* Michael Halliday's systemic functional grammar argues that the explanation of how language works " needed to be grounded in a functional analysis, since language had evolved in the process of carrying out certain critical functions as human beings interacted with their ... ' eco-social ' environment ".

The 1960s saw the rise of many new fields in linguistics, such as Noam Chomsky's generative grammar, William Labov's sociolinguistics, Michael Halliday's systemic functional linguistics and also modern psycholinguistics.

Brett Halliday's " Michael Shayne " detective novels were made into a series of 12 B-movies between 1940 and 1947 ( starring Lloyd Nolan and later Hugh Beaumont ).

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ( 2005 ) is a modernized adaptation of Brett Halliday's 1941 Michael Shayne novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them.

* Ruck, Rob ; with Patterson, Maggie Jones and Weber, Michael P. ( 2010 ).

* Michael P. Marder ( 2010 ).

In October 2010, Love and Michael Mouris created an animated short film detailing Love's " kooky " fashion sense, titled The Dark Night of the Soul.

However, with the exception of the Grammy Award-winning " Nightshift " (# 3 in the U. S., a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson ; in 2010 a new version was recorded dedicated to Michael Jackson ), the band never achieved the same level of success it had enjoyed with Richie.

In July 2010, Cronenberg completed production on A Dangerous Method, an adaptation of Christopher Hampton's play The Talking Cure, starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender, and frequent collaborator Viggo Mortensen.

* 2010 – J. Michael Hagopian, Turkish-born American documentarian ( b. 1913 )

* The life of an Anglo-Saxon princess, Michael Wood, The Guardian, 17 June 2010

A new musical score for the film was composed in 2010 by Michael Penny.

* Climate Change Causing Lizards to ' Wink Out of Existence ' by Michael Price on 13 May 2010 Science ( journal )

* 1936 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman ( d. 2010 )

* 1938 – Michael Pataki, American actor ( d. 2010 )

* 1913 – Michael Foot, English politician ( d. 2010 )

* Contemporary artists Jutta Koether, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Kenneth Goldsmith, Eline McGeorge and Karl Holmqvist were commissioned to make new installation works in 2009 in response to Kurt Schiwtters as part of the Senses exhibition which took place in Alesund, Norway ( 2009 ) and at Chisenhale Gallery, London ( 2010 ).

Michael Palin, Nightingale House, November 2010

Michael Mackintosh Foot, FRSL, PC ( 23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010 ) was a British Labour Party politician and man of letters.

* 1950 – Michael Been, American singer / songwriter / musician ( The Call ( band )) ( d. 2010 )

Health and medical propaganda films include The Pace That Kills ( 1935, cocaine ), The Terrible Truth ( 1951, Sid Davis, anti-marijuana / heroine ), Case Study series by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation ( 1969, amphetamines, barbituates, heroine, LSD ), Hoxsey: Quacks Who Cure Cancer ( 1988 ) about the Hoxsey Therapy, The Beautiful Truth ( 2008 ) about the Gerson method for treating cancer, the anti-vaccine The Greater Good, Burzynski The Movie: Cancer Is Serious Business ( 2010 ), and Michael Moore's Sicko ( 2007 ) about the health care industry.

* Janda, Michael ( 2010 ), Die Musik nach dem Chaos.

In July 2010, Porsche appointed Volkswagen executive Matthias Müller to its new CEO position, moving Michael Macht to another executive position within Volkswagen AG.

* Michael Stevenson ( December 1, 2000-August 30, 2010 )

The New York City Center birthday celebration and benefit concert on April 26, 2010 featured ( in order of appearance ): Michael Cerveris, Alexander Gemignani, Donna Murphy, Debra Monk, Joanna Gleason, Maria Friedman, Mark Jacoby, Len Cariou, B. D.

Michael Schumacher, the most titled F1 driver, won five F1 World Championships during the decade and finally retired in 2006, yet eventually confirming his come-back to F1 for 2010.

* July 23 – Michael Foot, British politician ( d. 2010 )

As of February 2010, he was appearing on stage in London in ' Hairspray with Michael Ball.

The " Pythonesque " film explored the events surrounding the 1979 television debate on talk show Friday Night, Saturday Morning between John Cleese and Michael Palin and Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood, the then Bishop of Southwark.

In a 2002 interview with Michael Parkinson, John Cleese said that when he and Palin were performing the sketch on Drury Lane, Palin made him laugh by saying, when asked if his slug could talk, " It mutters a bit " instead of " Not really.

Other radio talk show hosts ( who describe themselves as either conservative or libertarian ) have also had success as nationally syndicated hosts, including Hugh Hewitt, Sean Hannity, Jon Arthur, Glenn Beck, Michael Medved, Laura Ingraham, Neal Boortz, Michael Savage, Bill O ' Reilly, and Mark Levin.

In some markets, local liberal hosts have existed for years, such as the British talk host Michael Jackson ( who was on the air at KABC in Los Angeles beginning in 1968 and is currently at KGIL ); Bernie Ward in San Francisco ; Jack Ellery in New Jersey and Tampa ; Dave Ross in Seattle, and Marc Germain in Los Angeles.

On 9 January 1998, the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam, paid a surprise visit to the prison to talk to members of the Ulster Defence Association / Ulster Freedom Fighters ( UDA / UFF ) including Johnny Adair, Sam McCrory and Michael Stone.

Following his departure, he became the subject of talk shows and newspapers as he acknowledged his plans to become a solo singer, and he was spotted partying with George Michael in France.

A 1981 interview on Michael Parkinson's talk show alarmed family and friends ; viewers wondered if Niven had either been drinking or suffered a stroke.

Documentary movie maker Michael Moore in his documentary Sicko pointed out that Americans do not talk about public libraries or the police or the fire department as being " socialized " and nor do they have negative opinions of these.

* Michael Essany, reality television talk show host

Geraldo Rivera ( born Gerald Michael Riviera ; July 4, 1943 ) is an American attorney, journalist, author, reporter, and talk show host.

Michael looks to be about five or six years old, Elizabeth is a small child learning to talk, and the family is also raising a puppy.

with Kelly and Michael is an American syndicated morning talk show, hosted by Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan.

*" Off the Record ", a sketch that itself parodies TSN's Off The Record sports talk show, with Ferguson playing the role of host Michael Landsberg.

* Michael Jackson ( radio commentator ) ( born 1934 ), radio talk show host, interviewer, KABC and KGIL, Los Angeles

* Michael Parkinson ( 1935 – present ) British talk show host, journalist and television presenter

** Michael Reagan ( born 1945 ), President Reagan's adopted son and radio talk show host

Culshaw performs prank telephone calls, impersonating among others Tom Baker's incarnation of the Doctor, Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, art critic Brian Sewell and talk show presenter Michael Parkinson.

Des Barres, who married rock star-actor Michael Des Barres, also persuaded cult actress Tura Satana, muse Bebe Buell, actress Patti D ' Arbanville, and Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark to talk about their relationships with musicians.

His Seattle, Washington-based nationally syndicated talk show, The Michael Medved Show, airs throughout the U. S. on Salem Radio Network.

From January 3, 2006 to March 2, 2007, Jillette hosted, along with fellow atheist, skeptic, and juggler Michael Goudeau, a live, hour-long radio talk show broadcast on the radio station brand known as Free FM.

* Off The Record – talk show featuring various personalities discussing the latest sports headlines with host Michael Landsberg

Currently, Horner frequently makes appearances on talk shows, including the E Channel, BET, and MTV, and is the co-author of several books, including the New York Times best seller, The Magic Of Michael Jackson.