Good morning WA2K listeners and contributors.
Before acknowledging all the delightful input on our little cyber radio station, allow me to wish Clary and Piffka a wonderful and joyous ....
Happy Birthday
This day belongs to you both:
Candles are a gift of light,
A tiny sun, a bit of star.
No other dancer in the night
Dances with such sheer delight,
Little souls serene and bright,
Each a glimpse of what we are
Shining innocent and pure.
Back later, folks, after coffee
hamburger, Thank you for that wonderful song of the guitar. It would be a gray old world without music and the instruments that produce it, Canada.
dj, What a wonderful way to wake up the world. Thank you for all the get up and go songs, and I am certain that Clary and Piffka appreciate your birthday song.
Hey, hawkman. Love your bio's and we know most of them, I think. Also got a smile when I saw your "thought of you" song. Love that one, buddy.
We also got a big smile at your little anecdote about the "confession."
I am certain our Raggedy will be along shortly to put the picture where the name is.
One of my favorites among Bob's bio's is John Greenleaf Whittier. I especially love his poem, "In School Days", and the message that it sends to those who would rather lose than hurt the one they love, is a gentle lesson for all of us.
"....I'm sorry that I spelt the word; I hate to go above you, because, the brown eyes lower fell, because, you see, I love you...."
Still memory to a gray-haired man,
That sweet child's face is showing,
Dear girl the grasses on her grave,
Have forty years been growing.
He lives to learn in life's hard school,
How few who go above him,
Lament their triumph and his loss,
Like her, because they love him.
Here There And Everywhere
The Beatles
To lead a better life
I need my love to be here
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there
There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking
But she doesn't know he's there
I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there
I want her everywhere
And if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there
I will be there, and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere
Well, folks, there's our Raggedy with fantastic photo's of the notables. Thanks, PA. Wouldn't it be interesting to give a child four names? (I have five myself)
Happy Birthday, John Arthur Ray Erskine.
From the conductor of The Boston Pops:
Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wand'ring
So fair to be seen.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
We are not daily beggers
That beg from door to door,
But we are neighbors' children
Whom you have seen before
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
Good master and good mistress,
As you sit beside the fire,
Pray think of us poor children
Who wander in the mire.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
We have a little purse
Made of ratching leather skin;
We want some of your small change
To line it well within.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
Bring us out a table
And spread it with a cloth;
Bring us out a cheese,
And of your Christmas loaf.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
God bless the master of this house,
Likewise the mistress too;
And all the little children
That round the table go.
Love and joy come to you,
And to you your wassail, too,
And God bless you, and send you
A Happy New Year,
And God send you a Happy New Year.
Oops, edgar, missed your here, there, and everywhere. I do believe it, Texas.
Funny remembrance, folks.
My kids made me a sampler and framed it. It said:
Thanks, Mom, for always being there.
Bud made one of his own and pasted it over their sampler. It said:
Thanks, Dad, for always being there when you should have been here.
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Bob Dylan
Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby,
Can't buy a thrill.
Well, I've been up all night,
Leanin' on the window sill.
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it,
You know my baby will.
Don't the moon look good, mama,
Shinin' through the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama,
Flagging down the "Double E"?
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea?
Don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' after me?
Now the wintertime is coming,
The windows are filled with frost.
I went to tell everybody,
But I could not get across.
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be your boss.
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost.
I didn't realize that you knew Bob Dylan, edgar. <smile> Like those moon songs, Texas, and thanks.
To balance the musical scales, listeners:
J.S.Bach
Jesu, joy of man's desiring,
Holy wisdom, love most bright;
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring
Soar to uncreated light.
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned,
With the fire of life impassioned,
Striving still to truth unknown,
Soaring, dying round Thy throne.
Through the way where hope is guiding,
Hark, what peaceful music rings;
Where the flock, in Thee confiding,
Drink of joy from deathless springs.
Theirs is beauty's fairest pleasure;
Theirs is wisdom's holiest treasure.
