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Biggest Names in Hollywood Gather for the Eighth Annual "Night ...

Houston Chronicle - Found Mar. 7, 2010
Javier Bardem, Halle Berry, Diane Keaton, Kristin Davis, Tina Fey, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Christian Slater, Gerard Butler, Kate Beckinsale and...
Biggest Names in Hollywood Gather for the Eighth Annual "Night ... - Reuters
Biggest Names in Hollywood Gather for the Eighth Annual "Night ... - Interest!ALERT
Biggest Names in Hollywood Gather for the Eighth Annual "Night ... - Sys-Con Media
Biggest Names in Hollywood Gather for the Eighth Annual "Night ... - PR inside
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Posted on March 7, 2010, 2:41 am

Christian Slater - Slaters Tv Drama Helps People Track Down Missing ...

Contactmusic - Found Feb. 6, 2010
Slater (Picture) People's Choice Awards 2010 held at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live - Arrivals Los Angeles, California .... Actor CHRISTIAN SLATER...

Posted on February 6, 2010, 10:32 am

Christian Slater's 'The Forgotten' Helps People Track Down Missing ...

Starpulse - Found Feb. 6, 2010
Christian Slater 's new TV show is helping people track down missing relatives.

Posted on February 6, 2010, 10:59 am

Christian Slater receives `dream` birthday gift

Monsters and Critics - Found Jan. 5, 2010
Christian Slater will be having sweet dreams ? after receiving pillows with his own face on as a birthday gift.

Posted on January 5, 2010, 6:24 am

Cinema Sutra: True Romance - Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater ...

Nerve.com - Found Dec. 28, 2009
The film: Christian Slater plays a depressed dude whose friends hire prostitute Patricia Arquette to give him a little loving pick-me-up.

Posted on December 28, 2009, 10:42 am

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, March 21, 2010

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Found 11 hours ago
Christian Slater is the celebrity volunteer, and Celine Dion and the Jonas Brothers also appear.

Posted on March 21, 2010, 3:58 am

Reeves Returns For Pro/Celebrity Race

Gazettes NewsPaper - Found Mar. 19, 2010
Film and television actor Christian Slater, currently staring in ABC?s ?The Forgotten.? Television and film actress Tika Sumpter, best...

Posted on March 19, 2010, 6:18 am

Dolan's Cadillac Pulls Up

IGN.com - Found Mar. 18, 2010
The flick stars Christian Slater and Wes Bentley (who has rarely been seen since American Beauty), as depicted from the pages of Stephen King...

Posted on March 18, 2010, 1:24 pm

Flash-forward three months: FlashForward?s finally back

Globe and Mail - Found Mar. 17, 2010
You remember The Forgotten, right? The new hour-long drama with Christian Slater trying to ID dead people?
FlashForward's Return Is Brought to You by the Words Crazy and ... - EOnline.com
ABC's 'FlashForward' returns with new episodes - Detroit News
ABC's FlashForward' looks ahead, not behind - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Posted on March 17, 2010, 6:09 am

Celebrity drivers announced for Long Beach Grand Prix charity race

Examiner.com - Found Mar. 17, 2010
Among the 18 named participants are: Keanu Reeves, Tony Hawk, and Christian Slater.

Posted on March 17, 2010, 1:45 pm

Christian Slater Biography

Christian Slater
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Christian Slater

Christian Slater in 2004
Born Christian Michael Leonard Slater
August 18, 1969 (1969-08-18) (age 40)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1981—present

Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor who has starred in films such as Heathers, Kuffs, True Romance, He Was a Quiet Man, Broken Arrow, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Legend of Billie Jean and Pump Up The Volume.

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Early life

Slater was born in New York City, the son of Mary Jo Slater (née Lauden), a casting executive and producer, and Michael Hawkins ( Thomas Knight Slater), an actor who is also known as Michael Gainsborough.12 Slater has a maternal half-brother, Ryan Slater, who is also an actor.3 Slater attended the Dalton School, the Professional Children's School and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.3

Career

Following a run on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, Slater made his Broadway debut as the lisping Winthrop Paroo opposite Dick Van Dyke in the 1980 revival of The Music Man.1 Additional Broadway credits include Copperfield, Merlin, Macbeth, Side Man, and The Glass Menagerie. In addition he has performed in London's West End in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Swimming With Sharks. Slater made his big screen debut in 1985's film The Legend of Billie Jean, and had significant roles in the 1986 mystery film The Name of the Rose, the 1989 dark comedy Heathers and Skateboarding flick Gleaming The Cube, and the 1990 teen film Pump Up the Volume. His most notable roles from the '90s include the role of outlaws "Arkansas" Dave Rudabaugh in 1990's Young Guns II and Clarence Worley in 1993's True Romance. He also voiced the character John Watson a.k.a. "Wonko the Sane" in BBC Radio 4's production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).4 Slater also voiced the character of 'Pips' in the successful Australian, animated film 'Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest'. He did not reprise the role in the sequel.

Christian Slater has signed on to join The Forgotten, ABC's new crime drama from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The show premiered on Tuesday, September 22 (leading out of the Dancing with the Stars results show). The Forgotten revolves around the Forgotten Network, a team of amateur sleuths who work on cases involving unidentified victims.5

Personal life

In 2000, Slater married Ryan Haddon, the daughter of '70s model Dayle Haddon. The couple have two children, Jaden Christopher (b. 1999) and Eliana Sophia (b. 2001). As of early 2005, they separated.6 He divides his time between New York City and Los Angeles, and he owns a home in London.citation needed In 2007, Slater made news for stating that he is still in love with Heathers co-star Winona Ryder.7

Slater was arrested on charges of third degree sexual abuse on May 31, 2005. A woman claimed that Slater grabbed her buttocks on a Manhattan street. During his arrest, Slater said, "I didn't do anything. This is bullshit!"8

He was once quoted as saying "Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job."9

He has been erroneously thought to be related to Helen Slater. In addition to their shared surname, the myth is further fueled by their portrayal of siblings in The Legend of Billie Jean. Also, the DVD of Supergirl, featuring Helen Slater, included a critic's review which wrongly stated she is his sister.

Charity work

Slater has been a supporter of several charities, including 21st Century Leaders, Global Green and Whatever It Takes,10 Slater appeared in an educational video on behalf of Nelson Mandela’s 46664 charity for AIDS awareness.11 He has also worked to promote humanitarian work in South Africa.12 In 1994, Slater donated his paycheck from the film Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles to River Phoenix’s favorite charities.1 Slater had taken a role in the film reserved for Phoenix after the latter died in 1993. In early May 2009, Slater visited wounded and recovering soldiers of Walter Reed Army Medical Center for the USO.1 On December 10, 2009, Christian Slater visited Hattiesburg, MS where he contributed work for the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The episode is scheduled to air sometime in March 2010.13

Awards

Slater won the MTV Movie Award in 1993, for his work in Untamed Heart. In 2001, he won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for The Contender.14

Filmography

Television

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Preceded by
Dana Carvey
MTV Video Music Awards host
1993
Succeeded by
Roseanne Barr