Todd Bertuzzi

Bertuzzi was selected to play on the Canadian national men's hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Catwoman was portrayed by Maggie Baird. Steve Moore's Toronto-based lawyer, Tim Danson, has publicly stated that Moore is skating and doing regular workouts, but continues to suffer concussion-related symptoms.[7]. Selina Kyle appeared briefly (and was killed off) in the first episode of the short-lived 2002 television series Birds of Prey, which featured Catwoman's daughter by Batman, the Huntress. It's been some tough times, but I've got good family and good friends and good peers in the league that have helped me get over the hump and move forward and come through it." [6]. In the TV movie Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt, Julia Rose appeared as Catwoman and the young Julie Newmar. I know I wish that day never happened. Halle Berry won the 2005 Razzie award for worst actress in a film for her role as Catwoman, and collected it in person; only the second Razzie 'winner' to have done so.

"I'm sure just like Steve Moore and his family, it's been difficult for both parties. The movie became a box-office failure, and was panned by critics & fans alike. On 15 August 2005, Todd broke his 17 month long silence by admitting to his mistake and expressing a desire to move on with his life. In addition, the original "Catwoman" outfit that Patience wears when she robs a jewelry store is patterned after the "Catwoman" outfit worn by Eartha Kitt in the 1960s "Batman" tv series. This would make him inelligible to file a claim in Canada, as he has given evidence that he does not maintain a primary Canadian residence. Ophelia Powers then throws photos of previous catwomen down to her, and one can clearly see a picture of Michelle Pfeiffer's "Batman Returns" version of the character, which hints that either there is some link between Patience Phillips and Selina Kyle, or that it was done as a means of paying homage to the original character. The potential second suit may not be heard, as Moore's sworn testimony lists his primary residence to be in Denver, Colorado. In the scene where Patience is told of the history of the Catwomen, she is pushed off the balcony and lands in the living room floor.

The lawsuit was thrown out in October 2005, as the Colorado judge felt that British Columbia was a better venue for the suit.[5] Moore plans to appeal the lawsuit, and file a similar suit against Bertuzzi in British Columbia. The film was heavily criticized by both film critics and fans of the comic book character and was a failure in the box office, losing the producers far more money than it earned. Also named were Brad May, Brian Burke (the Canucks' general manager at the time of the incident), and the Canucks team. Though Phillips has the same skills as the villain version of Catwoman, the film's story has nothing to do with Batman (who isn't mentioned during the film). On 17 February 2005, Bertuzzi was named in a lawsuit filed by Steve Moore. The movie alludes to other women in the past who have been granted such cat- like abilities. [3] In the league's decision, they cited many reasons for ending the suspension, such as:. Patience had gained the powers from the goddess Bastet, through a gathering of cats lead by an Egyptian Mau.

On 8 August 2005, the NHL announced that Bertuzzi would be allowed to play hockey again at the start of the 2005-06 NHL season. This film's Catwoman bore nearly no resemblance to the comic version, besides sharing the name "Catwoman." In the film, Berry played Patience Phillips, a woman who eventually became Catwoman, a hero with supernatural cat-like powers, after a near death experience. It was felt that in the gentler European leagues, Bertuzzi would have drawn too much negative publicity. In 2004, Catwoman, a movie, starring Halle Berry as Catwoman. This meant that Bertuzzi could not play hockey in Europe during the lockout. While many viewers and critics enjoyed the richness and complexity of the character, not to mention the way Pfeiffer looked and acted in the heavy makeup and the shiny black costume, fans of the original comic books disliked the notorious alterations and considered not only the character but the entire film to be more Tim Burton than Batman. Although Bertuzzi had played in a charity game in Vancouver that was arranged during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) had extended his suspension to cover their jurisdiction. you've kind of a dark side, don't you?", to which she answers, "Not darker than yours, Bruce"), and this relationship seems to be Selina's only grip on sanity as her mental state seems to deteriorate (along with her costume, which is actually a metaphor of her) throughout the movie - now unrepressed thanks to her nightly alter-ego, the rage and resentment of her dark side are actually starting to destroy her.