Thou dost ever lead Thine own
In the love of joys unknown.
Perhaps I can find "What Strangers are These." Hmmmm. Our Raggedy might know.
I go to a site that encourages song writers to get together. I have about 19 lyrics posted so far. Each time one drops off the front page, I add another. Hope to add one about life on the moon.
Well, edgar. I sent our Raggedy an S.O.S. Perhaps she can help us both.
Hey, gal. We'll put something in your stocking if you will:
Although our Raggedy did not know our songs, edgar, she reminded me of this one and its counterpart:
What child is this, who, laid to rest
On Mary's lap, is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
While shepherds watch are keeping?
This, this is Christ the King,
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
Haste, haste to bring him laud,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
So bring Him incense, gold, and myrrh,
Come peasant king to own Him,
The King of kings, salvation brings,
Let loving hearts enthrone Him.
Raise, raise the song on high,
The Virgin sings her lullaby:
Joy, joy, for Christ is born,
The Babe, the Son of Mary!
Greensleeves
Alas my love you do me wrong
To cast me out discourteously
When I have loved you so so long
Delighting in your company
Your gown was of the grassy green
Your sleeves of satin were hanging by
Which made you be a harvest queen
Yet you would not love me
Green sleeves was my all my joy
Green sleeves was my delight
Green sleeves was my heart of gold
And who but my lady green sleeves
Alas my love you do me wrong
To cast me out discourteously
When I have loved you so so long
Delighting in your company
Well, I thank the two of you. I guess it's unplagiaristically mine, to coin a phrase. I have advanced the lines a bit more, but can't say how long til the final product, which will the be posted alongside the others.
And When I Die
Blood, Sweat & Tears
written by Laura Nyro
I'm not scared of dying
And I don't really care
If it's peace you find in dying
Well then let the time be near
If it's peace you find in dying
And if dying time is here
Just bundle up my coffin
'Cause it's cold way down there
I hear that its cold way down their
Yeah, crazy cold way down their
And when I die, and when I'm gone
There'll be one child born
In this world to carry on
To carry on
Now troubles are many
They're as deep as a well
I can swear there ain't no heaven
But I pray there ain't no hell
Swear there ain't no heaven
And I pray there ain't no hell
But I'll never know by living
Only my dying will tell
Yes, only my dying will tell
Yeah, only my dying will tell
And when I die, and when I'm gone
There'll be one child born
In this world to carry on
To carry on
Give me my freedom
For as long as I be
All I ask of living
Is to have no chains on me
All I ask of living
Is to have no chains on me
And all I ask of dying
Is to go naturally
Oh I want to go naturally
Here I go
Hey, hey
Here comes the devil
Right Behind
Look out children
Here he comes
Here he comes
Hey
Don't want to go by the devil
Don't want to go by demon
Don't want to go by Satan
Don't want to die uneasy
Just let me go naturally
and when I die
When I'm dead, dead and gone
There'll be one child born
In our world to carry on
To carry on
Yeah, yeah
Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.
edgar, I really like Blood, Sweat, and Tears, especially that one as I see it representing the cycle of life and death:
Here's one, folks, by that same group:
Artist: Blood Sweat And Tears
Song: Sometimes In Winter
Sometimes In winter I gaze into the streets
and walk through snow and city sleet
behind your room.
Sometimes in winter forgotten memories
remember you behind the trees
with leaves that cry.
By the window once I waited for you,
laughing slightly you would run,
trees alone would chill us in the meadow,
making love in the evening sun.
Now you're gone girl,
and the lamp posts call your name,
i can hear them in the spring of frozen rain.
Now you're gone girl,
and the times slow down til dawn
it's a cold room
and the walls ask where you've gone
Sometimes in winter I love you when the good times seem like memories
in the spring that never came.
Sometimes in winter, I wish the empty streets would fill with laughter
from your tears to ease my pain.
