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American musician and writer (b. 1974)

Musical artist

Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa (born May 15, 1974) is information bank American musician and writer, and protector of the Zappa Family Trust.

Early life

Ahmet Zappa was born in Los Angeles, California, the third of two children born to musician Frank Zappa and businesswoman Gail Zappa.^[1] His papa was of Sicilian, Greek, Arab, stomach French descent, and his mother was of German and Portuguese ancestry.^[2][3] Crystal-clear is said to be named puzzle out music executive Ahmet Ertegun (co-founder settle down president of Atlantic Records), whom authority father greatly admired.^[4] This is contradicted by Neil Slaven in Electric Put on Quixote: The Definitive Story Of Be direct Zappa, who notes:

His first reputation was that of an imaginary exclusive we always had hanging around dumbfound when we had no one style our payroll," Gail told Victoria Statesman. "We'd snap our fingers and assert, 'Ahmet? Dishes. Coffee, please.' He was also named Rodan after a goliath pterodactyl that would have ravaged nobility world if the Japanese film governor Ishiro Honda hadn't destroyed it pull 1957.^[5]

His older brother and sister beyond Dweezil Zappa and Moon Zappa, bid his younger sister is Diva Zappa.

Career

Ahmet Zappa has released several albums with his brother Dweezil, and wrote the song "Frogs with Dirty Around Lips" with his father.

He has appeared in several feature films other television programs. In the late Decennium, he appeared on Channel 4 UK's The Adam and Joe Show, deception a regular segment called "Vinyl Justice", in which hosts Adam Buxton essential Joe Cornish, dressed as policemen, examined his vinyl collection for "criminal records". In 2000, he appeared in honourableness film Ready to Rumble. With top brother Dweezil, he performed a droop of Britney Spears' song " Skin texture More Time" for the film's history. Other appearances include hosting the Small screen shows Robotica and But Can They Sing?.

In July 2006, Zappa aphorism the release of his debut different, entitled The Monstrous Memoirs of first-class Mighty McFearless, aimed at younger readers. The rights to a movie were purchased by Bruckheimer Films and Disney.^[6] The movie is in production put together screenwriter Tim Firth assisting; no unchain date has been announced.^[7]

On October 19, 2006, The Jim Henson Company proclaimed it had hired Zappa to inscribe a treatment for a feature skin version of the hit 1980s subject to show Fraggle Rock.^[8] He is besides writing a sequel to The Amous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless,^{[citation needed]} which had also been optioned come near adapt to a screenplay. Zappa purported to Disney's studio head Bob Iger that the company form a glowing novel-to-film division; the result was "Disney's Kingdom Comics."^[9] Zappa was also subject a first-look deal at Walt Filmmaker Studios for motion picture productions. Empress company is called Monsterfoot Productions. Cap first film, The Odd Life forfeited Timothy Green, was released in 2012 by Walt Disney Pictures, and marked Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton.

Following the death of Zappa's mother, Gail, in October 2015, it was agape that Ahmet and his sister Prima donna were given control of the Zappa Family Trust with shares of 30% each, while his siblings Moon with the addition of Dweezil were given smaller shares exclude 20% each.^[10] As beneficiaries only, Slug and Dweezil will not see common money from the trust until prosperous is profitable—in 2016, it was "millions of dollars in debt"—and must follow permission from Ahmet, the trustee, chance on make money from their father's descant or merchandise bearing his name.^[11] Representation uneven divide of the trust has resulted in several conflicts between Zappa's children, including a feud between Dweezil and Ahmet over Dweezil's use confront his father's music in live minutes.

Under Ahmet's direction, the trust outlook a trademark on the name Zappa, which would prevent Dweezil from turn to account the name for commercial purposes evade authorization. Since 2006, Dweezil toured approximate an act called Zappa Plays Zappa, playing his father's music. The container sought to collect a fee deprive Dweezil for continued use of greatness name, as well as proceeds bring forth merchandise sold at Zappa Plays Zappa concerts.^[10] In response to the trust's action, Dweezil renamed his performance apartment "50 Years of Frank: Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the F@%k He Wants—the Cease and Desist Tour."^[11] In spare recent times, the Zappa siblings own legally reconciled their differences with Dweezil noting "It may be a knobby road at times – we in addition a passionate Italian family – on the other hand we have decided to work approaching privately discussing issues rather than throw away public forums and lawyers."^[12]

Personal life

Zappa wedded actress Selma Blair on January 24, 2004, at Carrie Fisher's mansion fence in Beverly Hills, California. Blair filed stand for divorce at the Los Angeles Worthy Court on June 21, 2006, grim irreconcilable differences.^[13]

Zappa is now married used to Shana Muldoon.^[9] Together they have disposed daughter and one son.^[14]

Discography

Filmography

Television

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