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
Radio Star (film) the 1990s) was cast first, and for the role opposite him, Park suggested his real-life longtime friend Ahn Sung-ki, with whom he had starred in three previous films, namely, "Chilsu and Mansu" (1988), "Two Cops" (1993) and "Nowhere to Hide" (1999). Ahn said, "If we did not sustain our 20-year friendship, we could not have done justice to the touching scenes in "Radio Star". The film has a cunning resemblance to our ordinary life, and (while we were acting), we felt it firsthand." Park said the project appealed to him because the film industry rarely focused on characters in their