George Stevens
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born 18 December 1904
Oakland, California, USA
Died 8 March 1975
Lancaster, California, USA
George Stevens (December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an American motion picture director, producer, writer and cinematographer. Born in Oakland, California, Stevens broke into the movie business as a cameraman, working on many Laurel and Hardy shorts. His first feature film was The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble in 1933.
In 1934 he got his first directing job, the slapstick Kentucky Kernels. His big break came when he directed Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams in 1935. He went on in the late 1930s to direct several Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies, not only with the two actors together, but on their own.
Following World War II, in which he photographed the graphic scenes at the Dachau concentration camp, his films became more dramatic. I Remember Mama in 1948 was the last movie with comic scenes that he made. He was responsible for such classic films as A Place in the Sun, Shane, The Diary of Anne Frank, Giant and The Greatest Story Ever Told.
Stevens is the father of TV and film writer, producer, and director George Stevens, Jr., and the grandfather of TV and film producer and director Michael Stevens.
Stevens died on his ranch in Lancaster, California
Ray Liotta
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born December 18, 1954 (age 51)
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Ray Liotta (born Raymond Julian Vicimarli on December 18, 1954 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor.
Liotta is well known for his roles in Field of Dreams, Goodfellas, Cop Land, and Blow.
Early life
Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey of Italian-Scottish descent, and was adopted six months after birth by Alfred Liotta, the president of a local Democratic club, and Mary, an appointed township clerk. Both of his parents unsuccessfully ran for local office. His last name was changed to Liotta after being adopted. In 1973, he graduated from Union High School in Union, New Jersey, and in 1992, he was inducted into their Hall of Fame.
Liotta studied acting at the University of Miami, where he performed at the university's highly-regarded Jerry Herman Ring Theatre.
Acting career
One of his earliest roles was as Joey Perrini on the daytime program Another World. He appeared on the show from 1978 to 1981. In 1987, he earned a Golden Globe nomination [1] for his portrayal of a volatile ex-con in Jonathan Demme's film Something Wild (1986)
In 1990, Liotta portrayed real-life mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorcese's film Goodfellas, one of his most famous roles to date. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
In addition to his movie roles, Liotta provided the voice of Tommy Vercetti for the 2002 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. He also narrated "Inside the Mafia" for the National Geographic Channel.
In 2005, Liotta had a memorable guest appearance on the television drama ER playing Charlie Metcalf in the episode Time of Death. The role earned him an Emmy for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series."
He starred in the 2006 CBS television series Smith, but the series was pulled from the schedule after only three episodes had aired.
Personal
Liotta married actress Michelle Grace in February 1997. They met on the set of the television movie The Rat Pack, in which Liotta played Frank Sinatra and Grace played Judy Campbell. Their daughter, Karsen, was born in December 1998. The couple divorced in 2004.
Brad Pitt
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Birth name William Bradley Pitt
Born December 18, 1963 (age 43)
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Early life
Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Southern Baptist parents William A. Pitt and Jane Etta Hillhouse. He and his two siblings, Doug Pitt and Julie Neal Pitt, grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where the family moved soon after his birth. Pitt's parents and siblings still live in Springfield.
At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student government, and school musicals. He attended the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri - Columbia where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was two credits shy of graduating with a journalism degree in 1986 when he left to try his luck in Hollywood. According to one of his former advertising professors at MU, Pitt was working on an independent project that was a calendar called "The Men of Mizzou." He was the creative director for the entire project, but it was never completed and ultimately prevented him from earning his degree.
Career
Early work
He appeared in the sit-com Head Of The Class, for a while dating the show's star Robin Givens. He was also in an episode of Growing Pains.
Pitt appeared as Chris in the long-running soap Another World. While auditioning for the show Our House, he was asked to read for another part, and found himself playing Shalane McCall's boyfriend Charles in Dallas. He also had a number of roles in prime time series such as thirtysomething, 21 Jump Street, and Freddy's Nightmares. Pitt appeared uncredited in both Less Than Zero and Charlie Sheen's No Man's Land before appearing in Cutting Class, about a maniac stalking cheerleaders. He began dating co-star Jill Schoelen, who had earlier been seeing Keanu Reeves.