The Vancouver Canucks were also fined $250,000 USD, on 11 March 2004 for "...failure to prevent the atmosphere that may have led to [the incident].". behind the Cat"), just as Bruce Wayne finds a reflection of himself in Selina ("You.. Bertuzzi was suspended indefinitely by the NHL, and lost approximately $500,000 USD in pay. the woman.. Under Canadian law, if Bertuzzi successfully completes the probation then the criminal record of the incident will be expunged.[2]. Accordingly with the film's interest in the schizophrenic aspects of its characters, Catwoman finds a reflection of herself in Batman ("Who are you?", she asks him, "Who's the man behind the Bat? Maybe you can help me find.. Bertuzzi was able to arrange a plea bargain with prosecutors, and was given a conditional discharge and one year's probation. She is at the same time a feminist version of Batman, defending meek damsels in distress - exactly what she was at the beginning of the film, and probably during most of her life - but insulting them for being so, and a terrorist of sorts, blowing up an entire floor of Shreck's department store and ultimately seeking to kill him.

On 24 June 2004, the criminal justice branch of the British Columbia Ministry of the Attorney General announced that Bertuzzi was formally charged with assault causing bodily harm. Mysteriously given new life by alley cats (in a memorable Burton-esque scene) after her corrupt boss apparently kills her, her repressed rage and sexuality - and, as one could argue, some sort of mystic feline influence as well - create Catwoman, an extreme version of everything she was never allowed - by both society and herself - to be: a loveable rogue, a sexual predator and a powerful woman. Moore suffered three fractured vertebrae in his neck, a grade three concussion, vertebral ligament damage, stretching of the brachial plexus nerves, and facial cuts. Behind this cartoonish and rather stereotypical character, however, lies a shattered soul filled with frustration and self-loathing who only needs - and quite literally gets - a little push to break into insanity. At this point, Moore's Colorado teammates retaliated against Bertuzzi, jumping on and around the ensuing pile. As recreated by Daniel Waters and Tim Burton, Selina Kyle is a beautiful but shy and clumsy young woman who always says the wrong thing, thinks aloud, frequently insults herself and works as the harassed secretary of evil tycoon Max Shreck. Bertuzzi then either intentionally or accidentally fell forward, his momentum driving Moore into the ice. Catwoman was played by Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1992 movie Batman Returns.

Moore was instantly knocked unconscious. Catwoman was voiced by a different actress, Gina Gershon, in the 2000s series The Batman. When Moore ignored him, Bertuzzi punched Moore blindly in the side of the head. Whether her hair was dyed or her natural color was never made clear. During another Vancouver-Colorado game three weeks after the Naslund hit, on 8 March 2004, Bertuzzi began following Steve Moore down the ice attempting to instigate a fight. In the second series, however, she appears to have shorter black hair. Canucks general manager Brian Burke criticized Moore after the game, calling him "a marginal player", and accusing him of "headhunting"[1]. In the first animated series Selina/Catwoman had blonde hair, coinciding with the release of Batman Returns, in which she was played by blonde actress Michelle Pfeiffer.

Canucks head coach Marc Crawford publicly criticized the non-call by the referees on the incident. Barbeau also voiced Catwoman in the 2000s online animated series Gotham Girls. This drew the ire of many Vancouver Canucks as their captain was sidelined with a concussion for three games. She was voiced by Adrienne Barbeau in 1992's Batman: The Animated Series, and its revamp in The New Batman Adventures. The attending referee's opinion was that the hit was legal and required no penalty, though this was later reviewed by NHL officials, who upheld his decision. She appeared on the Batman cartoon of the 1970s ("The New Adventures of Batman") wearing an all-new outfit that has never been seen outside that series. On 16 February 2004, during a Vancouver-Colorado game, Moore injured Vancouver Canucks team captain Markus Näslund with a hard open-ice bodycheck. She appeared in the Batman cartoon of the 1960s (on the "Superman/Aquaman Hour") wearing the green costume she wore during that time.

Bertuzzi is one of the league's largest and most feared players, renowned for his thunderous checks. Catwoman has been a major character in almost all of Batman's animated series. consisting of himself, Markus Näslund, and Brendan Morrison. Cassandra," the next to last episode of the series. Bertuzzi plays on the top line of the Vancouver Canucks, sometimes referred to as the West Coast Express. An uncredited fourth woman played Catwoman as part of a villain team-up in "The Entrancing Dr. (Linden has since returned to Vancouver.) Bertuzzi's best season was 2002-2003, when he had 97 points. Lee Meriwether portrayed her in the 1966 "Batman" motion picture, based on the television series, when Newmar was unavailable.

