Norris, Seagal and Van Damme were accomplished athletes, but they just seemed dorky out there.

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Here, too, Seagal relies on his martial arts training before resorting to any kind of lethal force.

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This sounds a lot like what Steven Seagal said after his name came up in the Anthony Pellicano scandal.

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Anyway, why is a Chicago cop using Japanese aikido against armed drug dealers, like Mr. Seagal did in "Above the Law"?

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If they want the latest Steven Seagal movie or a Kit Kat bar, they'll have to get off the couch and get it themselves.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin asked Seagal to lobby for abolishing restrictions on the sale of modern Russian rifles inside the United States, Ria Novosti newswire reported on Wednesday.

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While Goldstein's book has sold only between 75, 000 and 100, 000 copies, it made him a star veterinarian--magazines, TV shows and celebrity clients like actors Ed Burns and Steven Seagal and chef Wolfgang Puck came calling.

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Given his stocky appearance and hairstyle in the security-video footage, Mr. Burkhart was nicknamed "Meatloaf Seagal" by users of the microblogging site Twitter, a reference to the singer Meat Loaf and action-movie actor Steven Seagal.

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