In 1988, Pitt had his first starring role, in Dark Side Of The Sun, where he played a young American taken by his family to the Adriatic to find a remedy for a terrible skin condition. The movie was shot in Yugoslavia in the summer of '88 with Brad being paid $1,523 a week for seven weeks. However, with editing nearly complete, war broke out and much of the film was lost. The film was released years later.
Pitt won a part in the TV movie Too Young to Die?, about an abused teenager given the death penalty for murder; Pitt played white trash drug-hound pimp Billy Canton, Brad's character was particularly unpleasant, taking beastly advantage of runaway Juliette Lewis, who he began dating in real life. "It was quite romantic", he later observed dryly "shooting her full of drugs and stuff". The pair would be together for three years.
1991-1993
In 1991, Pitt starred as Joe Maloney in Across the Tracks in which he portrayed a young Californian athlete with a difficult criminal brother played by Rick Schroder.
However Pitt finally got his big break in one of that year's biggest hits: Thelma & Louise. Brad had in fact been third choice for the role[citation needed]. The first choice, William Baldwin, chose to do Backdraft instead.
After Thelma and Louise, Pitt starred in Johnny Suede as a groovy big-haired rock star in 1991 alongside Catherine Keener and Nick Cave. The film was directed by Tom DiCillo. After performing a role in Cool World, Pitt was in Robert Redford's A River Runs Through It in 1992, for which Pitt learned fly fishing by casting off of Hollywood buildings.[citation needed] Pitt struck up a friendship with co-star Buck Simmonds and following the movie, moved into an apartment together.[citation needed]
Then came Kalifornia in 1993, a road movie in which he played a scruffy serial killer alongside his then girlfriend Juliette Lewis and X-Files actor David Duchovny.
1994-2000
In 1994, Pitt played vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac in the movie adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview With The Vampire. Pitt played the seventeenth century vampire which required several hours work in make-up on set to achieve the white skin of the character and he had to wear a pair of luminous green eyes, vampire fangs and a shoulder-length hairpiece to complete the appearance. Pitt worked with the eleven-year-old Kirsten Dunst, as well as Tom Cruise, Christian Slater and Antonio Banderas.
He then starred in Legends of the Fall and Se7en. In Se7en Pitt starred as the police detective David Mills alongside Morgan Freeman in the hunt for a serial killer played by Kevin Spacey.
Pitt was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Jeffrey Goines in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys in which he acted alongside Bruce Willis. In 1997 Pitt played the IRA terrorist Rory Devany in The Devil's Own alongside Harrison Ford, the first of several films where he has acted using an Irish accent. Reportedly Pitt had a difficult time with the making of the film and expressed his unhappinness with the final script which had apparently been rewritten seven times.
Pitt starred as Heinrich Harrer in the 1997 film Seven Years in TibetThat same year he played the main role of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer in the Jean Jacques Annaud film Seven Years In Tibet. Pitt trained for months for the role which demanded a great deal of trekking and mountain climbing, working out with co-star English actor David Thewlis by rock climbing in California and the Alps.Because of themes of Tibetan nationalism in the film, the Chinese government banned Pitt and Thewlis from China for life. [1] [2]
In 1998, Pitt starred as the main character in the film Meet Joe Black. Pitt starred as a personification of Death inhabiting the body of a young man in order to learn what it is like to be human while informing a billionaire tycoon that his life on Earth is nearly over. The film covers many storylines at once, including a naive Death's first experiences with simple pleasures like peanut butter and falling in love with a young woman played by Claire Forlani. The film gave Pitt another chance to work alongside Welsh actor Sir Anthony Hopkins whom he had previously worked with in Legends of the Fall.
In 1999 Brad Pitt starred in Fight Club, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Working with his previous director whom he had worked with on Se7en Pitt portrayed the character of Tyler Durden, a highly colorful and complex character.