Bertuzzi was drafted in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders, but was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in 1998 along with Bryan McCabe for Trevor Linden. Catwoman was at various times played by Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt in the live-action Batman television series of the 1960s, her first other-media portrayal. . She does not make an appearence in Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again. 2 February 1975 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing for the Vancouver Canucks. Note that The Dark Knight Returns does not hold continuty with most of the newer Batman or Justice League comics as it was written in the 80's and that Catwoman's profesion in it was most likely based on her profession in Frank Miller's earlier work Batman: Year One. Todd Bertuzzi (b. She finally appears at Batman's funeral where she yells at Clark Kent that she knows who killed Batman.

2004 - Played in NHL All-Star Game. She warns him that the Joker is worse than ever, he kisses her and then leaves to follow the clue the Joker left. 2003 - Played in NHL All-Star Game. He then apparently beats her, dresses her up in a Wonder Woman-esque outfit, ties her up, gags her and leaves her where Batman finds her later. 2003 - NHL First All-Star Team. I'm lonely," second later on as an apparent prostitute whom the Joker uses to (after subjecting her to a mind control drug) gain acess to the governor through one of her girls. 1995 - OHL Second All-Star team. Catwoman appeared briefly in Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, first early on as a phone message "Bruce, Selina.

Bertuzzi is genuinely remorseful and apologetic for his actions. [3]. The commissioner's belief that Mr. The writer then revealed that the reason for Selina's retirement is that she's pregnant. Significant uncertainty, anxiety, stress and emotional pain caused to Bertuzzi's family. Selina is so smooth and polished; it's fun to write about someone who's a little rougher, a little sloppier." [2]. Lost endorsements (approximately $350,000.00 USD). She's also going to handle her duties of protecting the East End in a completely different way than Selina, which so far has been very interesting to write.

Bertuzzi's forfeited salary ($501,926.39 USD). She's had training, and she's been on the mean streets, but she's going to make some mistakes. Moore personally. Writer Will Pfeifer has stated on the new Catwoman, "Without revealing any identities, the new Catwoman is someone with less experience than Selina Kyle -- though she's not completely inexperienced, and she's been part of that shadowy world Catwoman inhabits for years. Bertuzzi's repeated attempts to apologize to Mr. In the new year, Selina Kyle has been forced to leave the East End and is no longer Catwoman, and someone new has replaced her. Bertuzzi serving the 2nd longest, and arguably the most severe suspension in NHL history (13 regular season games, 7 playoff games; a total of 17 months, including the NHL lockout) [4]. After Infinite Crisis #7, the DC Universe will jump forward one year in time.

Weight: 111 kg (245 lb). Afterwards, she was seen covering her bed with past versions of her Catwoman costume. Height: 190 cm (6 ft 3 in). Catwoman's response to this revelation was unequivocal: she pitched Zatanna out a window. Shoots: Left. Light and Batman. Position: Right Wing. Zatanna gave no reason for her actions, but in flashback it was shown that she had acted with the consent and aid of five of the seven JLA members who had helped her mindwipe Dr.

Zatanna proceeded to explain to Catwoman that she had magically tampered with Catwoman's mind, forcibly turning her from villain to hero. After she was done, Zatanna appeared at her side, informing her that she had some "bad news", hinting at an important revelation about her past. Capitalizing upon the advantage which her "resurrection" provided her (the villains believing she had somehow managed to cheat death), Catwoman dismantled the new East End cadre of criminals, one villain at time. The man impersonated her, and allowed several villains to shoot and dismember him, giving the impression to the underworld that Catwoman was really dead (like Clayface, the man was able to survive what would otherwise be fatal wounds).

Selina made a deal with a former criminal who had powers similar to Clayface's, who had promised to help her in exchange for his freedom. While her initial intentions were unclear, Selina shared her plans to infiltrate and destroy the cadre of East End villains with Batman. At the start of the recent storyline ("The One You Love"), an influx of supervillains seized control of the East End, leaving Selina with no choice but to join the new incarnation of the Secret Society. Selina had no inkling that any villains had been mindwiped until Batman informed her of the events of Identity Crisis, and he now worries that her reformation may be due to mental manipulation.

