Kirk Douglas he has focused on renewing his spiritual and religious life. He lives with his second wife (of years), Anne Buydens, a producer. Douglas was born Issur Danielovitch Demsky () in Amsterdam, New York, the son of Bryna "Bertha" (née Sanglel; 1884–1958) and Herschel "Harry" Danielovitch (c. 1884–1950; citations regarding his exact year of birth differ). His parents were Jewish emigrants from Chavusy, Mogilev Region, in the Russian Empire (present-day Belarus), and the family spoke Yiddish at home. His father's brother, who emigrated earlier, used the surname Demsky, which Douglas's family adopted in the United States. Douglas grew up as Izzy
Star Trek (film) million IMAX opening record. The film is the highest-grossing in the United States and Canada from the entire "Star Trek" film franchise, eclipsing "" and "". Its opening weekend numbers alone outgross the entire individual runs of "The Undiscovered Country", "The Final Frontier", "Insurrection" and "Nemesis". "Star Trek" ended its United States theatrical run on October 1, 2009, with a box office total of $257,730,019, which places it as the seventh highest-grossing film for 2009 behind "The Hangover". The film grossed $127,764,536 in international markets, for a total worldwide gross of $385,494,555. While foreign grosses represent only 31% of the