Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award.
The elder son of Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill, Douglas received his Bachelor of Arts in Drama from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His early acting roles included film, stage, and television productions. Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco, for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations.
Hundreds In Hollywood Community, From Gal Gadot And Michael Douglas To Jerry Seinfeld, Sign Letter Urging Release Of Hostages In Israel Attacks
deadline.comA letter signed by more than 700 members of the Hollywood community is calling for the release of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas as part of their attacks on Israel.
Names including Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Michael Douglas, Greg Berlanti, Mayim Bialik, Gail Berman, Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Lee Curtis, Antoine Fuqua, Bryan Freedman, Mark Hamill, Jenji Kohan, Howie Mandel, Sherry Lansing, Ziggy Marley, Debra Messing, Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer and John Landgraf are among the swath of names among the signatories of the letter, which appeared on the website for the Creative Community for Peace.
The letter strongly denounced the “nightmare that Israelis have feared for decades,” and “calls on our friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry to speak out forcefully against Hamas and do whatever is in their power to urge the terrorist organization to return the innocent hostages to their families.” “My heart is aching for the lives lost and families shattered,” Gadot said in a statement. “I’m praying for everyone who has been affected by Hamas’ terrorism and brutality.
And I hope that the world remains steadfast in their support of the Israeli people.” The letter comes as Hollywood companies have began speaking out on the attacks, in which more than 1,300 have been killed to date and thousands more injured.
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