However, it is now unclear if her reformation was the result of a mindwipe by Zatanna, a procedure known to deeply affect and, in at least one case, physically incapacitate its victims. Catwoman appears to be completely reformed, and her love for Batman true (although brash and unpredictable). In response to Batman's inquiry about her wounds, Selina departed the Batcave after curtly informing Batman that he had already "done enough.". However, this was something of a hollow victory, since all recognized that Despero was able to pit the JLA members against one another by drawing upon pre-existing animosities and distrust.

After a fierce struggle, Despero was subdued. When Despero and a faction of brainwashed League members infiltrated the cave and succeeded in brainwashing Batman, Catwoman was able to send a distress call out to the unaffected League members. Wounded, she was taken to the Batcave to recover. Recently in the JLA story arc Crisis of Conscience, Catwoman further proved herself an ally when she fought alongside Batman and the League against the old Secret Society, of which she had once briefly been a member.

At the end, Catwoman broke off their relationship when Batman believed that it had been influenced by the villain Hush. During the Hush storyline in Batman #608-#619, Batman and Catwoman briefly worked together and had a short affair, during the course of which Batman revealed his true identity to her. This series met with critical and fan acclaim, especially for its first 25 issues. In this series, Selina Kyle, joined by new supporting cast members Holly and Slam Bradley (a character from the early Golden Age DC Comics), became protector of the residents of Gotham’s East End, while still carrying out an ambitious career as a cat burglar.

This storyline led in to the newest Catwoman series in late 2001 (written by Brubaker initially with Cooke, later joined by artist Cameron Stewart). In a backup storyline Trail of the Catwoman, by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Darwyn Cooke, the reader followed private detective Slam Bradley's attempts to find out what really happened to Selina Kyle. Catwoman then appeared in a series of backup stories in Detective Comics #759 to #762. Soon afterwards she disappeared and was thought killed by the assassin Deathstroke the Terminator, ending her series at #94.

Although later cleared, she displayed increasingly erratic behavior throughout the story. When later that year during the Officer Down storyline in the Batman titles, Catwoman was initially the chief suspect. Harleen Quinzel (the supervillain Harley Quinn), became mentally unbalanced. While in prison, she escaped, and under the influence of Dr.

However immediately following that, she was arrested by Commissioner Gordon and put on trial, followed by being sentenced to imprisonment. As Catwoman, Kyle assisted Batman against Lex Luthor in the reconstruction of the city. Selina then returned to Gotham, which at this time was in the midst of the No Man's Land storyline. However, her plans were ruined when the supervillain the Trickster inadvertently connected Kyle to her Catwoman alter ego.

She intended to use this position to run for mayor. As the series neared its end, Selina moved to New York and through blackmail, became first corporate vice president, then CEO of Randolf Industries, a mafia-influenced company. The series also fleshed out more of her origin, revealing her beginnings as an underage thief, her difficult period in juvenile incarceration, and the training she received from superhero Ted (Wildcat) Grant. Storylines included her adoption of a teenage runaway named Arizona, whom she briefly took on as a sidekick; aiding the criminal Bane, followed by helping Azrael to defeat him; and Selina Kyle as a reluctant government operative.

This series, written by an assortment of writers but primarily penciled by Jim Balent, generally depicted the character as an international thief with an ambiguous moral code. In 1993, following the success of Batman Returns and Selina Kyle’s prominent role in that film, Catwoman was given her first ongoing series. However, characters introduced in these stories (such as Selina’s young friend Holly from Batman: Year One and her sister Maggie from the 1989 miniseries) continue to appear regularly in the Catwoman series, and aspects of those plots are occasionally referenced, including recent issues that show Hollie remembering her days as a prostitute with Catwoman. It is currently unclear how much of these stories remain canonical to Catwoman’s current origin, as various stories and editors' statements over the years since then have stated that Selina was never a prostitute and that other events depicted in those stories never happened.

Though more circumstantial evidence was added to the theory of Selina's Falcone heritage, no definitive proof was provided. Selina's connection to the Falcone family was further explored in the recent miniseries Catwoman: When in Rome (2004-5). Further, Batman: Dark Victory, the sequel to The Long Halloween, implied that Catwoman suspected she was the long-lost illegitimate daughter of Carmine Falcone, although she found no definitive proof of this. This led Selina to kill Stan, leaving Selina in an unbalanced mental state.