In 2000 Pitt played the role of a gypsy Irish boxer in the gangster movie Snatch alongside Vinnie Jones and Benicio Del Toro. The film was a wild caper involving a diamond heist, Russian and American mafia and the shady underground world , that saw Pitt brought in as a ringer by two failing promoters. The movie saw him moving on from his attempt at the conventional Devil's Own Northen Irish accent, and perhaps inspired by his co-star Benicio Del Toro's recent performance in The Usual Suspects, Pitt created a just-barely-intelligible accent suggesting the Irish Pikeys, itinerant and insular Irish gypsies. Pitt continued to train for the role, and honed his boxing skills at Ricky English's gym in Watford.
2001-present
In 2001 Brad Pitt worked with long-term friend and actress Julia Roberts in the comical road movie The Mexican. After his wedding to Friends actress Jennifer Aniston in the summer of that year he immediately began filming for Spy Game, a Cold War thriller in which he starred alongside veteran actor Robert Redford playing the role of his mentor. At the end of the year, Pitt finished filming Ocean's Eleven with George Clooney and Matt Damon, a remake of the 1960s version which starred Frank Sinatra. The film established a close friendship between the three particularly between Pitt and Clooney.
Since then he has done numerous films, including Ocean's Twelve and the Greek historical epic Troy in 2004 in which he portrayed the historical character of Achilles. During the production of Troy Pitt also sustained an injury to his Achilles tendon which was coincidental playing the role of Achilles. [1]
In 2005 Pitt starred in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, in which he and his current partner, Angelina Jolie, starred as the title roles. There was much speculation in the press at the time that Pitt was embarking on a relationship with Angelina while the film was under production, but Pitt denied there was any intimate involvement with Jolie while he was married to Jennifer Aniston.
In March 2006, it was announced that Paramount had purchased the rights to The Sparrow for Pitt's production company, Plan B, and that Pitt would be playing the lead role of Sandoz. [2] In June 2006 it was announced that Paramount and Plan B will be working on a new zombie film called World War Z, based on the book of the same name by Max Brooks.[3]
To date Pitt has turned down a number of major roles including The Matrix, Apollo 13, The Bourne Identity, Alexander, The Devil's Advocate, Almost Famous, The Chamber and American Psycho.[citation needed]
Other work
Like many A-list stars, Pitt does not normally perform in American television commercials, instead opting to do commercials that are seen in Asia only, most notably for Edwin Jeans, the Toyota Altis, and Japanese canned coffee, ROOTS. A notable exception to this is a Heineken commercial which aired during the 2005 Super Bowl. It was directed by David Fincher, who directed Pitt in the feature films Se7en and Fight Club.
Together with Aniston and Paramount Pictures head Brad Grey, Pitt is the co-founder of the production company 'Plan B'. Aniston is no longer a partner in the company, although she is still attached to many projects that were set up before her divorce with Pitt. The company produced the blockbuster Charlie and the Chocolate Factory starring Johnny Depp.
He has also had a cameo appearance in season 8 of Friends and on an episode of MTV's Jackass, in which he took part in a staged abduction of himself. In a later episode, he and some cast-members run wild through the streets of Los Angeles in gorilla suits.
Personal life
Early relationships
After a stint on the TV show Head of the Class, Pitt dated Mike Tyson's then ex-wife Robin Givens. Pitt has also dated Geena Davis, Shalane McCall, and Jill Schoelen. Sometime after that the 26 year old Pitt became involved in a three-year relationship with 17-year old actress Juliette Lewis who was his co-star in Too Young to Die? and Kalifornia.
Pitt dated English actress Thandie Newton briefly on the set of the 1994 film Interview With The Vampire but the relationship soon fizzled out. She has publicly described Pitt as "A very beautiful man."
