rogues gallery. This appearance also premiered a short-lived update to her look, giving her waist-length blond hair, Giganta is Dr. Doris Zeul, who suffers from a fatal blood disease. She captures Wonder Woman and plans to put her life-essence into Wonder Womans body using an experimental machine, interrupted by Wonder Girl halfway through the experiment she ends up with her consciousness in a test animal gorilla named Giganta. Following her transformation, Giganta allies herself with Queen Clea and the incarnation of Villainy Inc. in an attempt to conquer the lost world of Skartaris. Villainy Inc. is defeated by Wonder Woman, but Giganta is subsequently seen as a member of several criminal groups, including the Secret Society of Super Villains. As part of the Society, she takes part in the Battle of Metropolis, a confrontation with multiple heroes, including Elasti-Girl, the Society ultimately loses this battle. They implied that Giganta has overcome that limitation and retains her full intelligence at any size, Giganta, along with The Cheetah and Doctor Psycho, engage in a battle with Donna Troy, as part of a search for, as they term it, the real Wonder Woman. Giganta and her allies also battle Hercules, with the giantess being felled by the legendary champion, Giganta is a teacher at Ryan Chois Ivy Town University. Infected and controlled by MNagalah, the monstrous Cancer god, she was sent to seduce and capture Ryan Choi, the new Atom, in the process even going so far as to swallow the miniature hero alive. Before their second date, the Atom is approached by Wonder Woman on behalf of the Department of Metahuman Affairs, a fight between Wonder Woman and Giganta ensues
