In 1971 Smith's cover of Don Gibson's 1960 single " Just One Time " reached No. 2 on the Hot Country Singles chart.

Gibson's first production electric guitar, marketed in 1936, was the ES-150 model (" ES " for " Electric Spanish "; and " 150 " reflecting the $ 150 price of the instrument, along with a matching amplifier ).

On 30 April 2004, Life of Brian was re-released on five North American screens to " cash in " ( as Terry Jones put it ) on the box office success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.

It was Gibson's debut novel and the beginning of the Sprawl trilogy.

In contrast to the negative depictions, in Mel Gibson's Braveheart, Isabella was played by the French actress Sophie Marceau more sympathetically.

In July 2010, it was announced that DiCaprio had pulled out of a Viking movie to be directed by Mel Gibson amid controversy over Gibson's rage-fueled rant tapes and domestic violence probe.

This was denied by Stephen Toulouse, writing officially on behalf of Microsoft ,, and also by Microsoft employee Mark Russinovich, who explained what he said were several misunderstandings in Gibson's analysis.

Mayor Jim Gibson's grandfather, Fred D. Gibson, was one of the original engineers sent to Great Britain to learn the secret of creating the " miracle metal " which would eventually help the United States and the allies win the war.

Most of the Royalist artillery was massed in Acton churchyard, on the left of Gibson's line.

That year Kitano also appeared in the film adaptation of William Gibson's Johnny Mnemonic ( 1995 ), although his on-screen time was greatly reduced for the American cut of the film.

" Nigger " was the name of Gibson's dog, a black labrador retriever that had been run over and killed on the morning of the attack.

* The character Michael Godwin was named after attorney Mike Godwin as thanks for his technical assistance in linking Sterling and Gibson's computers to allow them to collaborate between Austin and Vancouver.

One reviewer commented that in " Gibson's view, 9-11 was the end of history ; after it we are without a history, careening toward an unknown future without the benefit of a past — our lives before 9-11 are now irrelevant.

Gibson's writing was positively received by science fiction writers Dennis Danvers, Candas Jane Dorsey, and Rudy Rucker.

Among the premier matinee idols of his day, he was described by Amy Leslie as " one of Gibson's notables materialized ".

Moore and Gibson's collaboration paid off when the go-ahead for a second series was given.

On the opening night of the 2007 US Open, the 50th anniversary of Gibson's victory at the US Championships in 1957 ( now the US Open ), Gibson was inducted into US Open Court of Champions.

Built directly over a filled-in canal basin of Gibson's Arm it was the first structure in an area ( now occupied by Centenary Square and the International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall ) purchased by the council for the creation of a grand civic scheme to include new council offices, mayor's residence, public library and concert hall.

One notable film was Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which had its television premiere on TBN April 17, 2011 ( Palm Sunday ).

The Matrix Trilogy was heavily influenced by Gibson's writing.

The Eyebrook Reservoir near Uppingham was used by Lancaster Bombers flying from RAF Scampton as the final practice run for Guy Gibson's 617 Squadron Dambusters prior to Operation Chastise, the attack on the Ruhr valley Dams on the night of the 16 / 17 May 1943.

Many models posed for Gibson Girl-style illustrations, including Gibson's wife, Irene Langhorne ( who may have been the original model, and was a sister of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ) and Evelyn Nesbit.

Among the many Gibson Girl illustrators were Howard Chandler Christy whose work celebrating American " beauties " was similar to Gibson's, and Harry G. Peter, who was most famous for his art on Wonder Woman comics.

The pinnacle of Gibson's career was 1968, when he set a modern baseball record by posting a 1. 12 ERA for the season, then followed that by recording 17 strikeouts during Game 1 of the 1968 World Series.

Gibson was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the final of Pack and Victoria Gibson's seven children ( five boys and two girls ).

Gibson's writing style is said to be similar to Raymond Chandler's detective stories and Alfred Hitchcock ’ s thrillers that used McGuffins ( the identity of the maker of the footage, in this case ) to drive the story.

In general, Heritage makes guitars that are similar to Gibson's products, but which the company's advocates and fans would say are constructed in a much more " hand-made " fashion, and with much greater individual attention to detail by the builders.

The Starcaster was part of Fender's attempt to enter the semi-hollowbody market, which was dominated by Gibson's ES-335 and similar designs.

Many people had compared Gibson's similar voice and style to both Wonder and Jackson.

Leading Major League Baseball with 24 wins, 268 strikeouts, and a 1. 53 ERA ( the second lowest in the Live Ball Era, trailing only Bob Gibson's 1. 12 in ) Gooden earned the major leagues ' pitching Triple Crown.

Adding to his pitching performances was Gibson's offensive production, with his 20 RBIs outmatching the combined RBI output of entire pitching staffs on other National League teams.

The overall pitching statistics in MLB's 1968 season, led by Gibson's individual record setting performance, are often cited as one of the reasons for Major League Baseball's decision to alter pitching related rules.

Gibson's career in acting had an early start, beginning at just nine years of age in children's theater.

When he was nine years old the family were on the point of emigrating to America, but Mrs Gibson's determination stopped this project on their arrival at Liverpool, and there John was sent to school.

Furthermore, while Neuromancer < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s narrator may have had an unusual " voice " for science fiction, much older examples can be found: Gibson's narrative voice, for example, resembles that of an updated Raymond Chandler, as in his novel The Big Sleep ( 1939 ).

Other popular fictional works that use the concept of virtual reality include William Gibson's Neuromancer which defined the concept of cyberspace, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, in which he made extensive reference to the term avatar to describe one's representation in a virtual world, and Rudy Rucker's The Hacker and the Ants, in which programmer Jerzy Rugby uses VR for robot design and testing.

He is most famous for his call in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series of Kirk Gibson's game-winning home run, and his disbelief at the feat by Gibson, who at the time had two injured legs.

In the movie, Mel Gibson's character asks, " Why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away?

The movie rights for the book were bought by Mel Gibson's Icon Productions in 1998, but production has not begun.

Hildebrand had managed Gibson's used and rare book department in East Lansing for years and Harvey Robin had been a local restorer of rare books, who moved his bindery upstairs.

A less-expensive version of the Gibson Les Paul guitar is also manufactured for Gibson's lower-priced Epiphone brand.

Gibson's gamble paved the way for Downey's comeback and Downey returned to mainstream films in the mid-2000s with Gothika, for which producer Joel Silver withheld 40 percent of his salary until after production wrapped as insurance against his addictive behavior.

New York Press film critic Armond White praised Gibson's work, comparing him to Dreyer, for transforming Art into spirituality.

At 1800 on 15 May, at a meeting in Whitworth's house, Gibson and Wallis briefed four key officers: the squadron's two flight commanders, Squadron Leader Henry Maudslay and Sqn Ldr H. M. " Dinghy " Young ; Gibson's deputy for the Möhne attack, Fl. Lt.

Formation No. 1 arrived over the Möhne lake and Gibson's aircraft ( G for George ) made the first run, followed by Hopgood ( M for Mother ).

" The review in the Library Journal called the novel a " melodrama of beset geekdom " that " may well reveal the emptiness at the core of Gibson's other fiction ", but recommended it for all libraries due to the author's popularity.

Althea Gibson's 1956 Wimbledon Ladies Double trophy, the first for an African American

Gibson's career spanned from 1965 to 2009, with beginnings as the news director for Princeton University's student-run radio station, a radio producer for RKO, and a reporter for local television stations.