Pitt was involved in a long-term relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow whom he met and became close to on the set of the 1995 film Se7en, for which she played his wife. They became engaged in December 1996 after Pitt proposed to her in Argentina on set of Seven Years in Tibet, but the couple split in June 1997. Extensive tabloid coverage surrounded the relationship. Nude photographs of the couple, taken by paparazzi, controversially appeared in magazines, primarily Playgirl which featured a full face shot of the actor on the cover.
Marriage to Jennifer Aniston
Brad Pitt met Friends actress Jennifer Aniston in 1998 and married her at an enclosed wedding ceremony in Malibu on July 29, 2000. The couple were adamant that the ceremony would be a private affair and hired hundreds of guards to block out any attempts of invasion by the paparazzi. Only one media picture was ever released of the wedding. Not long after the wedding, Pitt sued Damiani International, the company which made the wedding ring he gave Jennifer Aniston, for selling replica "Brad and Jennifer" rings. According to Pitt, the ring was his design and was to be exclusive. Under the settlement reached in January 2002, Pitt will design jewelry for Damiani that Aniston will model in ads, and the company will stop selling the copies.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the July 2005 cover of W magazine.Their separation was announced on January 7, 2005. Aniston filed for a divorce on March 25 the same year. The divorce was finalized on October 2, 2005. The troubled marriage inspired Brad Pitt to cooperate with Steven Klein for a photoshoot which was displayed on the July 2005 edition of W magazine. The spread showed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a 1963 married couple with children who were experiencing differences in an era where he believed the importance of maintaining a "facade" was becoming complicated.[4]
Relationship with Angelina Jolie
After his separation from Aniston, Pitt began dating Angelina Jolie. The couple were quickly dubbed "Brangelina" by the media. Pitt accompanied the actress to Ethiopia in July 2005 to pick up her adopted daughter Zahara from an orphanage in that country. In late 2005, Pitt accompanied Jolie twice during visits to Pakistan in her function as ambassador of UNHCR to support earthquake victims in that country. It was announced on December 2, 2005, that Pitt was seeking to legally adopt Jolie's two children, son Maddox and daughter Zahara, and to have the children's surnames legally changed to Jolie-Pitt. On January 19, 2006, a judge in Santa Monica, California approved the name-change request. Jolie gave birth to the couple's first biological child, a daughter named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, at the Cottage Medi-Clinic Hospital in Swakopmund, Namibia. Shiloh was born by a scheduled caesarean section, due to breech presentation, and Pitt was there to cut her umbilical cord. Pitt confirmed that their newly born daughter will have a Namibian passport.[3] Jolie decided to offer the first pictures of Shiloh through the distributor Getty Images rather than allowing paparazzi to make these extremely valuable snapshots. People paid more than $4.1 million for the North American rights, while British magazine Hello! obtained the international rights for roughly $3.5 million; the total rights sale earned up to $10 million worldwide - the most expensive celebrity image of all time.[4] All profits were donated to an undisclosed charity by Jolie and Pitt.
Shiloh's name means "peaceful one" in Hebrew. Her middle name, Nouvel, comes from a favorite French architect of Pitt's.
Other interests
Pitt has been an active supporter of research into diseases such as AIDS.
In popular culture
In 1995, Pitt was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 25 sexiest stars in film history. Pitt has also twice been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.
Pitt is also prominently featured in the December 2006 Art Issue of Vanity Fair. Pitt appears on the cover in nothing but a pair of white boxers. The cover promotes an article on the Robert Wilson video portraits, a production of LAB HD that includes numerous celebrities and noted personalities. This cover has drawn criticism from Pitt because although he had signed a release for the image, he did not expect it to end up on the cover of Vanity Fair more than a year later. The video portrait, which represents Pitt's first effort in avant-garde cinema, was exhibited at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
Pitt is mentioned in a number of songs including rap and R&B songs by Jay-Z/Punjabi MC's Beware of the Boys and The Black Eyed Peas f/Talib et.al in the song "Like That". He was also mentioned by Shania Twain in the song "That Don't Impress Me Much" in which she makes a reference to Brad Pitt as being the model of male perfection.
Pitt has been awarded a Blue Peter badge.
