Birth nameAnton Viktorovich Yelchin Birth information11 March 1989, Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia] BioAnton Yelchin is an American actor best known for starring as Bobby Garfield opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), and as Tommy opposite Robin Williams in the House of D (2004).He was born Anton Viktorovich Yelchin on March 11, 1989, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, Soviet Union. His father, Viktor Yelchin, and his mother, Irina, were a successful pair of professional figure-skaters in Leningrad, and his grandfather was also a professional sportsman, a soccer player. Yelchin was only a 6-month-old baby when he emigrated to the United States, where his parents eventually developed coaching careers.Young Anton Yelchin demonstrated his strong personality from the early age of 4, he declined his parent's tutelage in figure skating, because he was fond of acting, and he knew exactly what he wanted to do in his life. Since his school years, he attended acting class in Los Angeles, and eventually he was noticed by casting agents. In 2000, at the age of 10, Yelchin made his debut on television, appearing as Robbie Edelstein in _ER: Be Still My Heart (2000 TV episode)_.At the age of 11, Yelchin shot to fame as Bobby Garfield co-starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), and earning himself the 2002 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film as Leading Young Actor. Over the course of his short acting career, he already played roles in more than twenty feature films and television productions. He is billed as Pavel Chekov in the latest installment of the 'Star Trek' franchise, Star Trek (2009).Outside of his acting profession, Anton Yelchin loves reading, he is also fond of playing chess. He writes music and performs with a band where he also plays piano and guitar. He is living in Los Angeles, California.

Anton Yelchin has denied claims that Christian Bale's on-set rant showed that the star was in charge on the set of Terminator Salvation. The actor, who plays Kyle Reese in the movie, told The Guardian: "The person running things is always the director. It's a shame that it got out, because people let that colour their vision of Christian, which is an inaccurate vision - he's a wonderful person to be around on set, very passionate." He added: "When a person is disrupting the process of film-making and not being professional,
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Oh, Terminator Salvation. It's the sequel that tried, grabbing excellent names like Christian Bale, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anton Yelchin ... but it had so much going against it. We had already learned, after Terminator 3 came out, that Terminators without James Cameron aren't much fun at all. But now another sequel with another John Connor, all at the hands of the Charlie's Angels helmer, and it just didn't do very well at all -- disappointing numbers and an ouch-worthy 34% fresh at Rottentomatoes.
And what we all want to know is what does James Cameron think about what's happened to his beloved franchise? Well, he's not the sort of guy to be too catty, but what he said during a Q&A at the end of last month says it all. Cameron discusses how he wasn't keen on returning to Terminator after Titanic, and how he suggested that Arnold Schwarzenegger get as
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The notion of a collective conscience has been in my head ever since Ethan Hawke's Jesse and Julie Delpy's Celine discussed life and death in Waking Life. Jesse referred to innovative leaps, getting the answers, and solving an old crossword puzzle: "It's like once the answers are out there, people can pick up on 'em. It's like we're all telepathically sharing our experiences."
But what about media and moviegoing? I've been in the middle of reading one book, happen to pick up another at the store, and then turned the page of my current read to see mention of the new book I just purchased. With moviegoing it seems to be even more prevalent. Within days of watching Synecdoche, New York, I watched Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III. I'd seen neither before, and both had Tom Noonan. Just the other day, in the middle of my Soap marathon,
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