This series showed how Catwoman’s early career was tinged with tragedy as her former pimp Stan abducted Selina's sister Maggie and violently abused her. Birch. This origin was expanded on in the 1989 Catwoman limited series (collected in trade paperback form as Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper) by writer Mindy Newell and artist J.J. In the course of the story, the origin of Catwoman was also re-envisioned, as a 5'7" Selina Kyle was reintroduced as a cat-loving prostitute/dominatrix who was inspired to become a costumed cat burglar when she saw Batman in action.

A revision in Catwoman's origin, and the introduction of the modern version of her, came in 1986 when writer Frank Miller and artist David Mazzucchelli produced Batman: Year One, a revision of Batman’s origin. Several stories in the 1970s featured Catwoman committing murder, something that neither the Earth-One or Earth-Two versions of her would ever do; this version of Catwoman was assigned to the alternate world of Earth-B, an alternate Earth that included stories that couldn't be considered canonical on Earth-One or Earth-Two. Catwoman's first Silver Age appearance was in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #70 (November 1966); afterwards, she continued to make appearances across the various Batman comics. The Earth-Two/Golden Age Selena Kyle eventually died in the late 1970s after being blackmailed by a criminal into going into action again as Catwoman (as shown in DC Super-Stars #17).

Selina enjoyed this experience so much she decided to become a professional costumed cat burglar, and thus began a career that would repeatedly lead to her encountering the Batman. However, her husband had kept her jewelry in his private vault, and she had to break into it to retrieve the jewelry. It was revealed that Selina Kyle had been the wife of an abusive man, and eventually decided to leave her husband. In Brave and the Bold #197, the Golden Age origin of Catwoman given in Batman #62 was elaborated on, after Selina revealed that she never actually had amnesia.

In the 1970s comics, a series of stories taking place on Earth-Two (the parallel Earth that was retroactively declared as the home of DC's Golden Age characters) revealed that on that world, Selina reformed in the 1950s (presumably after the events of Batman #69) and had married Bruce Wayne; soon afterwards, the couple gave birth to their only child, Helena Wayne (the Huntress). Selina appeared again as a criminal in Batman #84 and Detective Comics #211, her final appearance for many years (until 1966). She wound up reforming and stayed on the straight and narrow for several years, helping out Batman in Batman #65 and #69, until Selina decided to return to a life of crime in Detective Comics #203. In Batman #62, it was revealed that Catwoman (after a blow to the head jogged her memory) was an amnesiac flight attendant who had turned to crime after suffering a prior blow to the head during a plane crash she survived (although in the final issue of The Brave and the Bold, she later admitted that she made up the amnesia story because she wanted a way out of the past life of crime).

There have been many versions of Catwoman's origins and backstory seen in the comic books over the decades. . It has a more high tech look, with domino-shaped infrared goggles on her cowl. Ed Brubaker, the master-mind behind the 2001 revamp of the character, has stated that Selina's current costume was inspired by Emma Peel's iconic catsuit [1].

In recent years, she has usually alternated between these two costumes. In the 1990s, she usually wore a skintight purple bodysuit, before switching to a black leather outfit that recalls Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman costume in Batman Returns. In the 1960s, Catwoman's bodysuit was green in color, which was typical of villains of that era. Later, she wore a dress with a hood that came with ears, and still later, a bodysuit with attached boots and either a domino or glasses-mask.

Catwoman, in her first appearance, wore no costume or disguise at all, and it was not until her next appearance that she donned a mask, which was a theatrically face-covering cat-mask that had the appearance of a real cat, rather than a more stylized face mask seen in her later incarnations. She represents a gray area in Batman's otherwise black and white life where the line between good and evil blurs, and his attraction to her stems from this perception that, in her way, she's kind of a female version of himself: another dark, beautiful creature that prowls the night. Although originally introduced as an opponent for Batman, Catwoman's status as hero or villain is ambiguous; she has her own moral code (she abhors killing, though has resorted to it at times) and has occasionally teamed up with Batman and other heroes against greater threats, even saving the lives of the entire Justice League on one occasion. Her real name "Selina" derives from the ancient lunar deity Selene.

Created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, she first appeared in Batman #1 (Spring, 1940), where she was initially known as "The Cat". Catwoman (real name Selina Kyle) is a DC Comics character, associated with the Batman franchise.