Michael Douglas accolades for his role, including Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Awards. Apart from his career in the film industry, Douglas has received notice for his humanitarian and political activism, as well as media attention for his marriage to Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the first child of actors Kirk Douglas (born 1916) and Diana Dill (1923–2015). His parents met at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His father is Jewish, and was born Issur Danielovitch. Michael's paternal grandparents were emigrants from Chavusy (now in Belarus, then part of the Russian Empire).
Star Trek (film series) original cast and those with the "Next Generation" cast, with the sixth focusing on the original cast and the seventh focusing on the "TNG" cast. The "Next Generation" cast made four films over a period of eight years, with the last two performing only moderately well ("Insurrection") and disappointingly ("Nemesis") at the box office. After the poor reception of "Star Trek: Nemesis" and the cancellation of the television series "", the franchise's executive producer Rick Berman and screenwriter Erik Jendresen began developing a new film, entitled "Star Trek: The Beginning", which would take place after "Enterprise" but before "The Original